The nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 17, 2024, in a virtual broadcast originating from the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by actor Tony Hale, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and Television Academy chair Cris Abrego.

[31] According to Disney Entertainment chairperson Dana Walden, producers and network executives had asked comedian Jimmy Kimmel – who emceed the previous three ABC telecasts – to host the ceremony.

Hosted by Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts, the special featured interviews with Eugene and Dan Levy and several of the ceremony's nominees.

[34] Roberts also co-hosted the network's red carpet arrivals special preceding the main telecast with ABC News journalist Will Reeve.

[35] Building from the previous year, producers Collins, Harmon, and Rouzan-Clay announced during a press conference that several of the awards would be presented by actors grouped by "character archetypes", such as TV moms, dads, and villains.

[37] In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Eugene Levy echoed the producers' decision to focus on history and nostalgia, saying, "And [it's] also just paying tribute to television, certainly the nominees, but to the medium that gave us both our starts.

[40] Allison Herman of Variety compared the ceremony to the previous one noting, "the 76th Emmys were a far less dynamic and more stilted watch than the January show."

He reserved praise for several presenters such as Candice Bergen, Billy Crystal, and the cast of Only Murders in the Building, but he ultimately found the ceremony to be "another awards show resigned to its diminishing fate.

"[42] Lili Loofbourow, writing for The Washington Post, found the hosts to be "pleasant but forgettable" and that the onslaught of repeat winners bogged down the ceremony.

"[44] Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter called the ceremony "an above-average show", noting that surprise winners kept "audiences on their toes" and that they often gave the best speeches.

He also called the choice of Jelly Roll's performance of "I Am Not Okay" "tonally questionable" and wrote that Jimmy Kimmel's tribute to comedian Bob Newhart "absolutely warped the mood in a room that wasn’t sure if this was the time to laugh about how often Jon Stewart wins Emmys.

He noted the Levys' "father-and-son dynamic", with Dan's role as "the hipper son" and Eugene as the "befuddled dad", was at the heart of their shared time together.