At the 77th annual Emmy Awards on September 14, NYU Steinhardt alumni won Outstanding Talk Series, Outstanding Variety Special (Live), and more.
Stephen Colbert accepts the Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Series. Michael Brumm and Bjoern Stejskal are among the producers. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
NYU alumni were a mainstay on the stage of the 77th annual Emmy Awards, including five winners and nine nominees from the NYU Steinhardt community.
The 77th annual Emmy Awards were presented September 14 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. View the complete list of NYU nominations and winners.
Outstanding Talk Series
Winner: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Michael Brumm (MA ’02, Media Ecology), producer; Bjoern Stejskal (School of Professional Studies ’01; Steinhardt BS ’01, Communication Studies), producer
Nominee: The Daily Show
Beth Shorr (BS ’01, Communication Studies), producer
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
Winner: SNL50: The Anniversary Special
Erin Doyle (BS ’07, Communication Studies), producer
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Winner: SNL50: The Anniversary Special
Music Adjunct Faculty Tyler McDiarmid (MA ’05, Composers and Performers), playback mixer; Geoff Countryman (BM ’05, Instrumental Performance), supplemental SFX mixer
Nominee: SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Lawrence Manchester (MA ’97, Composers and Performers), music mixer
Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
Nominee: Saturday Night Live
Erin Doyle, producer
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominee: The Bear
Ayo Edebiri (Tisch School of the Arts ’17; Steinhardt BS ’17, Teaching and Learning), actress
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Nominee: The Bear
Ayo Edebiri, director
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special
Nominee: Black Mirror
Ariel Marx (MM ’15, Music Theory and Composition), composer
Nominee: Dying For Sex
Ariel Marx, composer
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Nominee: Cobra Kai
Leo Birenberg (BM ’10, Theory and Composition), composer
Outstanding Music Supervision
Nominee: The Last of Us
Ian Broucek (BM ’06, Music Business), music supervisor
Outstanding Music Direction
Nominee: SNL50: The Anniversary Special
Music Adjunct Faculty Lenny Pickett, music director
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Nominee: The Pitt
Nicholas Kmet (MM ’15, Music Theory and Composition: Screen Scoring; MPhil ’21, Composers and Performers; PhD ’24, Music Performance and Composition), music editor
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Nominee: Pee-wee As Himself
Jonathan Zalben (MA ’06, Composers and Performers), music editor
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