That’s a wrap on one of the most unpredictable Emmy Awards in years.

Sunday’s telecast (Sept. 14) delivered nail-biting matchups between sci-fi favorites “Severance” and “Andor” and inside baseball showbiz comedies “Hacks” and “The Studio.” The ceremony was hosted for the first time by comedian Nate Bargatze , who before the event promised to be kind to nominees and not punch down with his jokes.

At the start of the show, Bargatze introduced an ingenious plan to keep acceptance speeches short : docking money off his $100,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Club of America if winners exceeded 45 seconds. For the most part, this year's victors heeded his warning, with brief but impactful speeches from history-makers Tramell Tillman ("Severance"), the first Black man to win best suppo

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