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Ellen DeGeneres gracefully brings laughter to a ceremony following on the heels of national tragedy, hosting a cathartic Emmys packed with patriotic salutes.

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Belinda Acosta Austin Chronicle 01/07/2020
Emmy host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres receives high marks for bringing perfectly calibrated humor and solemnity to the event, which in lesser hands could have veered to uncomfortably crass humor or thick sentimentality. Go to Full Review John Carman San Francisco Chronicle 01/07/2020
DeGeneres' comedy material ran thin in a hurry, and a succession of packaged Emmy tributes fell flat. Go to Full Review Carina Chocano Salon.com 01/07/2020
[Host Ellen DeGeneres'] loopy and hesitant brand of humor and good-natured guilelessness lent the perfect combination of levity and honesty to a show that could have devolved into something as cringy and maudlin. Go to Full Review David Schmader The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 01/07/2020
The Emmy Awards finally made it to the air, and the results were perfectly fine. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Ellen DeGeneres

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Episode 1 Aired Nov 4, 2001 53rd Emmys Details

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Season Info

Network
CBS
Genre
Special Interest
Release Date
Nov 4, 2001