John Mulaneys Emmys speech draws attention to Hollywoods history of excluding men

In an Emmys speech simmering with Sir Ian McKellen in Extras energy , John Mulaney successfully showed the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards what it's all about: raising awareness for the historical lack of representation of men onscreen.

Presenting Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — no disrespect to The Pitt 's Noah Wyle, who won the award — the comedian used his couple of intro minutes to rally for the cause.

"This is the best part of the night: Lead actor in a drama.

This award is for the guys.

Just men being men.

Finally, something for the fellas.

And what a crop of prom kings we have.

They're not soft like the dad on Bluey .

Guy's a joke," Mulaney said onstage.

SEE ALSO: The complete list of 2026 Emmy winners "Since the creation of television, men have been historically unrepresented.

For the first three years TV existed, there were no men on it.

It was just beauty contests and children talking to hand puppets until the early '60s, until a man walked out and said, 'Enough! My name is Fonzie, and the president's been shot.' "But let's talk about these bros tonight.

These sweathogs.

Some of the men in this category do method acting, and some do regular, less annoying acting.