It was a shame, not least because Hargitay was touted as the Emmys’ first female host since Jane Lynch in 2011. For many years after the Glee standout’s stint, the awards relied on a rotating cast of SNL and talk-show guys. Recently, however, with late night in decline, they’ve cast a wider net, and results have been all over the map. Following Anthony Anderson’s forgettable performance, we got an effortlessly charming turn from Eugene and Dan Levy—and then last year’s tedious, gimmick-freighted telecast, led by standup superstar Nate Bargatze.
Maybe that explains why Hargitay was just kinda there with us throughout the ceremony, more an affable companion than a genuine ringmaster. In a monologue that was practically over before it started, she quipped about how many of the stars in the room she’d “arrested” in their guest appearances as SVU’s twisted perp of the week. There was a sendup of Nicole Kidman’s five-year-old viral AMC Theatres commercial, featuring an interjection (“That’s my line”) from Kidman herself. It wasn’t the only joke of the night that felt stale (see: Hargitay griping that the Game of Thrones furs she donned to introduce two of the franchise’s stars were “hot as balls”). Minutes after Hargitay joked that male hosts had dominated the Emmys for so long because “for 15 straight years, Amy and Tina said no,” Poehler presented an award with a joke about the night’s losers outnumbering its winners that surpassed anything in the monologue.
All told, it was neither an excruciating Emmys nor a great one. There were certainly some lovely moments. The Catherine O’Hara tribute from her on-screen children Macaulay Culkin, Annie Murphy, and Dan Levy stood out as moving in its genuine warmth and specificity. More often, opportunities to honor a beloved person or show were squandered; was Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz presenting an award together really the exciting 30th anniversary Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion fans were anticipating? Similarly, Hargitay didn’t embarrass herself. Many of the flaws in her performance should be blamed on lackluster writing, from a non sequitur segue after her self-deprecating Ghoulies flashback to that unforgivable “Hannah Mammogramma” pun. She may have failed to match the Levys’ energy or belatedly prove herself as a great comic talent, but at least she avoided a Bargatze- or Seacrest-level disaster and came out with her likability intact. Regardless of whether she gets invited back, here’s to the Emmys giving women more chances to be wonderful, awful, and even just-OK Emmys hosts.
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