Eugene and Dan Levy, the father-and-son acting duo best known for the sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” opened the Emmy Awards on Sunday with playful digs at the changing television industry and its audience, calling the ceremony “broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.”
“The creators of ‘Shogun’ actually had their scripts translated into Japanese, rewritten and then translated back into English subtitles that you missed because you were also on your phone watching Sabrina Carpenter eat a hot wing,” joked Dan Levy, referring to one of one of the top contenders for best drama series.
The Levys’ rapport is self-deprecating and inoffensive — a fitting mix for prime-time television.
“I wouldn’t actually even call us hosts — we’re more like actors acting like hosts,” Dan Levy said.
The actors drew their own accolades from the Television Academy as creators and stars of “Schitt’s Creek,” which earned them both acting Emmys. In 2020, Dan Levy became the first performer to collect four Emmys during a prime-time telecast — for writing, directing, best supporting actor and for best comedy.
The hosts poked at one of the most nominated shows, “The Bear,” after some in the industry have questioned whether it qualifies a comedy.
“In the true spirit of ‘The Bear,’ we will not make any jokes,” Eugene Levy said.
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