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Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson kicked disconnected the Emmy 2022 ceremonial by dancing to the taxable songs of Friends, Stranger Things and more.
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Kenan Thompson is showing america however it's done.
The big of the Emmys 2022 ceremony, taking spot astatine the Microsoft Theater successful Los Angeles, Calif. Sept. 12, kicked things disconnected with a rousing creation number. Dressed successful a achromatic apical chapeau and tuxedo, the big swayed and shimmied to taxable songs from celebrated shows similar Friends, Law & Order and The Brady Bunch—but with a modern twist.
Throughout the opening number, Kenan changed into costumes to lucifer the shows, appearing successful a mustache for Law & Order. He past danced it retired successful a platinum blonde wig à la Daenerys in Game of Thrones, with an service of backup dancers cheering him connected arsenic helium step-danced to the beat.
To apical it each off, Oprah Winfrey walked retired successful an all-white ensemble to contiguous the archetypal grant for Lead Actor successful a Limited oregon Anthology Series—tough enactment to follow!
The Saturday Night Live comedian spoke to E! News up of the ceremony, sharing that the opening monologue is conscionable a sensation of the jokes to come. As helium explained, helium wants to "keep the enactment ambiance going" each nighttime long, not just astatine the beginning. "I cognize it's a agelong time and a agelong program," helium said, "but I deliberation that's going to beryllium my main absorption truthful it doesn't consciousness truthful tasking. It should consciousness similar a celebration."
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And portion determination are rather a few SNL alums up for awards during the ceremony, Kenan isn't just rooting for his friends, similar Jason Sudeikis and Bill Hader. "I'm excited for Abbot Elementary, I'm excited for Quinta [Brunson]," helium told E! "I'm excited for a batch of shows. It's bully to spot Barry back. Ted Lasso's having a ace moment…Maisel is back. All these radical are inactive doing precise precocious caliber work, which is bully to see."
(E! and NBC are both members of the NBCUniversal family.)
Watch the 2022 Emmy Awards ceremonial astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock followed by the Live From E!: Emmys After Party astatine 11 p.m. ET/PT connected E!.
