As many had predicted, the 77th Primetime Emmys had been dominated on the comedy aspect by “The Studio.” Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s movie business satire has been the speak of Hollywood because it premiered, so few had been shocked to see it win 13 Emmys throughout the Primetime and Inventive Arts ceremonies, together with Finest Comedy Sequence and Main Actor in a Comedy Sequence for Rogen. The Apple TV+ present ended up breaking the file for many Emmy wins for a comedy collection in a single yr — and that’s on prime of the file that it already set with its 23 nominations.
However there was one “The Studio“-related Emmy prediction that didn’t come true: Sal Saperstein was by no means talked about through the present. A memorable episode of “The Studio” Season 1 noticed the fictional Continental Footage government (performed by Ike Barinholtz) go viral after seemingly being thanked by each superstar on the Golden Globes, a lot to the chagrin of Rogen’s Matt Remick. The joke made its method into the true world finally weekend’s Inventive Arts Emmys, when most of the present’s winners in below-the-line classes referenced the fictional character in their very own speeches. As soon as a “Studio” sweep started to really feel inevitable on Emmy night time, many anticipated Rogen and his buddies to proceed the development. However that by no means occurred.
When the solid and inventive crew visited the winners’ room after the Emmys broadcast concluded on Sunday night time, the dearth of Sal Saperstein references was one of many first questions Rogen encountered. And the comic gave a simple reply that undoubtedly put the bit to mattress (at the very least, till subsequent yr’s Emmys).
“It’s our personal joke. It feels bizarre to reference your personal joke in my view,” Rogen mentioned. “We had been hoping Jack Thorne would do it.”
Given the present’s knack for recreating actual award reveals, Rogen was additionally requested if his night time on the Emmy’s had given him any concepts for a future episode. The multi-hyphenate defined that, as tempting as the concept would possibly sound, the Continental crew would by no means get to get pleasure from such a seamless night time of success.
“This was far too good a factor to occur on our present, sadly,” he mentioned. “Our present is usually based mostly on stress and disappointment, however proper now we’re all blissful.”