A recent change will likely result in a face-off between ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ — but it has ramifications beyond the scripted variety category.
also attempted to crash the category, but the Television Academy reportedly denied its petition, and the show is staying put in the comedy race.Even without Jane Krakowski belting and doing the splits in acourtroom scene, the contenders include a truly vast selection of comedic styles — from the Borscht Belt stylings of‘s savvy gotcha questions. It would perhaps be a little disappointing if there is just another Oliver orwin.
With the heavyweights dueling in scripted variety, what becomes of variety talk, now devoid of Oliver’s insights? The last time Oliver didn’t win in that category, the trophy went to the final season of Jon Stewart’sswan song could draw a nomination, but his departure was more fraught than Stewart’s; Noah left midseason, putting a string of guest hosts in charge, while Stewart was offered a farewell as a hero of the medium.
The category could always go to one of the stalwarts of late night — Stephen Colbert or Jimmy Kimmel, neither of whom has won a Primetime Emmy for his present talk show. Or the 12:35 a.m. hour could finally receive its due withBoth talk and scripted variety are categories that will feel the impact of the WGA strike.cut their seasons short. The late night shows — with the notable exception of Fox News’— are dark.
Even without the strike interruption, the TV Academy has, for a while, struggled to know what to do with these shows, which have evolved beyond the typical monologue-interview-musical guest or monologue-sketch-musical guest formats over time. Yes, it is weird to try to compare, but the Emmys are forcing their voters to try. It’s a battle between goofy for the sake of goofiness and goofy for the sake of education.
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