‘SNL50’ Tops Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar to Win Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

SNL50: The Anniversary Special won outstanding assortment peculiar (live) astatine the 2025 Primetime Emmys, beating an exceptionally high-powered tract of nominees — The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé Bowl, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and The Oscars. The awards were held connected Sunday (Sept. 14) astatine the Ovation Theater astatine L.A. Live. Comedian Nate Bargatze served arsenic host.

Lorne Michaels, the show’s longtime enforcement producer, accepted the grant by saying, “I won this grant for the archetypal clip 50 years ago, successful 1975. I was younger and I had a batch of dreams — and not 1 of those dreams was that I’d inactive beryllium doing the aforesaid amusement for the adjacent 50 years, nevertheless present we are. I privation to convey NBC and Comcast for their support. The amusement was 2 years successful the making.” [Editor’s Note: Michaels archetypal won 49 years ago, successful 1976.]

This was the 106th Primetime Emmy that SNL has won successful competition, combining the flagship bid and day specials. That’s astir doubly arsenic galore Emmys arsenic the runner-up amusement successful full Emmy wins, Game of Thrones, with 59 awards. (SNL’s full does not number Hall of Fame citations to the amusement and its first-season cast.)

This was the 3rd SNL day peculiar to triumph a apical programme Emmy. Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special won outstanding variety, euphony oregon drama peculiar successful 2000. The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special won outstanding assortment peculiar successful 2015.

It’s uncommon for a peculiar based connected a regular TV programme to triumph a apical programme Emmy. Three “Carpool Karaoke” specials based connected the fashionable conception connected The Late Late Show Starring James Corden won outstanding assortment peculiar (pre-recorded) from 2016 to 2019. In addition, 5 “Carpool Karaoke” specials won outstanding short-form programme awards. The West Wing Documentary Special won outstanding peculiar people programme successful 2002. Live successful Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All successful the Family and The Jeffersons won outstanding assortment peculiar (live) successful 2019. A akin special, Live successful Front of a Studio Audience: All successful the Family and Good Times, won successful the aforesaid class the pursuing year.

Lorne Michaels was enforcement shaper of SNL50: The Anniversary Special; it was his 24th Primetime Emmy (not counting his induction into the TV Hall of Fame successful 1999).

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