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Father-and-son team of Eugene and Dan Levy to co-host the Emmys

Father-and-son team of Eugene and Dan Levy to co-host the Emmys
All the pressure is off of me. Now, I don't have to sit there and wonder am I going to win? Am I going to get it? What time are they going to get to this category? You know, I just get to come up here and be myself and have fun and poke fun at Jason Sudeikis who I believe stole the award for me for several years. I'm zero for 11. Jason, I'm zero for 11. You know, because of Doctor Martin Luther King Junior, we, we all have made strides and not only in the African American community, but the community as *** whole is people as *** culture. Um But you know, to have the Emmys on that day, uh to have it produced by an all African American production team and Jesse Collins and Dion and Janae and what they've been able to do, um We will be making history in front of and behind the camera on *** very special day and, and, and coming together and, and celebrating uh the work that we all have done that, that uh uh that's gonna be uh under this roof that night.
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Father-and-son team of Eugene and Dan Levy to co-host the Emmys
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will make history at the Emmy Awards next month as the first ever father and son co-hosts.Video above: Anthony Anderson, host of the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, speaks before the show"We are thrilled to welcome two generations of comedy genius to the Emmy's stage as hosts," said Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego in a statement Friday.The Levys cleaned up at the 2020 Emmys — the year the winners appeared remotely due to the pandemic — thanks to their hit series "Schitt's Creek." Eugene Levy won for outstanding comedy actor and Dan Levy won for best supporting comedy actor. Dan Levy also picked up wins for writing and directing, while both won the outstanding comedy series trophy as executive producers."For two Canadians who won our Emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the idea of being asked to host this year in an actual theater was incentive enough," the Levys said in a statement. "We're thrilled to be able to raise a glass to this extraordinary season of television." The Levys will be the first-ever father-son hosts at the Emmys and the first duo to do it since 2018 with "Saturday Night Live" stars Colin Jost and Michael Che.The 76th Emmys air live in Los Angeles on Sept. 15 on ABC, and streams the next day on Hulu.Eugene Levy isn't just a co-host this year — he also nominated for his Apple TV+ series "The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy," the unlikely wedding of a droll and cautious host with some of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will make history at the Emmy Awards next month as the first ever father and son co-hosts.

Video above: Anthony Anderson, host of the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, speaks before the show

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"We are thrilled to welcome two generations of comedy genius to the Emmy's stage as hosts," said Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego in a statement Friday.

The Levys cleaned up at the 2020 Emmys — the year the winners appeared remotely due to the pandemic — thanks to their hit series "Schitt's Creek." Eugene Levy won for outstanding comedy actor and Dan Levy won for best supporting comedy actor. Dan Levy also picked up wins for writing and directing, while both won the outstanding comedy series trophy as executive producers.

"For two Canadians who won our Emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the idea of being asked to host this year in an actual theater was incentive enough," the Levys said in a statement. "We're thrilled to be able to raise a glass to this extraordinary season of television."

The Levys will be the first-ever father-son hosts at the Emmys and the first duo to do it since 2018 with "Saturday Night Live" stars Colin Jost and Michael Che.

The 76th Emmys air live in Los Angeles on Sept. 15 on ABC, and streams the next day on Hulu.

Eugene Levy isn't just a co-host this year — he also nominated for his Apple TV+ series "The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy," the unlikely wedding of a droll and cautious host with some of the most beautiful places on Earth.