Emmy Awards begin as ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘The Pitt’ vie for top prizes

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—The Emmy Awards kicked off Monday in Los Angeles to celebrate television’s brightest stars, with horror-comedy series Widow’s Bay and gritty hospital drama The Pitt expecting to win big.

Host Mariska Hargitay, the Law and Order: SVU star, opened the gala with song and dance, belting out a I Love TV Screens parody of Joan Jett’s classic I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.

“I am so incredibly proud to be the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years,” Hargitay, who won two statuettes for her documentary “My Mom Jayne,” told the audience of her peers before dealing a few jokes about her own long-running show.