Monday, July 6, 2026

Eddie Murphy Wins First Emmy Award Ever, for Hosting “SNL,” Other Winners: Ru Paul as Best Host of a Reality Show, Maya Rudolph for “SNL” as Kamala Harris, Cherry Jones for “Succession”

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Eddie Murphy won his first Emmy Award ever tonight, for guest hosting “Saturday Night Live” last season. Eddie was a regular on the show 30 years ago and never guest hosted until this past spring. The award is Male Guest Star, Comedy.

Maya Rudolph won Female Guest Star, Comedy, also for “SNL,” also her alma mater. She played Senator Kamala Harris.

Ron Cephas Jones won Male Guest Star, Drama, for “This is Us,” playing Sterling K. Brown’s father.

Cherry Jones won Female Guest star, Drama, for “Succession.” Cherry could win an Oscar this year for Supporting Actress in Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York,” hitting theaters next month.

The awards given out tonight are the fourth night of Creative Arts Emmys. The main show is Sunday night, tomorrow, at 8pm.

Another big winner tonight is RuPaul for hosting “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program.

Keep refreshing for more of tonight’s awards.

“Rick and Morty” won for Outstanding Animation.

“The Cave” won Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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