Keke Palmer received an Emmy award on Sunday night and made history in the process.
Palmer won the Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Game Show for NBC’s Password – the 1st time that the category has been part of the primetime Emmys later moving from the daytime awards.
She beat Jeopardy!’s hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, Family Feud’s Steve Harvey and Wheel of Fortune’s Pat Sajak.
Palmer becomes the 1st women to received the award since 2009 when Meredith Vieira received for the syndicated run of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
She is also the 1st Black woman to be nominated or win the category. It also marks the 1st time in 50 years that a Password host has been nominated or won the award.
Harvey won previous year and Alex Trebek won the 3 years earlier to that.
It’s amazing. That is so exciting thank you so much. I’m truly grateful, I’m almost speechless. I want to thank the people who supported this to be happen, thank you to Jimmy Fallon, thank to NBC,” she said.
Palmer also thanked Carol Burnett, who was in the audience.
It is, not, but, Palmer’s 1st Emmy. She picked up the award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Facebook Watch series Turnt Up With The Taylors in 2021.
Password is exec produced by Jimmy Fallon, who was up for a separate game show Emmy for That’s My Jam. But, that NBC series lost out to Jeopardy! In the Outstanding Game Show category, taking the quizzer’s win streak to 4 in a row.
“Sharp, charming and quick witted all while looking like a superstar. There’s no one like Keke Palmer,” stated Fallon.
In a historic year for game showcased at the Emmy Awards, we couldn’t be prouder of Keke Palmer’s outstanding host win. She and Jimmy Fallon are a winning duo and have made the latest iteration of Password an undeniable hit,” included Corie Henson, EVP, NBCUniversal Entertainment Unscripted Programming.
Congrats Keke! It may have been a rough year for her personal life, but her professional life continues to inspire us.
