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The Slow Death of the Red-Carpet Show

The pre-show before the 2018 Emmy Awards seemed to be confused about its own point.
Source: Eric Jamison / Invision for the Television Academy / AP

Early on in the show preceding this year’s Emmy Awards, the program’s longtime host, Giuliana Rancic, gamely engaged in an experiment intended to make the show more interesting. As she talked with celebrities on the red carpet—Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, and Ryan Michelle Bathe—Rancic motioned to a jar filled with pieces of paper. The strips contained questions, she explained, from E! viewers

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