EXCLUSIVE: In 2020, Eugene Levy and Dan Levy made history as the first father-son duo to win Emmys in the same year. Four years later, they are poised to break more ground as the first father-son team to host the Emmys.
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy are in negotiations to emcee the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, Deadline has learned. Just like in 2020, when the Levys’ Schitt’s Creek swept the comedy categories, the ceremony is airing on ABC this year. Sources stress that negotiations are ongoing, and it is unclear whether a deal will be reached. Reps for the network, the TV Academy and the actors declined comment.
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy have done memorable stints presenting at awards shows together, most notably at the 2020 SAG Awards where they kicked off the ceremony with an opening monologue (you can watch it below) before presenting the night’s first and final awards.
The two also guest-hosted Ellen together, and Eugene appeared on Saturday Night Live when Dan hosted in 2021.
While a parent and their offspring have not hosted the Emmys together, Danny Thomas and his daughter Marlo Thomas co-hosted with other people decades apart.
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Eugene and Dan Levy created Schitt’s Creek, whose final season set a comedy series record for most Emmy wins in a single year with nine. Both Levys earned acting nods, for Lead Actor (Eugene) and Supporting Actor (Dan), and both also shared in the show’s Outstanding Comedy Series victory. Additionally, Dan Levy won for writing (solo) and directing (shared), bringing his Emmy haul to a record-tying four.
Dan Levy recently wrote, directed, produced and starred in the Netflix movie Good Grief. He also appeared in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted and in the final seasons of Sex Education and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is repped by WME, MGMT Entertainment and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
Eugene Levy hosts and executive produces Apple TV+’s travel series The Reluctant Traveler and is part of the upcoming fourth season of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. He is repped by UTA, Great North Artists and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
The 76th Emmy Awards, produced by Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay and directed by Alex Rudzinski, will air on ABC live coast-to-coast from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 15.