In all my years of watching awards shows (what can I say, I’m a gay guy!), I don’t think I’ve ever seen something like last night’s 77 th Primetime Emmy Awards. No, it wasn’t The Pitt ’s dominance, nor was it Jeff Hiller’s heartwarming upset of a win, nor was it even host Nate Bargatze’s controversial—some might say tacky— way to keep acceptance speeches short . It was The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ’s win for Outstanding Talk Series. Colbert was already considered the favorite to win that category, but even knowing that, I have never seen a winner telegraphed so resoundingly. As the names of the three nominees— The Daily Show , Jimmy Kimmel Live! , and The Late Show— were read aloud on Sunday night, the applause that broke out at the mere mention of the latter was noth

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