DIONNE HARMON: We were a little over three hours.
I think its a really good shine.
The show being a tiny bit long didnt feel like it to the viewers.
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The worst feeling is people thinking, Oh my God, when is this ever going to end?
But I think that people were really great with their speeches.
Nobody went off the rails and did a 10-minute crazy speech.
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And I think that helped a lot.
:That wasnt what you were trying to convey, were you?
HARMON:Oh my gosh, no.
We wanted to lean into nostalgia because it was something that worked so well in January.
A lot of our presenters are on current shows.
In general, the whole show is dedicated to whats on television right now.
DEADLINE:Why not have bigger reunions?
We had a tough job of figuring out how those pairs were going to work while still being current.
DEADLINE:Jesse, what surprised you most about the show?
It proves that you just never know what the voters are going to choose.
And we saw that and it was great.
DEADLINE:Any problems we didnt see on camera?
Did anyone lose their pants off stage?
COLLINS:I dont think anybody lost their pants.
We had some challenges with the pop-up mic.
We all saw that.
But other than that, I think everything rolled along pretty smoothly.
COLLINS:What happens on this show is that we have large groups of people winning.
HARMON:30 people go to the stage!
COLLINS:And that tends to be in the middle of an act.
We havent figured out how to crack that code because its just the science of the award show.
I guess we could venture to shoot around it given another opportunity, but its tough.
DEADLINE:What was with the bar skit with Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Taylor Zakhar Perez?
Was that cut from a longer sketch?
COLLINS:It was not cut from a longer sketch.
It was an integration with Johnnie Walker.
These things you will see more and more in award shows.
We thought everybody was great in it.
Johnnie Walker and burgers is a great way to watch the Emmys.
DEADLINE:Did you change anything in the script after the news of the shooting at Trumps golf course?
I mean, that seemed like such a fluid situation.
It was best not to comment on something until all the facts were in.
DEADLINE:Did you notice howBradley Whitford kind of ruinedThe West Wingreunion by tweeting before the show?
COLLINS:No, no.
I thought it was fine.
The most important thing is when the wall went up, I felt like the cast got their flowers.
Everyone in the audience was just so excited to see them, and thats what was really important.
