EXCLUSIVE: One of many extra intriguing Emmy battles this yr is Beyoncé going head-to-head with Saturday Night time Stay’s celeb-filled fiftieth anniversary particular.
Netflix’s Beyoncé Bowl and SNL 50: The Anniversary are battling one another within the Excellent Selection Particular (Stay) class.
The Tv Academy had initially scheduled this award to be handed out throughout the second evening of the Inventive Arts Emmys, however Deadline understands that it has now been moved to the primary primetime present, which can happen September 14 on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and air on CBS and Paramount+.
A TV Academy spokesman confirmed the transfer. The motives for the transfer aren’t fully clear, nevertheless it’s probably a chance to get Beyoncé to the awards. The pop star has by no means attended the Emmys, regardless of having been nominated earlier than.
The 2 reveals can even go up in opposition to fellow nominees the Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present Starring Kendrick Lamar and the Oscars. The latter received the award final yr, beating Usher’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present, the Grammys, Netflix’s The Biggest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady and the Tonys.
The class is large open; the Tremendous Bowl halftime present received the award in 2022 when it featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Lamar and 50 Cent and SNL’s birthday celebrations featured extra former stars and A-list celebrities that would slot in Studio 8H.
Saturday Night time Stay is hoping for a robust exhibiting at this yr’s awards after scoring its most ever Emmy nominations with 31 throughout its primary present and varied birthday celebrations. This included seven for Saturday Night time Stay’s fiftieth season together with Bowen Yang in Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence, in addition to 12 nominations for SNL50: The Anniversary Particular and 6 for SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance. It additionally scored two for Questlove’s Women & Gents… 50 Years of SNL Music, three for SNL50: Past Saturday Night time Stay in addition to one for an immersive particular.
It should additionally go head-to-head, as soon as once more, in opposition to Final Week Tonight with John Oliver within the Excellent Scripted Selection Sequence class, which has its personal particular voting guidelines given the variety of nominees.
Beyoncé has beforehand been nominated for her Lemonade particular, which misplaced out to The Late Late Present Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Particular within the Excellent Selection, Music or Comedy Particular class in 2016, and her Homecoming documentary within the Excellent Selection Particular (Pre-Recorded) in 2019.
