2022 Emmy Awards: Where to watch, what time, who’s nominated

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, which recognize the best productions in television and streaming, will be held Monday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The event will be broadcast live coast-to-coast on NBC and streamed on Peacock beginning at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

Here’s what you need to know as you head to today’s awards ceremony.

Who hosts?

Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson.

(Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Saturday Night Live star and six-time Emmy nominee Kenan Thompson was announced as the host just a month before the ceremony.

Thompson takes over the often thankless entrance from last year’s host Cedric the Entertainer, who headlined the 2021 in-person broadcast with a salute to TV and a tribute to late musician Biz Markie. Jimmy Kimmel Live star and three-time Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony in 2020 when the show was forced to go semi-virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I feel great,” Thompson recently told the Times. “There’s a great team there. I definitely don’t feel like I’m floating out there alone. I am very stunned. There are some great pieces coming together.”

The first-time Emmys presenter – who has won the 2021 People’s Choice Awards and TV special Jonas Brothers Family Roast – said his moderating style for the ceremony was “straightforward,” meaning he relies on “a good monologue and keeps the energy up.”

Who and what is nominated?

Last year’s champions, HBO drama “Succession” and Apple TV+ comedy “Ted Lasso,” led the July nominations announcement with 25 and 20 nominations, respectively. Fourteen of Waystar-Royco’s power players were among the acting nominees, including “Succession” leads Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, and supporting stars J. Smith Cameron, Sarah Snook, Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen.

In the comedy, “Ted Lasso’s” kind hero Jason Sudeikis received another nod, along with supporting cast Sarah Niles, Juno Temple, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Toheeb Jimoh and Nick Mohammed.

The HBO Max limited series The White Lotus garnered 20 nominations thanks to its powerful ensemble cast, including Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Natasha Rothwell and Sydney Sweeney. It was followed by Hulu’s “Dopesick” at 14, with many of the nods going to its actors – Michael Keaton, Kaitlyn Dever, Mare Winningham, Will Poulter, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg.

Newcomers include Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” Apple TV+’s “Severance,” Netflix’s “Squid Game” (the first non-English language program to receive a major Emmy nomination), ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” and ” Showtime’s Yellowjackets are among the top nominees again this year.

Haven’t some awards already gone out?

Yes many! More than 90 categories make up the annual Primetime Emmy Awards, so several awards are given ahead of time at the Creative Arts Emmys, a two-day ceremony that took place last weekend. HBO and HBO Max’s “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” emerged as the biggest winners at the ceremony, along with Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” CBS’ “Adele: One Night Only,” and “The Beatles: Get Back.” Disney+.

An edited presentation of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards aired Saturday on FXX and is available to stream on Hulu through September 27.

Want some predictions?

Glenn Whipp, the Times-based awards expert, breaks down his picks into key categories here. Watch out for a showdown between “Succession” and “Squid Game” on the drama side, with possible trophies for “Squid Game” Lee Jung-jae or “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk, who starred in the “Breaking Bad” finale spin-offs thus ended year. And Zendaya is set to win another award for her bottomless performance on HBO’s teen drama Euphoria.

On the comedy side, expect more wins for “Ted Lasso” and possible prizes for “Hacks” star Jean Smart and “Barrys” Bill Hader.

Who is there and presenting?

EGOT winner John Legend will perform his new single during the In Memoriam segment of the ceremony. Emmy executive producer Reginald “Reggie” Hudlin and his creative colleagues announced Thursday that five-time Grammy-nominated producer Zedd will be hosting the ceremony, and stand-up comic and “SNL” writer Sam Jay will be the show’s announcer becomes.

The producers also announced past and current Hollywood star nominees who will take the stage to present this year’s awards. Here’s who has been revealed (so far):

• Anthony Anderson
• Will Arnett
• Angela Bassett
• Vanessa Bayer
• Gael García Bernal
• Ru Paul Charles
• Kelly Clarkson
• Ismael Cruz Cordova
• Rosario Dawson
• Ariana DeBose
• Taye Diggs
• Ayo Edebiri
• Taron Egerton
• Hanna Einbinder
• Selena Gomez
• Regina Hall
• Mariska Hargitay
• Paul Walter Houses
• Freddie Highmore
• Jung Ho-yeon
• Lee Jung-jae
• Mindy Kaling
• Markella Kavenagh

• Jimmy Kimmel
• Jake Lace
• Julia Lewis
• Lizzo
• Diego Luna
• Steve Martin
• Christopher Meloni
• Seth Meyers
• Shemar Moore
• Kumail Nanjiani
• BJ Novak
• Chris O’Donnell
• Sarah Paulson
• Amy Poehler
• Shonda Rhimes
• Molly Shannon
• Martin Kurz
• Jean Smart
• Sofia Vergara
• Kerry Washington
• Jeremy Allen White
• Chandra Wilson
• Bowen Yang
• Natalie Zea