Jimmy Kimmel mostly eschewed politics and disaster jokes to set an upbeat, we’re-all-in-this-together tone for the first — and, please God, only — socially distant Emmys.

Zendaya spoke to the press after her Emmy win for “Euphoria.” She’s the youngest ever winner for lead drama actress.

At Sunday’s Emmys, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Breonna Taylor were remembered. Winners encouraged viewers to vote. And essential workers grounded the show.

In “More Than a Woman,” the British writer once known for snark and controversy copes with everything from maintenance sex to her child’s eating disorder.

The great, pugnacious critic Stanley Crouch died last week. Rock critic Robert Christgau, who edited his reviews at the Village Voice, remembers him.

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