Television is never quite perfect, even in its remarkable seasons. Awards shows celebrating TV have a long history of being far worse, somehow, than the most plodding dramas. That is reason enough to celebrate the 76th Emmys Awards for yielding a three-hour and eight-minute ABC telecast that felt downright sprightly.
It had sufficiently enjoyable if barely noticeable hosts in “Schitt’s Creek” stars Eugene and Dan Levy, who had the good sense to make the night's focus the talent that was there to make a point about the medium or the election's stakes, or in the case of "Only Murders in the Building" stars Martin Short and Steve Martin, simply funnier.
