Watching this week's Emmys, a viewer could assume there's never been a better time in Hollywood to hold its most powerful to account.
Major winners Hacks and The Studio both poke fun at the tightrope between populism and art.
Recently axed late-night host Stephen Colbert won his first Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series, as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
In reality, the red carpet had barely been packed up before US broadcaster ABC and its parent company Disney announced the "indefinite" axing of yet another late-night host.
Like Colbert before him, Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation was largely blamed on his stance towards the Trump administration.
The on-screen pause of Kimmel — who suggested that conservative pundit Charlie Kirk's alleged killer may have been a MAGA Republican — wa