‘The Bear’ kiss, Niecy Nash

TV’s biggest night has officially wrapped.  

This year’s milestone 75th annual Emmys aired on Monday, Jan. 15 on Fox, hosted by comedian and actor Anthony Anderson. 

“Succession,” “The Crown” and “Ted Lasso” all had their final chances to bring home trophies at the 2024 ceremony, with “The Bear,” “The White Lotus” and “Abbott Elementary” also in the spotlight.

Anderson gave a tame, non-controversial opening, unlike widely-derided Golden Globes host Jo Koy’s.

There were several tributes to and cast reunions for older shows, such as “Martin,” “The Sopranos” and “Cheers.”

“Ted Lasso” and “The Crown” were snubbed, while it was a big night for “Succession,” “Beef” and “The Bear.”

Here are all the best and worst moments from the Emmy Awards.

Best – Christina Applegate gets a standing ovation 

Christina Applegate, 52, previously revealed her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2021 while filming her Netflix series, “Dead To Me.” She stepped back from acting after that. When she walked out onstage at the Emmys in a red gown with her cane, the crowd gave her a standing ovation. Applegate teared up, and got visibly emotional. She was there to present the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series to Ayo Edebiri for “The Bear.” She also joked, “You don’t have to applaud every time I do something!” The segment as a whole was a lovely and sincere moment of Hollywood showing support for a colleague who’s going through a tough time.

Best – Pedro Pascal continues his feud with Kieran Culkin 

When Kieran Culkin won a Golden Globe earlier in the month, he jokingly took a shot at fellow nominee Pedro Pascal in his speech, saying, “Suck it, Pedro!” It was an amusing moment at the Globes, and Pascal carried their “rivalry” over into the Emmys. When “The Last of Us” star came onstage as a presenter, with his arm in a sling, he said, “Before we get into the nominees for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, I’d like to take just a second and make this about me. A lot of people have been asking about my arm; it’s actually my shoulder.” His next words were censored by the broadcast, but he said, laughing, “And I think tonight is a perfect time to tell everyone that Kieran Culkin beat the s – – t out of me.”

Worst – enough “The Bear” already

“The Bear” is a good show, and its cast deserves accolades. However, it’s dominating all the awards, and leaving little oxygen in the room for shows and performances that are just as deserving. And for many of them, this was their last chance. “The Bear” will be back for Season 3, and likely more beyond that. So, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy Allen White, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (who all won Emmys) will have plenty of chances to take home trophies, in the future. However, many of the actors they beat — Henry Winkler, Anthony Carrigan and Bill Hader for “Barry,” Phil Dunster, Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple for “Ted Lasso” — were left in the dust, losing out on their last chance to get Emmys for these roles.

Best – Niecy Nash Betts wins

Niecy Nash Betts, 53, is a Hollywood veteran — and has been nominated a handful of times in the past — but, when she took home the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series (for Netflix’s “Dahmer”), it was her first win. The accolade was a long time coming. In her speech, she said, “I want to thank me! For believing in me, and doing what they said I could not do! I want to say to myself, go on girl with your bad self!”

Worst – awkward “Sunny” snub

The cast of TV’s longest-running sitcom of all time, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” came out onstage — Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito. They weren’t there because they were nominated (they were presenting the nominees for Best Talk Series). Howerton said, “We’ve been on the air since 2005, and we’ve never even been here.” Day joked, “You guys have been doing this every single year without us?” In their 16 seasons on the air, they’ve never even presented at the Emmys, they said. Their time onstage was an amusing moment — because they’re all funny. But, the Emmys drawing attention to this outrageous snub didn’t fix it. In fact, highlighting a longtime oversight almost made it worse.

Kieran Culkin’s speech

When Culkin, 41, won the Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series (beating two of his fellow cast members, Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong), he spent a lot of time hugging his fellow cast members — sharing a long embrace with Cox on his way up to the stage. He then took off his blazer and threw it on the stage. Visibly crying, he thanked his wife, Jazz Charton, and told her he wanted more kids. “You said maybe, if I win!” he said, earning a lot of laughs.

Worst – a bizarre kiss 

When “The Bear” won the Emmy for Best Comedy series, co-star Matty Matheson was trying to give an earnest speech. “I want to thank restaurants as a whole, hospitality as a whole,” the actor and real-life chef began with a shoutout to his own industry. But, he was interrupted by his co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach, grabbing him and kissing him on the lips. It was a weird moment, begging the question of what were they trying to do — recreate the infamous Britney Spears-and-Madonna VMAs kiss? And, since Moss-Bachrach derailed Matheson’s sincere speech, it came across like obnoxious drunk frat-boy behavior. Plus, doing a kiss onstage to try to shock people felt very 2003.