Eugene Levy and Dan Levy Team Up to Host 2024 Emmy Awards: ‘Can’t Wait to Spend the Evening with You’

Mar. 15, 2025

Eugene Levy and Dan Levy in October 2021.Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty

The2024 Emmy Awardswill be full of Schitt this September whenEugene LevyandDan Levytake the stage to host television’s top honors.

Emmy winners themselves for their roles on the beloved comedy seriesSchitt’s Creek, the two stars will be the first father-son duo ever to host the show, which will air live on ABC from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 15.

“For two Canadians who won our Emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the idea of being asked to host this year in an actual theater was incentive enough,” Eugene and Dan teased in statement on Friday, Aug. 16. “We’re thrilled to be able to raise a glass to this extraordinary season of television and can’t wait to spend the evening with you all."

The Levys will follow in the footsteps of Anthony Anderson, who hosted the2023 Emmy Awards. Those actually took place in January 2024, due to theHollywood writers and actors strikes.

Nominations for the 76th annual primetime Emmyswere announced back in July, withShōgunandThe Bearleading the pack for most nominations with 25 and 23 honors, respectively.

As Emmys' reigning best comedy,The Bearwill battle it out for the top prize alongsideAbbott Elementary,Curb Your Enthusiasm,Hacks,Only Murders in the Building,Palm Royale,Reservation DogsandWhat We Do in the Shadows.

Shōgun, meanwhile, is going up againstThe Crown,Fallout,The Gilded Age,The Morning Show,Mr. and Mrs. Smith,Slow Horsesand3 Body Problem.

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Jeremy Allen White, Lionel Boyce and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in ‘The Bear’.FX

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Individual acting nominations were given to stars from both FX hits,includingThe Bear’sJeremy Allen White,Ayo Edebiri,Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colon-Zayas,Olivia Colman,Jamie Lee Curtis,Bob OdenkirkandWill Poulter; plusShōgun’s Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira and Néstor Carbonell.

Other stars up for acting awards includeCarrie CoonandChristine Baranski(The Gilded Age);Jean SmartandHannah Einbinder(Hacks);Kristen WiigandCarol Burnett(Palm Royale);Maya ErskineandDonald Glover(Mr. and Mrs. Smith);Quinta Brunson,Sheryl Lee Ralph,Janelle JamesandTyler James Williams(Abbott Elementary);Dominic WestandImelda Staunton(The Crown); andSteve Martin,Martin Short,Selena Gomez,Paul RuddandMeryl Streep— all from season 3 ofOnly Murders in the Building.

Jennifer Aniston,Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass,Jon Hamm, Greta Lee, Holland Taylor and Nicole Beharie were all also nominated fromThe Morning Show.

Hiroyuki Sanada (center) in ‘Shogun’.Katie Yu/FX

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The Creative Arts ceremonies, where a bulk of the trophies are distributed, are set for Saturday Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8.

source: people.com