68% of Emmys viewers give Eugene and Dan Levy an ‘A’ as hosts [POLL RESULTS]
The levees ain’t broken.
For the first time ever, a father-and-son duo served as hosts of the Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast, and fans clearly liked what they saw. Eugene Levy and Dan Levy received an “A” grade from the vast majority of Emmys viewers who voted in Gold Derby’s overnight poll. In fact, a whopping 68% of respondents called them “brilliant from start to finish” — not too shabby! Here are the rest of the poll results:
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26%: “B — I rather liked them”
3%: “C — They were just okay”
2%: “F — Awful, awful, awful!”
1%: “D — Somewhat forgettable”
During their opening monologue (watch above), Eugene and Dan reflected back more than seven decades to the very first Emmys host, Walter O’Keefe. The duo stayed away from political humor and instead made jokes about the industry at large. “Welcome, everybody, to the 76th Emmy Awards,” Dan began, “also known as broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.” They fully embraced the fact that they weren’t hosts, but instead “actors acting like hosts.”
Eugene got a hearty chuckle when he declared about a fellow Canadian, “If things go south, my name is pronounced Martin Short.” And they both earned applause when they mentioned their Emmy-winning show “Schitt’s Creek” which, much like “Reservation Dogs,” was never truly appreciated by the television academy until its final season. Eugene called that his “most rewarding Dad role ever,” even more so than being Dan’s actual father, lol.
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The Levys won a few armfuls of trophies as part of that “Schitt’s Creek” sweep in 2020, aka the Covid Emmys, including Best Comedy Actor (Eugene), Best Comedy Supporting Actor (Dan), Best Comedy Directing (Dan), Best Comedy Writing (Dan) and Best Comedy Series (both as executive producers). The elder Levy was an Emmy nominee this year for his nonfiction series “The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy,” which he lost to “My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney.”
Prior to Eugene and Dan Levy, other Emmys hosts from the modern era include Anthony Anderson (2023), Kenan Thompson (2022), Cedric the Entertainer (2021), Jimmy Kimmel (2020, 2016, 2012), Michael Che & Colin Jost (2018), Stephen Colbert (2017), Andy Samberg (2015), Seth Meyers (2014) and Neil Patrick Harris (2013, 2009). A woman hasn’t hosted the Emmy Awards since Jane Lynch in 2011.
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