Emmys 2024 live updates: How to watch tonight, red carpet, what ...

Jeremy Allen White was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series twice in a row for his role as Carmy on "The Bear," and he won both times.

He said he is "so lucky and grateful" for this show, and he called out his "beautiful cast," adding, "I want us to be in each other's lives forever."

"This show has changed my life it has instilled a faith that ... change is possible," he said accepting his Emmy.

Kaetlyn LiddyKaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

We thought the opening monologue was over, but Eugene and Dan Levy's best joke of the night came when they introduced the first presenters of the prime-time ceremony.

The Levys introduced Selena Gomez of "Only the Murders in the Building," along with her all-star comedy co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Martin and Short have been at this comedy thing a long time, so they were introduced as "from the 'Golden Bachelor.'" They have yet to grace the reality show yet, but they are age-eligible.

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"Shōgun" broke a record at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys, taking home 14 awards after being nominated for 16. This means it's won the most Emmys ever for a single season of a television series.

The series, released in February, is nominated for five Emmys tonight.

Eugene and Dan Levy, the father-son duo behind "Schitt's Creek" and the co-emcees of the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, opened the show with a lively monologue.

The younger Levy said he was excited to co-host "broadcast TV's biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services." (This year's acting contenders include Oscar winners like Meryl Streep and Robert Downey Jr.)

The co-hosts paid tribute to the night's leading nominees: "Shōgun" (25 nominations) and "The Bear" (23 nominations).

"I love the show," Eugene Levy said, referring to the "The Bear." Then he added: "I know some of you might be expecting us to make a joke about whether 'The Bear' is really a comedy. but in the true spirit of 'The Bear,' we will not be making any jokes."

Daniel Arkin, reporter: "Baby Reindeer" is expected to dominate the limited series categories, but my heart is with "Ripley," a moody, deliberately paced adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's first novel about the con artist Tom Ripley. Beautiful black-and-white cinematography, precise period details, subtle performances — "Ripley" was one of the year's under-the-radar gems.

Michelle Garcia, editor: Is it cheating if I say "The Bear"? Isn’t everyone rooting for season two? Every episode just stays with me for days after I watch it.

Kaetlyn Liddy, reporter: I’m rooting for “The Crown” to get its flowers in its final season. The show has been a mainstay at the Emmys since its debut in 2016, but some of its best moments last year were overshadowed by the generational brilliance of “Succession.” The swan song season of “The Crown” covered the 1997 death of Princess Diana, a challenge that had been looming large for the series for its entire run. The event ultimately happened off-camera, a mark of deference from a show that walks the tricky line between history and fiction.

Kalhan Rosenblatt, reporter: I’m in an NBC household, so we’re always rooting for "Saturday Night Live" to take home a few awards. I’m also in love with "What We Do in the Shadows" star Matt Berry, and I’m rooting for him to take home the award for lead actor in a comedy.

Angela Yang, reporter: I know it’s already expected to sweep tonight, but I’m excited to see "Shōgun" become the first non-English-language show to win outstanding drama series. I’m in awe of everything from the writing to its production design, and I think the show deserves all the hype it’s getting.

Rebecca Cohen, reporter: I’m rooting for “Hacks”! I absolutely adore Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart’s on-screen chemistry, and it’s truly one of the only TV shows out there that makes me cry from laughing so hard.

It's nearly time for the actual awards ceremony. If you want to scan the nominees before the show starts, check out this handy list of awards up for grabs tonight.

Jennifer Aniston, nominated for two Emmys this year for “The Morning Show," joked that she’s noticed the show seems to make “witchy stuff” happen sometimes.

“We have a crystal ball that we carry with us,” said Aniston, who plays TV anchor Alex Levy. “There’s been some instances where somehow our writers will write an episode, and all of a sudden it happens.”

Aniston is up for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, as well as for outstanding drama series as an executive producer of the show.

On the red carpet, "Shōgun's" Anna Sawai briefly discussed her career before she got into acting — as a member of the Japanese (or J-pop) group Faky.

The first-time Emmy nominee said she likely won't get back into music but said she'd love to meld her singing and acting careers in the future.

Lionel Boyce, who scored his first Emmy nomination this year for his role of Marcus the pastry chef in “The Bear,” said he and the cast sensed the show “was going to be something special from, like, the moment we shot the pilot.” 

“It was one of those things where everyone got along and you’re like, this material is great, and I hope this gets picked up because I think it’s special,” Boyce said, adding that he also felt fortunate the show got traction so quickly.

Boyce is nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series.

Kaetlyn LiddyKaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

"Only Murders in the Building" star Selena Gomez arrived on the red carpet as the most-nominated Latina producer at the Emmys.

Gomez has earned three consecutive nominations as a producer for the mystery comedy series, but tonight she is up for an acting award for the first time in her career.

She received a nod in the outstanding lead actress in a comedy series category, in which she'll face off against Emmy winners like Ayo Edebiri ("The Bear") and Quinta Brunson ("Abbot Elementary").

It was a meeting on the red carpet destined for big feelings.

Laverne Cox, who was the first transgender woman to be nominated for an outstanding guest actress in a comedy series Emmy in 2014, back when she was on the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black."

Working the red carpet 10 years later for E!, Cox got teary-eyed interviewing "Baby Reindeer's" Nava Mau, who is the first transgender woman to be nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie.

Sheryl Lee Ralph, who won an Emmy in 2022 for her role in “Abbott Elementary,” said viewers of the show love approaching her at grocery stores.

“People are so happy to see me, but they always ask me, 'What are you doing?' And I’m like, 'I’m shopping in the grocery store,'” Ralph said. “But they always want to talk to me about the show. They’re so happy.”

