John Mulaney wasn’t letting any jabronis take the stage at the 2026 Emmy Awards.
The celebrated comedian proved why he is one of the greats as he presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series during the Sept. 14 Mariska Hargitay-hosted ceremony at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre with a hilarious monologue that left the crowd keeling over with laughter.
“This award is for the guys, just men being men,” Mulaney exclaimed. “Finally, something for the fellas.”
The 44-year-old called the group—consisting of Sterling K. Brown (Paradise), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Mark Ruffalo (Task), Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat) and the night’s winner, Noah Wyle (The Pitt)—“a crop of prom kings.”
“They’re not soft like the dad on Bluey. No! Guy’s a joke,” Mulaney quipped. “Since the creation of television, men have been historically unrepresented.”
In fact, the Saturday Night Live alum claimed that during the first years of television, “there were no men,” and there were only “beauty contests and children talking to hand puppets until the early ’60s.”
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