Host Stephen Colbert opened the Emmy Awards Sunday night with a song urging people concerned about the state of the world today to just turn on the boob tube, because "everything is better on TV."
The song, of course, featured cameos from quite a few TV stars including Allison Janney, who bemoaned the fact that not absolutely everything is better on TV: "I hear HBO is bringing back the Confederacy."
There were, of course, quite a few references to President Trump (at least eight so far by Newser's count), including a very specific call-out during Colbert's opening monologue: "Hello, sir, thank you for joining us. Looking forward to the tweets."
He also called Trump the biggest TV star of the year, and pointed out that while Trump was nominated multiple times for an Emmy for Celebrity Apprentice, he never won (because "unlike the presidency, Emmys go to the winner of the popular vote") and has complained repeatedly that the awards show is rigged.
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