By Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Beloved actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen became the first couple to jointly accept a prestigious award from the Television Academy honoring philanthropy at Sunday’s Emmy Awards.

Kristen Bell and Michael Schur presented the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award to the duo during the live telecast. Schur created “The Good Place,” which Danson starred in alongside Bell from 2016-20.

“There’s no honor that would mean more to Mary and me than this one, and the fact that it’s been given to both of us means the world,” Danson said.

“If it’s true that life is made up of two emotions, love and fear, the world’s a little out of balance right now,” Steenburgen added. “We don’t want to live in fear, so we make ourselves useful working for organizatio

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