The 77th Emmy Awards kicked off Sunday with wins for best actor in a comedy series for Seth Rogen in “The Studio” and best actress in a comedy series for Jean Smart in “Hacks.”

“I so could not wrap my head around this happening that I prepared nothing,” said Rogen on arriving on stage at the Peacock Theater to accept the Emmy for his work as a cringy, barely competent studio head.

“As a kid, I bought a used bowling trophy at an estate sale and my parents were like, yeah, that’s good, you should do that.”

His award was presented by Stephen Colbert, host of “Late Night with Stephen Colbert,” which, perhaps awkwardly, was recently canceled by CBS, the Emmys broadcaster this year. Colbert received a standing ovation from the audience, made a pitch to the crowd to hire his 200 staffers come

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