TV Roundup: The Emmys

Sep. 21, 2015

The Emmys were last night, and host Andy Samberg opened the show with a bit of existential TV angst: So much TV, so little time.

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Credits

Guests:

Michael Schneider - Senior editor at Variety - @Franklinavenue
Alan Sepinwall - chief TV critic for Rolling Stone - @sepinwall

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Matt Holzman, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Ryan Kailath

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