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The 2021 Emmys. AKA How to entertain almost no one.

An Emmy Awards wrap, morning television streakers, and more in today's ABW.

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Sep 20, 2021
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The 2021 Emmys. AKA How to entertain almost no one.

Yesterday's Emmy Awards: Bloated, bland, and thoroughly unfunny.

But also probably better than they've been for a few years.

A successful Emmy Awards needs to balance two things, each with opposing interests. First, it is an awards show celebrating an industry. It needs to talk to the industry - this means you will get dull speeches, self-indulgent speech…

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