Two Charleston connections played out at the 2025 Emmy Awards.

Stephen Colbert presented at the Emmys this year amid controversy around the cancellation of his iteration of “The Late Show,” which won a Creative Arts Emmy last week for "Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series."

On the evening of Sept. 14, Colbert won again for “Outstanding Talk Series." These are the first two Emmy Awards "The Late Show" has won.

Colbert presented the first award of the evening and was met with a standing ovation as the crowd chanted "Stephen."

"While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?" he joked, pulling out an old headshot before asking Harrison Ford to pass it off to Stephen Spielberg.

Charleston’s “The Righteous Gemstones” also took home Emmy gold for one category this year, earning recogni

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