So, Sunday's 77th annual Primetime Emmys are a wrap. A mostly brisk show with some nice surprises and some upsets as well, here are three takeaways:

Stephen Colbert is star of the night

In 2023, the Emmys changed the "Outstanding Variety Talk Series" to just "Outstanding Talk Series." Why that happened isn't especially interesting but what happened Sunday was. The "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" at long last won for best talk show, ending a drought (33 nods, and also one win last week at the Creative Emmy Awards) that was exceeded only by "Better Call Saul." (53 nods before finally winning.) Changing the category helped this year because there were only three nominees, but what went down with Colbert on July 18 made this win inevitable. That's when CBS canceled both "Late Show" an

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