#The 2021 Emmys In Review: Not Great, Bob

Producers almost always have to play music to try to get winners to wrap up their speeches, but few shows have that problem quite like this year’s Emmys. They tried to play off several major award winners, including industry icon Debbie Allen who was there accepting her Governor’s Award. That’s a special achievement. If anyone is exempt from being played off, it has to be the winner of the night’s most prestigious award. 

Instead, the producers tried to play everyone off, from Allen to “Queen’s Gambit” showrunner Scott Frank and late-night king Stephen Colbert. If the producers knew they were going to be this tight for time, maybe they could have cut that fly sketch?