Tomorrow night’s Emmy Awards on NBC should be pretty interesting.
Mariska Hargitay is the host, the first time the long running star of “Law & Order SVU” has taken on such a task. She won an Emmy last week for the excellent documentary about her mother.
So you know Christopher Meloni and Ice T aren’t far behind, and there should be plenty of references to the legacy series.
Also in the mix of presenters, three Oscar winners: Sally Field, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Matthew McConaughey.
But you gotta keep it real, so there will be a swimsuit model — Brooks Nader — and an influencer, named Noah Beck.
The rest of the presenters are sort of like 52 pick up. They include Stephen Amell, Awkwafina, Noah Beck, Jessica Belkin, Scott Caan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma D’Arcy, Julia Garner, LL COOL J, Woody Harrelson, , Paul Anthony Kelly, Thaddeus LaGrone, Matthew McConaughey, John Mulaney, Brooks Nader, Emmy Rossum, SofÃa Vergara and Shailene Woodley.
Plus: Odessa A’zion, Linda Cardellini, Macaulay Culkin, Alan Cumming, Sally Field, Jon Hamm, David Harbour, Marcello Hernández, Peter Krause, Dan Levy, Julianna Margulies, Annie Murphy, Niecy Nash-Betts, Keke Palmer, Amanda Peet, Amy Poehler, Florence Pugh, Rachel Sennott and Zendaya.
The people we really won’t see will be nominees, or stars from actual hit cable and streaming shows. Never heard of Hassie Harrison or Thomas LaGrone? Well, you’re going to meet them tomorrow night.
The broadcast will feature celebrations of the milestone 30th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the 50th anniversary of Charlie’s Angels with Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith.Â
Chart star Noah Kahan will sing at some point, maybe over the In Memoriam. LL Cool J will be on hand, even though the show isn’t on CBS. He gets lonely during awards shows.
All I know is, Amy Poehler will do something, and that will be worth turning away from the Yankees game against the Twins.
Who should win? It doesn’t matter. Who will win? Jean Smart, Noah Wyle, “Widow’s Bay,” and Rhea Seehorn from “Pluribus.”
