Emmy Producers Address Reunions, Those Empty Seats & That Odd Johnnie Walker Moment: “Nobody Went Off The Rails”
deadline.comThe 76th Annual Emmys telecast clocked in at 3 hours and 8 minutes — not a bad finish for a tightly controlled show that emphasized nostalgia and inclusivity over politics and the culture wars.
Here, Executive Producers Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay answer our burning questions about the telecast on ABC, including why half of the seats at the Peacock Theater were empty at one point and why Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Taylor Zachary Perez had that awkward moment at the backstage bar. DEADLINE Let’s talk about the time at which the show finished. DIONNE HARMON We were a little over three hours.
I think it’s a really good shine. The show being a tiny bit long didn’t feel like it to the viewers. The worst feeling is people thinking, ‘oh my God, when is this ever going to end?’ Playing people off is a really hard thing to do because it’s everyone’s moment and they have such important things to say.
But I think that people were really great with their speeches. Nobody went off the rails and did a 10-minute crazy speech. I thought people followed the rules and were pretty respectful of everyone’s time and the time that they had allotted.
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