Five memorable Emmy speech moments
CNN
Ah, live TV, how quickly you can turn us from bitter, grumbling shade factories to weeping messes.
The Emmys was no exception.
Say what you will about the repeat-filled winners, some of the honorees brought their acceptance speech A-game under a kind of extreme duress most of us can only imagine (a room of super influential people + audience of millions ... you get it).
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