LOS ANGELES - Host Jimmy Kimmel opened the Emmys on Sunday from an empty Los Angeles theatre filled with cardboard cutouts of the nominees, marking the start of Hollywood's first major Covid-era award show.
"Hello and welcome to the pand-Emmys," said Kimmel, as producers cut to archive footage of a star-studded audience, before revealing the venue's empty seats. Nominees for the 72nd Emmys - television's version of the Oscars - are beaming in remotely from their homes, with only a handful of special guest presenters appearing in person including Jennifer Aniston.The first prize of the night, best actress in a comedy series, went to Catherine O'Hara for Schitt's Creek, who was handed her award by a presenter in a hazmat suit at a socially distanced event for the show's cast in Toronto.
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