Daily News | Philly’s Quinta Brunson wins best comedy writing Emmy for ‘Abbott Elementary’
During Brunson’s acceptance speech, presenter Jimmy Kimmel continued a bit where he lay on the floor pretending to be passed out. Twitter was not amused by the joke, and criticized the late night comedian for stealing Brunson’s spotlight.
With the award, Brunson becomes the second Black woman in Emmys history to take home an award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. The first was Lena Waithe, who won with fellow writer Aziz Ansari for Netflix’s Master of None in 2017.Brunson is the first Black woman to earn three nominations in the award show’s comedy categoryThe show specifically won for its pilot episode, which Brunson wrote.
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