In a year when one of late-night’s most iconic franchises – The Late Show – was canceled , leading to a lot of questions about the sector’s future, TV Academy members certainly gave it a vote of confidence.

A tranche of Emmy wins for Saturday Night Live as well as its 50th anniversary special, as well as a trio of wins for The Daily Show, a first, and unlikely win, for Stephen Colbert’s canceled CBS show and a surprise Jimmy Kimmel victory at the Creative Arts Emmys should provide a small boost for a part of the television business that has had little to celebrate recently.

SNL and SNL50: The Anniversary Special took home 11 wins over the weekend in categories such as writing, directing, production design, sound mixing, makeup, hairstyling, picture editing, lighting and tech

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