00:00Last year, when you won, there was a huge standing ovation for this team
00:05because it was announced that your show would be coming to an end.
00:08And now your show has come to an end.
00:10The prophecies were true.
00:12And you won. How does it feel?
00:15Just lovely. I'm so glad that the show got recognized,
00:17and especially last week, all the people who won the Creative Arts Emmys,
00:20the writers and our director, technical director, camera, lighting, and the digital team.
00:26And then tonight, all these incredible people, first of all, just to be together,
00:30after not seeing these guys for four months is incredible.
00:33And we couldn't be more grateful to the Academy and everybody who voted for the show.
00:36Thank you so much for recognizing what these guys did.
00:39Stephen, do you think that your show was canceled?
00:41Hello. Hello.
00:43I thought you were a member of my staff.
00:45No, I'm not.
00:46And I actually have a very serious question for you.
00:48Okay. He is very handsome.
00:52Charlie Hunnam, right?
00:53Charlie Hunnam, so handsome.
00:54Are you a Charlie Hunnam fan?
00:56What?
00:56You're a Charlie Hunnam fan?
00:57I'm an Ed Gein fan.
00:58It just so happens to be that Hunnam played Ed Gein, and now I can't separate the two of them.
01:03Who doesn't think Ed Gein is hot?
01:05I don't actually. I'm just joking.
01:07I'm a satirist. I'm a satirist.
01:08This is taking a very strange turn.
01:09No, no. I have a real question for you.
01:11Do you think that your show was canceled because of Donald Trump?
01:13What?
01:14That's a beautiful dress.
01:16I believe he had a question.
01:17Oh, I'm sorry. I'm deaf in this ear.
01:19What did you say?
01:20I wanted to know if you thought...
01:22Who the most important member of my staff was?
01:24It's me.
01:27CBS also said that your show wasn't profitable.
01:30What?
01:31What?
01:31They claimed that your show was not profitable.
01:34Well, you know what? That's news to me.
01:36Thank you very much for breaking that news for me.
01:38Did you...
01:39What? Elizabeth?
01:41Oh, okay.
01:43It's news to you.
01:44Which means?
01:45Which means I'm not answering your fucking question.
01:49Fair enough.
01:50Steven, what do you think about this state of late night and free speech?
01:54I think that free speech is alive and well because if you can't say something because you go to jail,
02:04that is a violation of free speech.
02:06I think that late night is just as funny and just as vital as it ever has been.
02:12And I love watching Jimmy and Jimmy and John and John and Seth and everybody else.
02:16And I think...
02:17I hope it goes on for a long time because you get to work with people like this.
02:22And that's the greatest gift.
02:24You named a lot of men.
02:26What?
02:26Do you think...
02:26You named a lot of men.
02:27Yes.
02:28Do you think there's room for...
02:29Why is there...
02:29Why hasn't there not been more women in late night?
02:32There have been women in late...
02:33There have been some very funny women in late night.
02:35I mean, do you not like Samantha Bee?
02:37No, I love Samantha Bee, but her show is no longer on air.
02:40I know.
02:40Neither is mine, so...
02:41There's so many tragedies out there.
02:45Do you think Rosie O'Donnell should have her own show?
02:47I didn't see her on Kimmel.
02:49I heard she was great.
02:50She's super talented.
02:52Yeah.
02:53How about...
02:53How's everything at CNN?
02:54You guys excited about the merger?
02:55I work at Variety.
02:56You do?
02:57She works at CNN.
02:58I'm at CNN.
02:58This is CNN and Variety.
03:00How's everything at Variety?
03:02You guys excited?
03:02Things are great.
03:03We're covering it.
03:04We're covering it.
03:05Yeah?
03:05Oh, you are?
03:06What do you think?
03:07Do you think there should be a merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers?
03:13What do you think?
03:13No, no.
03:14I asked you a question.
03:15What do you think?
03:16I hear that Paramount isn't making money on late night.
03:19Why would anyone allow Warner Brothers and Paramount to merge if Paramount's not making any money?
03:24That's a fair question.
03:25Thank you very much.
03:26Should we ask Barry White?
03:29What are your thoughts on Barry White?
03:30I've never met her.
03:31Do you know her?
03:32You've never met her?
03:33I've never met her.
03:33I don't know her either.
03:34I hear great things.
03:36On the carpet, we were chatting with John Oliver.
03:39Yeah?
03:39And he said that he was hoping that either you or Jimmy won.
03:43And he spoke about Jimmy's tough year.
03:46By the way, I appreciate that you're just, you know...
03:48I've been touching him a lot.
03:50We're going to make sure that these are spick and span.
03:53Yeah.
03:54Were you hoping that your good friend Jimmy won because of the year that he has had?
03:58I would love him to win.
03:59Listen, I don't want to take any trophies away from everybody, but we were lucky enough to win last year.
04:03And I was really excited about the six teams that won at the Creative Arts Emmys.
04:08And if we hadn't won tonight, I would have been incredibly happy for Jimmy to win.
04:12That would have been great.
04:13What do you want everyone watching to know about your staff standing behind you?
04:25They're professionals.
04:27That's it.
04:27And that's the greatest compliment I can give anybody who does one of these shows, is that they're total pros.
04:32And they did their job above and beyond what anyone could ask of them.
04:36And they knew what they had to do every day, and then they did more than that every day.
04:43And finally, did you have a favorite interview in all the years of doing it?
04:47This is my favorite interview.
04:48No, it wasn't.
04:49This is my favorite interview.
04:50You didn't answer most of my questions.
04:53Well, that's why I liked it.
04:56Congratulations.
04:56Where do you keep all your Emmys?
04:59I have a cryogenic chamber.
05:02Yeah, my head's going to be frozen and put with all the rest of my Emmys when I die.
05:06Keep them safe.
05:07I have a library.
05:10I keep them on the shelf in my library.
05:12And these will join the collection.
05:14Congratulations.
05:15If they're good.
05:15Yes.
05:16If they're good.
05:16Congratulations.
05:17Steven, I do have one last question for you.
05:20Yeah.
05:20I know that you're busy working on a Lord of the Rings movie,
05:23but is there any chance that you want to do another iteration of a talk show,
05:28a podcast, something in the space that you have been in?
05:30Let's see how things go with Kimmel tomorrow night.
05:33Okay.
05:33Let's see if that's still, you know, still got it.
05:37You know?
05:38It's only been a few months.
05:40Four months is not so long, Steven.
05:41Muscles atrophy at my age.
05:43But thank you for asking.
05:45How far are you on Lord of the Rings?
05:46What?
05:47How far are you on the Lord of the Rings?
05:48Oh, I've read almost the entire thing now.
05:51Fair enough.
05:52Thanks, you guys.
05:53It took you a few years.
05:54Thank you so much.
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