Overview

• During Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmys, Phylicia Rashad introduced the In Memoriam with a tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson performed Go Rest High on That Mountain.
• Viewers noted on-air omissions including Hulk Hogan, Tony Todd, Polly Holliday, Jonathan Joss, Danielle Spencer, Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, Graham Greene and Lynne Marie Stewart.
• The Television Academy directed audiences to a fuller In Memoriam on its website and cited limited airtime and editorial choices for the televised segment.
• Family reactions escalated Tuesday, with Linda Hogan telling Entertainment Weekly she suspects politics influenced Hulk Hogan’s exclusion and Tony Todd’s widow expressing disappointment at his omission.
• Holly Robinson Peete publicly objected to Danielle Spencer being left out, while reporting on Joss’s June killing noted a suspect was booked for murder and the investigation remains open.