Norm Macdonald was not a part of the normal “In Memoriam” phase Monday on the Emmys, though he was proven simply earlier than it, when his posthumous comedy particular, Norm Macdonald: Nothing Particular, was acknowledged as a nominee within the class of selection particular.
And other people on social media shortly seen it.
To which others accurately identified that Macdonald was really featured in final 12 months’s present. A picture of Macdonald sitting at Saturday Night time Stay’s “Weekend Replace” desk performed simply earlier than the tip of the bundle, as Jon Batiste and Leon Bridges carried out Bridges’s track “River.”
Macdonald died Sept. 14, 2021, after scuffling with most cancers for nearly a decade. He had chosen to maintain his analysis non-public. The Emmys had been held 5 days later, on Sept. 19.
Nonetheless, Macdonald’s particular, which was up for 3 awards whole this 12 months, was launched in Could 2022, making it eligible for the competitors. It was Macdonald doing a run-through of a set that he deliberate to file later in entrance of a stay viewers, however by no means had the possibility to do.
On this 12 months’s present, John Legend gave a shifting rendition of his track “Items,” as photos of Betty White, Nichelle Nichols, Bob Saget, Sidney Poitier, Anne Heche and lots of others flashed on a display screen.
However there have been some notable names that weren’t included, as is usually the case. Amongst them had been Associates actor James Michael Tyler, Goliath actor William Harm and Meat Loaf, who was primarily often called a musician however appeared in lots of exhibits over time, together with Glee and Elementary.
The Tv Academy retains a database of “the women and men who had been included within the televised ‘In Memoriam’ phase, in addition to many others who weren’t” on its web site.
