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TV’s biggest night is here. The 77th Emmy Awards take place Sunday, Sept. 14. The show will air live downtown Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on CBS. (The awards show is also streaming on Paramount+ for some subscribers.)
The red carpet will kick off at 6 p.m. ET, with a pre-show hosted by Entertainment Tonight will broadcast live on CBS starting at 7 p.m. ET. Like the ceremony, this will also be available to stream on Paramount+.
Celebrated stand up comedian Nate Bargatze will host this year’s ceremony, and will be joined on stage by a long list of presenters such as Sydney Sweeney, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Sterling K. Brown, Jenna Ortega and Mariska Hargitay.
Apple TV dominated this year’s nominated shows with original hits “Severance” and “The Studio” leading the tallies for both drama and comedy series, respectively. HBO Max, meanwhile, led the overall network tally at 142 — thanks to shows including “The Penguin” (the most in limited/anthology), “The White Lotus,” “The Last of Us” and “Hacks.” That’s up from the outlet’s previous best, 140 in 2022.
Among performers, making history going into the show is “Matlock” star Kathy Bates, who at 77 is now the oldest woman nominated in the lead drama actress category.
As far as rule changes, the Television Academy kept major shifts to a minimum this year. The most significant adjustment came in the guest acting categories, where the org decided that performers who had previously been nominated or won in a lead or supporting category could no longer shift to one of the guest fields in the same role in future years.
Also new this year: A shift in the directing races, where “an eligible individual or the identical team may now enter multiple achievements per category if the achievements are for different programs.” Per the Academy, directors could previously only submit only one entry per category.
Stream the 77th Emmy Awards live online on Paramount+.
