‘‘This is too fantastic!’’
Television is a marvelous business.''
‘‘Oh, I’m really in trouble!’’
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This wasn’t his first victory.
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‘‘Oh, boy!’’
a shocked Daniel J. Travanti cried when he won best actor in a drama series forHill Street Bluesin 1981.
It was an equally stunning moment for Emmy viewers.
saidCandice Bergenas she thrust her statuette heavenward after winning Best Actress in a Comedy Series forMurphy Brownin 1989.
It was a moving reach across the awards' history.
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But that first triumph was extra special.
‘‘I really wanted it a lot,’’ she told reporters backstage.
‘‘I was dying for it.’’
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An hour later, Danson finally scored.
‘‘This is exactly what happened to me in the drive-in,’’ gasped an excited Danson.
‘‘When I first got lucky, they all stood up and applauded.’’
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I’ll miss that.''
Even the usually coolJerry Seinfeldappeared flustered immediately afterward when he appeared at the podium to resume his hosting duties.
‘‘The big one?’’
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he asked with a sly shrug.
‘‘That could be anything!’’
She ended up presiding over one of the most inspirational Emmycasts ever.
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‘‘Only web connection executives can do that.’’
Then, Garrett’s costarDoris Roberts, picking up her trophy, got a long kiss from presenterMatthew Perry.
Said the actress, ‘‘That was worth getting up here for.’’
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One heckuva winning Streep (2004)
ThinkMeryl Streep’s won enough awards for one lifetime?
So does she, at times.
‘‘But not todaaaaay.’
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Sense or censorship?
(2005)
Leave it toJon Stewartto make a political statement that was funny yet inoffensive.
Given all the love the show was getting, you could almost think he wasn’t joking.
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(Where was this woman’s Emmy forLaw & Order?)
They went unbleeped as well.
It must have worked: The show actually ended three minutes early.
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When an announcer mispronounced her name as ‘‘Hei-jul’’ in 2007, she pointedly corrected her.
(Cut to Heigl’s date, the mortified mom herself.)
At least Heigl wrapped by thanking her mom, saying, ‘‘This is because of you.
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I wouldn’t want to be here without you.’’
Nice save, young lady; otherwise, you might have been grounded.
onstage to sing and fist-pump to Bruce Springsteen’s ‘‘Born to Run.’’
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When the rest of the nominees joined, resembling a line of pageant contestants, it was officially hilarious.
Seeing the giggly gaggle of girlfriends’ faux (or was it earnest?)
excitement ‘‘just to be nominated’’ made for a great break from awards show tedium.
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Then whenBridesmaids’ breakoutMelissa McCarthytook home the prize (plus a tiara and flower bouquet!)
for her role onMike & Molly, this truly went down as one for the books.
The jokes didn’t end there for the mysterious duo!
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ShowrunnerSteven Moffatquipped backstage Cumberbatch was “too big to come to the Emmys” after accepting his trophy.
Why, Cumberbatch hadn’t even done a Marvel movie yet in 2014!
Why not go for love with a few million people watching?
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Tonight I got to wipe the table."
Sterling kept talking despite his mic being cut and the cameras pulling away.
“The project is entirely for them.
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Their names were [always going] to be mentioned.”
Everyone from doctors to delivery workers had their moment at the Emmys in 2020.
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