The Emmys Really Tried Some Things

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Emmys 2022 [The Emmys Really Tried Some Things]( Like TV itself, the Emmys were a little too much too fast. But within that chaos were some unexpected, truly sublime moments. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images It is a confusing but often entertaining time to watch television. Appropriately, the 2022 Emmy Awards honoring all that television was also a confusing, often entertaining experience. After a largely virtual ceremony in 2020 and one held half-indoors and half-outdoors because of a rise in COVID-19 cases in 2021, this was the first “normal” Emmy Awards in three years. And it was normal in a lot of ways. Host Kenan Thompson kicked it off with a splashy, corny musical salute to famous TV shows of the past like Friends and The Brady Bunch (while highlighting the lack of Black characters in said shows). The Saturday Night Live veteran did a fairly by-the-numbers opening monologue, quipping, “If it weren’t for TV, what would we do, read books?” — a timely acknowledgment of how much content exists in 2022 and also a joke that might actually have been told at an Emmys ceremony in the early 1950s. As always, there was an “In Memoriam” segment that paid tasteful tribute to TV legends who died during the past year, and in keeping with awards-season protocol, John Legend provided its soundtrack. [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Below Deck Mediterranean: [‘Gilmore Girls on Steroids’]( • 90 Day: The Single Life: [And Now for Something Totally Different]( • Industry: [Slaughter]( • Kevin Can F**k Himself: [A Party for Patty]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [I Already Miss the Maximalist Movie The movies are about to settle down, straighten out, and prepare for the seriousness of fall. But do they have to?]( By Alison Willmore [Ari Lennox Knows Exactly What She Wants On a/s/l, you can try your luck with the singer, but you might get your feelings hurt.]( [The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2022 Emmy Awards Why was Zedd in charge of interrupting and playing off the best of TV?]( By Roxana Hadadi, Jackson McHenry and Kathryn VanArendonk [Jean-Luc Godard, Father of French New Wave, Dead at 91 The Breathless and Goodbye to Language director died by assisted suicide at home in Switzerland.]( By Rebecca Alter [Father Lorne Has Come Down From the Mountain to Announce Four New Tributes The Saturday Night Live producer’s hunger for new contracted talent shall be appeased!]( By Rebecca Alter [Jay Duplass Wanted to See If He Could Survive the Brutality of Industry On Jesse Bloom’s similarities to Jeff Bezos and perfecting his gray streak.]( [The White Lotus Wins Big While Ted Lasso, Succession Defend Titles at 2022 Emmys A full list of the night’s honorees including Zendaya, Lizzo, and Quinta Brunson.]( By Zoe Guy [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( Can you solve the Vulture 10x10 crossword clue from September 13? 6-Down, Six Letters: The OG ‘Funny Girl.’ Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images, Ray Tamarra/Getty Images and Toni Anne Barson/WireImage Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. This week [on Switched on Pop](: Why do so many songs sound familiar? Because the number of chart-topping interpolations — songs built off old hits — has roughly doubled in the past five years. [Read more from Vulture]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved