SNL50: The Anniversary Special took home the Emmy for best variety special (live) on Sunday night, beating husband-and-wife duo Beyoncé and Jay-Z in the category.
Beyoncé was nominated for Beyoncé Bowl, while Jay-Z was nominated for his executive producing stint on The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar. The Oscars and SNL50: The Homecoming Concert were also nominated in the category.
After Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey presented the award, SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels accepted the trophy, reminiscing on the first time he won an Emmy in 1975 (coincidentally, the same number that’s in the title of his winning special).
“I was younger and I had a lot of dreams about what would happen in my life, and one of my dreams was that I’d still be doing the same show for 50 years,” Michaels said on stage, with Martin Short and Steve Martin watching him from the audience in awe.
“I want to thank NBC and Comcast for their support. The show was two years in the planning and they said, ‘we don’t care what it costs, as long as it’s good,’” he added. “Maybe that didn’t say that, maybe that’s just the way I heard it. I also wanted want to thank the Academy for continuing to keep the word ‘television in their name,’ as long as it’s in that, we’ll keep showing up.”
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The 77th Emmy Awards was telecast live from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles Sunday on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.