The Emmys began Sunday with a comedy sketch poking fun at television and the awards themselves, kicking off a ceremony in which big winners are expected to include Hollywood satire “The Studio” and teen murder saga “Adolescence.”

Pretending to predict the future of TV as its long-ago inventor, host Nate Bargatze joked that “most people will watch football and ‘Yellowstone'” rather than the high-brow shows typically honored by television’s equivalent of the Oscars.

As if on cue, “The Studio” — which draws a relatively small audience on the Apple TV+ platform — took the first prize of the night, with co-creator Seth Rogen named best actor for his role as floundering movie executive Matt Remick.

“The Studio” is both a love letter to Hollywood, and a searing send-up of the industry’s many i

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