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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 17 SepteMber 2018

In this Sept. 13, 2018 file photo, Emmy Award statuettes are displayed inside the Lindt Chocolate Lounge inside the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. The 70th Emmy
Awards will be held on Monday.
Associated Press
'Saturday Night Live,' politics, diversity could rule Emmys

By LYNN ELBER Comedy series including "Weekend Update" seg- creasingly inseparable, and Moonves and top "60 Min-
AP Television Writer "Atlanta," ''The Marvelous ment of "SNL." Past and it's likely that President Don- utes" executive Jeff Fager.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There Mrs. Maisel" and "Insecure" present "SNL" players in- ald Trump will be the sub- If not, the #MeToo move-
are critical points about the are poised to capitalize on cluding Kate McKinnon ject of a few — OK, more ment may have something
70th Emmy Awards to keep the temporary absence and Tina Fey are present- than a few — punchlines to say.
in mind, starting with this: of five-time winner "Veep" ers, with McKinnon a nomi- and speeches. That could BIG TENT
The ceremony airs Mon- and its star Julia Louis-Drey- nee along with three other be the best opportunity for The Emmy Awards are
day. fus, who nabbed six best- cast members and Alec a drinking game, with men- opening up wider to diver-
Typically held on a Sunday, actress trophies. The late Baldwin, the show's regular tions of Paul Manafort for sity, with more than a third
it was punted one day so Anthony Bourdain, whose Trump impersonator. bonus points. of the 101 acting nods an-
this year's host network, "Parts Unknown" was show- The long-running sketch Hosts Che and Jost traf- nounced in July going to
NBC, could accommodate ered with six awards at the show already claimed sev- fic in political satire on ethnic minorities compared
its "Sunday Night Football" recent creative arts Emmy en awards at the creative "Weekend Update," so it's to a quarter of the field in
franchise (New York Gi- ceremony that preceded arts ceremony and is up for reasonable to expect they 2017. The 2018 awards are
ants at Dallas Cowboys, the main event, likely will be three more including best will here as well. But they already historic: "Satur-
for viewers inclined toward remembered.Here's more variety sketch series Mon- played it cool before the day Night Live" host Tiffany
that spectacle). on what to expect from day. But don't think "SNL" awards, with Jost saying Haddish and Samira Wiley
As for what the 8-11 p.m. television's biggest night: will hog the stage, accord- "there might be some, and of "The Handmaid's Tale"
EDT awards telecast will LIVE FROM LA, IT'S "SATUR- ing to Jost. "There will be a there might not." were part of the first-ever
offer, the basics are 26 DAY NIGHT!" lot of people from the 'SNL' "There's gonna be political African-American sweep of
categories with nomi- Don't be surprised if there's family involved. But also a jokes. And we're gonna guest actor awards at the
nees including defending occasional confusion lot of people that are just come out on the wrong creative arts awards.
drama champ "The Hand- about whether you're the stars of television now side of history, for sure. The main event Monday
maid's Tale." It's challenged watching the Emmys or a that have nothing to do We're aiming toward it," a could advance inclusivity
by 2016 winner "Game very long episode of NBC's with 'SNL,' because peo- smiling Che said. on-screen and off. Donald
of Thrones," which aired "Saturday Night Live." ple want to see everyone A close-to-home issue likely Glover, the star and creator
outside the eligibility win- "SNL" creator Lorne Mi- who's on TV," he said. will be addressed: The sex- of "Atlanta," won trophies
dow for last year's awards chaels is producing the DID SOMEONE MENTION ual-misconduct cloud over last year for acting and
and wants a triumphant awards ceremony. It's host- POLITICS? the entertainment industry, directing and is a multiple
(please, not blood-soaked) ed by Michael Che and Awards ceremonies and including last week's firings nominee again, including
return. Colin Jost, who anchor the politics have become in- of CBS Corp. CEO Leslie for writing.q