Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen were honored with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2025 Emmys.

The Cheers alum, 77, and the Oscar winner, 72, became the first couple to receive the accolade during the Sunday, September 14, awards show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Danson’s The Good Place costar Kristen Bell and the show’s creator, Michael Schur, presented them with the honor, calling Steenburgen “both a brilliant actress and devoted philanthropist” and Danson “tall and from San Diego, according to a bio his publicist sent over since neither of us is familiar with his acting work.”

The duo put jokes aside to call Danson and Steenburgen “an unstoppable force both on screen and off” before playing a highlight reel of their charity work over the years.

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