She called it a “love fest,” adding that fans have often wanted to invite her to their homes, to parties and to other events.

This is Ralph’s third consecutive year being nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series.

When so many people are talking about a specific TV episode starring one particular character, you know the actor’s done something right. That actor is Liza Colón-Zayas, nominated for an Emmy this year for her role as Bettina “Tina” Marrero on the hit FX series “The Bear.” She's also one of NBC Latino's honorees of The Latino 10.

Dakota Fanning has been gracing screens for decades, and tonight she's celebrating her first Emmy nomination for "Ripley."

She broke out onto the scene at age 6, which prompted E! host Laverne Cox to ask whether she had any advice to offer to her younger self.

"Keep going and keep loving it as much as you do," Fanning replied.

When you start in the business at a young age, she said, "you bring a real sense of play ... you're using your imagination, you're playing." Since she started out so young, she said, "I've tried to maintain that childlike joy" in her work.

Jane Lynch steps into a new role in season four of "Only Murders in the Building": a murder victim.

She said showrunner John Hoffman told her during shooting for season three that she would be the murder victim for the following season, a twist that she was actually thrilled to hear.

That's because it meant she would be in season four a lot, even if it was by way of flashbacks.

Lynch added working with Steve Martin and Martin Short on the Hulu series is a "chill" and "fun" experience.

She also talked about "Glee" with E! host Laverne Cox, who noted that the iconic Fox show premiered 15 years ago and asked Lynch which songs she would have liked to hear on the show if it were still on today.

"I would love to see a whole season of 'Glee' with just the earliest pop songs, the stuff I grew up with" on the radio, Lynch said.

At the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony last week, Cumming took home the award for outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program for his role as host of "The Traitors," which is also up for outstanding reality competition program this evening.

It was Cumming's first-ever Emmy win, a fact that left E! host Laverne Cox in disbelief as the pair met on the preshow red carpet.

Cox gave him the chance to give an acceptance speech, which he was not able to do at the earlier awards ceremony, right on the red carpet. Cumming promptly responded by rattling off a long list of quick thank-yous.

Comedy queen Maya Rudolph was nominated for four Emmy Awards across three shows this year, the most of any performer.

She already took home a statuette for outstanding character voiceover performance for her role as Connie the Hormone Monster in Netflix's "Big Mouth" during the creative arts Emmy ceremony last week. Rudolph lost in the outstanding original music and lyrics category (she was nominated for her Mother's Day opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live") to the weirdly catchy "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" ditty on "Only Murders in the Building."

Rudolph could also win tonight for outstanding lead actress in a comedy for "Loot" and outstanding guest actress in a comedy for "Saturday Night Live."

The eight nominees for outstanding drama series are Netflix’s “The Crown,” Prime Video’s “Fallout,” HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” Prime Video’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” FX’s “Shōgun,” Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” and Netflix’s “3 Body Problem.”

In the comedy series race, the eight nominees are ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s “The Bear,” HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Max’s “Hacks,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale,” FX’s “Reservation Dogs” and FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows.”

You can read the full slate of nominees here.

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“The Morning Show” is up for 16 nominations, including best actress in a drama series nods for Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. Actor Mark Duplass called deciding which co-star to vote for a “Sophie’s choice.”

“But, yes, I made a choice,” he said, laughing, when asked to reveal who he voted for.

Duplass hopes his second acting Emmy nom — he was also nominated in 2020 for “The Morning Show” — will attract more attention to his independent projects. “It’s cool, but I’ve divorced myself from the need to be nominated,” he said. “I’ve gone to therapy. I’m a good boy. But when you get it, you realize, ‘Oh, there’s still a bit of an ego in there and it feels nice to be stroked.’

“And then the pragmatic side of me is like, ‘Oh, maybe this will open more roles for me. Maybe this means I can cast myself in my own independent projects and they’ll sell for more and more people will see them because of this,’” he continued. “It’s like a whole eco-system for me.”

If you feel like you already watched the Emmys this year — well, you did.

The 2023 edition of the ceremony was delayed four months by the writers’ and actors’ strikes in Hollywood, so the television academy held the ceremony in January.

The show airing tonight honors the most recent season of television, which is why the lineup of nominees includes freshman shows like “Fallout” and “3 Body Problem.”

"Only Murders in the Building" stars Steve Martin and Martin Short have practiced their "losing" faces, while the women nominated in the stacked acting categories prepare for an incredible faceoff.

“Schitt’s Creek” fans, this is your moment. Eugene and Dan Levy are serving as this year’s emcees, four years after their sleeper hit comedy series dominated the Emmys.

Eugene, 77, and Dan, 41, are each making their Emmys hosting debuts. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Dan Levy promised to keep the show “light and bright.”

The three-hour telecast from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles kicks off at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on ABC. If you’re not able to follow along live, you can stream the ceremony tomorrow on Hulu. (ABC and Hulu are both units of Disney.)

Don’t bet against FX tonight. The cable network cruises into the show with the two leading contenders: ‘‘Shōgun” (25 nominations) and the “The Bear” (23 nominations).

‘‘Shōgun,” a lavish drama about feudal lords in 17th century Japan, looks like a lock for the best drama series prize. FX would score its first-ever victory in that category.

“The Bear,” a dark comedy about cooks trying to revitalize a Chicago sandwich shop, nabbed the best comedy series award at the previous Emmys. It’s widely expected to do so again.

FX boasts four other shows in contention tonight: “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Reservation Dogs” and the fifth installment of “Fargo.”