The Late Night host emceed the Emmys, kicking off his TV industry-targeted opening monologue by poking fun at the fact that the awards show was scheduled for a Monday, "which, if I understand television, means the Emmys are about to get canceled."

Before presenting the award for best supporting actress in a comedy, Jimmy Kimmel jabbed film actors Matthew McConaughey and Julia Roberts for being nominated for TV awards. "You just won the Oscar five months ago — no offense, but how many of those speeches are we supposed to sit through?"

After Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg joked that he was co-hosting with Meyers, the two noted that today's theme songs don't have words to explain the plot of the show, like The Brady Bunch's did. "Weird Al" Yankovic then added lyrics to the wordless theme songs of Mad Men, Scandal, Homeland, Modern Family and Game of Thrones.

The lead actor in a comedy nominee seized his award-presenting moment to vent about not winning for Derek. "I lost again. Twenty-one times I've been nominated, lost 19 times. … Well done to Jim Parsons though — I would've preferred to have won it. Four years in a row seems unfair, doesn't it?" He then chose to read his acceptance speech anyway: "Ha, ha, I won. I knew I would, because I'm the best actor."

After Sara Bareilles sang Charlie Chaplin's song "Smile" for the ceremony's In Memoriam segment, Billy Crystal gave a heartfelt tribute to his good friend, the lateRobin Williams. "He made us laugh hard every time you saw him on television, in arenas, hospitals, homeless shelters, and even in a dying girl's living room," Crystal said of Williams.