Dan Levy and dad Eugene joke around in the first Emmys promo of 2024
ABC has shared its first promo for this year’s 76th Emmys, hosted by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy — and for where they’re going high-brow — er, eyebrow. Yeah, it’s probably fitting that the first father-son Emmy hosting duo starts things off with a dad joke.
On the spot, Dan warns his father not to aim for a low-slung eyebrow gag. But Eugene can’t resist. The promo was released Tuesday night during ABC’s primetime lineup, which included the season finale of “The Bachelorette.” And the ad also comes as the Television Academy kicks Emmy Awards month into high gear, with the Creative Arts Emmys this weekend, September 7 and 8, at the Peacock Theater in downtown LA.
Earlier Tuesday, the Television Academy unveiled the first class of presenters for the first night of this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys. Names include LeVar Burton, Mark Cuban, Nikki Glaser, Derek Hough, Phil Keoghan, Lucy Liu, Jane Lynch, breakdance Olympian Victor Montalvo and Hannah Waddingham.
Others include Garcelle Beauvais, Jonathan Bennett, Mike Birbiglia, Dani Bowman, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Barbara Corcoran, comedian Matt Friend, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Derek Hough, David Isaacman, Daymond John, Kristen Kish, Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Tig Notaro, Abbey Romeo, Masi Oka, Kevin O’Leary, Melissa Peterman and Fisher Stevens.
Meanwhile, as announced last month, Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will take on this year’s Emmys, which will take place on Sunday, September 15, live on ABC (and air on Hulu the following day).
“For two Canadians who won our Emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the idea of being asked to host in an actual theater this year was incentive enough,” the Levys said in a joint statement as part of last month’s announcement . “We’re thrilled to raise a glass to this extraordinary season of television and can’t wait to spend the evening with all of you on September 15.”
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will work closely with Emmy producers Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment, who earned critical acclaim in January for producing the previous Emmy telecast, hosted by Anthony Anderson.
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy represent the first-ever father-son hosting partners for the Emmys; they’re also the first duo to do so since 2018 (when Colin Jost and Michael Che co-hosted) and only the second duo to host this century.
As he prepares for the guest appearance, Eugene Levy is ready this weekend for his Apple TV+ series “The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy,” which is nominated for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special.
Watch the Emmys promo below:
