On Sunday night fans of Apple TV+ comedy The Studio were asking, Why didn’t anyone thank Sal Saperstein? After all, the show’s “Golden Globes” episode had a running bit on exactly that.

In that episode featuring the awards show, Seth Rogen ‘s beleaguered studio exec Matt Remick is devastated when his fellow exec Sal Saperstein, played by Ike Barinholtz, is repeatedly thanked by stars in their acceptance speeches, including by the show’s guest star Zoë Kravitz, playing herself.

Following a total of 13 wins for The Studio Sunday night, including for Comedy Series and for Rogen as Lead Actor in a Comedy, not one person thanked the fictional Saperstein! Backstage, speaking to the press, Rogen explained why.

“It’s our own joke,” he said. “It feels weird to reference your own joke i

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