Emmy Awards Feature Ties to Pacific Palisades

By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief

The 75th Emmy Awards took place January 15—which featured many nominees with ties to Pacific Palisades, as well as honored two late Palisadians.

Toward the end of the annual In Memoriam segment, which featured a performance of “See You Again” by Charlie Puth and The War and Treaty, the song transitioned to “I’ll Be There for You,” The Rembrandts’ theme song for the “Friends” series, honoring late Palisadian Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023.

Perry had been nominated for five Emmy Awards over the course of his career, most recently in 2021 for Outstanding Variety Special as executive producer of “Friends: The Reunion.” He was nominated for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2002 for his role of Chandler Bing in “Friends.”

Late Palisadian Ray Liotta, who died in 2022, was nominated posthumously in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role of Big Jim Keene in “Black Bird.” The award went to Paul Walter Hauser for his role of Larry Hall in the same show.

“Thank you to the Academy for acknowledging my dad with a ‘Best Supporting Actor’ nomination,” Liotta’s daughter Karsen wrote after the show. “It was beautiful to attend The Emmys on his behalf. He would have been so incredibly proud for being honored for his powerful work in ‘Black Bird.’ … A big shout out to Paul Walter Hauser for your graciousness, as well as much gratitude to Greg Kinnear, Bradley Thomas, Alexa Fogel and everyone involved in the project.”

One former Palisadian was honored for her Super Bowl Halftime Show: “The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna” took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special, a category that also included “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter,” “Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl,” “The 65th Annual Grammy Awards” and “The Oscars.” Hamish Hamilton and Shawn Carter won the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special award for the show as well.

Among the nominees, “Barry,” the creation of Marquez Knolls resident Bill Hader, which concluded its four-season run in May 2023, and “Only Murders in the Building”—starring longtime Palisadian and former Honorary Mayor Martin Short—were nominated in the Outstanding Comedy Series category, with the award going to “The Bear.”

Short and Hader were also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, which went to Jeremy Allen White for his role of Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto in “The Bear.”

Hader won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his titular role of Barry Berkman in both 2018 and 2019. He was nominated again in 2022, but the award went to Jason Sudeikis for his role in “Ted Lasso.”

Hader was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the “wow” episode of “Barry,” a category that went to Christopher Storer for the “Review” episode of “The Bear.” Hader was also nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the same episode, which went to Storer for the “System” episode of “The Bear.”

An episode of “Saturday Night Live” that was co-hosted by Short and Steve Martin was nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Special or Series—an award that went to “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium,” the final piece in John’s EGOT status.

“We won an Emmy and I am on cloud nine,” John wrote on Instagram. “Receiving this recognition is a testament to the passion and dedication of everyone involved, and I am so deeply grateful.”