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Homer Simpson, Anthony Anderson and Bryan Cranston kicked off the Fox awards ceremony with a bang.

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00:00Television has never been bigger. Television has never mattered more.

00:05The 71st Emmy Awards went hostless on Sunday night. Well, sort of.

00:09The show kicked off with a special appearance by Bryan Cranston that paid tribute to the night's top nominees.

00:14First, the awards ceremony introduced Homer Simpson as the evening's host at the top of the show,

00:19but after he was hit by a falling piano, Black-ish star Anthony Anderson jumped on stage

00:23to save the day and get the show back on track.

00:25Tarazi, we will not let this empire fall!

00:28As Anderson searched for the perfect person to host the show,

00:31his backstage hijinks included his mom stealing Emmys and this subtle jab at Game of Thrones.

00:36All right, no Starbucks cups on television! No more!

00:39Suddenly, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston was thrust on stage and started talking about

00:43watching Neil Armstrong walking on the moon on TV 50 years ago.

00:47I could be anyone. I could go anywhere. Even Albuquerque.

00:54The actor went on to say that 50 years later, TV still transports us to faraway places

00:58like Winterfell and the Upside Down. He then highlighted this year's nominees and showed off their biggest moments.

01:03Where we laugh at the dumfies and we cry with the Pearsons.

01:07Please, stop making us cry.

01:10For much more from the Emmys and the complete list of winners, head to THR.com.

01:14Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.