The biggest stars in television gathered tonight at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Chrissy Teigen and Samira Wiley quite literally shone in shimmery silver dresses. Meanwhile, Issa Rae and Leslie Jones put a fresh take on pantsuits in pastel, and Sandra Oh took home a Cut superlative for her gown’s geometric beadwork. Regina King and Tatiana Maslany came out ahead of the fall trend curve dressed in neon, of course. Of the men who walked the red carpet, John Mulaney and the Queer Eye cast offered a break from a number of plain black tuxes. 
 
 Finally, following the red carpet, Colin Jost and Michael Che, co-hosts of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, co-hosted the awards show in sleek Giorgio Armani suits. 
 
 But it was clear to anyone who watched that Tracee Ellis Ross came out as the first-place winner of the Emmys Red Carpet Derby. 
 
 See all of the looks, ahead. 

 Broadway actress and “Black-ish” star Jenifer Lewis wore a custom Nike sweater with the brand’s emblem on the Emmys red carpet in support of Colin Kaepernick. 
 
 “I am wearing Nike to applaud them for supporting Colin Kaepernick and his protest against racial injustice and police brutality,” she told Variety on the carpet. 
 
 She explained that she was wondering, “What can I do? What can I do that’s meaningful? I’ll wear Nike. I’ll wear Nike to say thank you. Thank you for leading the resistance! We need more corporate America to stand up also.” 
 
 Nike’s new iteration of its “Just do it” ad campaign features the NFL free agent with the caption: “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” 
 
 Kaepernick, who played quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, knelt during the National Anthem before NFL games in 2016 to protest police brutality toward African-Americans. He is currently involved in a legal battle with the NFL after filing a grievance that owners had colluded not to hire him after he became a free agent. 
 
 His actions ignited national controversy, with staunch critics and supporters on both sides. President Donald Trump has criticized the league for not keeping its players from protesting before games. 
 
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 Many people on Twitter have expressed their outrage toward the campaign by posting photos and videos of them burning their Nike items, calling the ad campaign and the company un-American for supporting Kaepernick. However, celebrities like Zendaya, Ava DuVernay, Kathy Griffin, and Chelsea Peretti have shown their support on social media, by retweeting the ad or posting hashtags like #ImWithKap, #JustDoIt, and #TeamNike. 
 
 On “Black-ish,” an episode about Kaepernick was scrapped by ABC over “creative differences.” However, the network maintained that the kneeling storyline was not the reason for the episode’s axing. 
 
 On the Emmys red carpet, Lewis sent a message directly to Kaepernick: “Thank you, Colin. Thank you for all that you do. Thank you for being brave. Thank you for being courageous. Thank you for taking a knee. Thank you.”
– Amid all the red carpet finery at Monday night's Emmy Awards, one unconventional outfit was making headlines: Jenifer Lewis of black-ish wore a custom Nike sweatshirt along with her leggings and black and white sneakers. "I am wearing Nike to applaud them for supporting Colin Kaepernick and his protest against racial injustice and police brutality," the actress told Variety. She said she was wondering, "What can I do? What can I do that’s meaningful? I’ll wear Nike. I’ll wear Nike to say thank you. Thank you for leading the resistance! We need more corporate America to stand up also." She added, to Kaepernick, "Thank you, Colin. Thank you for all that you do. Thank you for being brave. Thank you for being courageous. Thank you for taking a knee. Thank you." (For more Emmys coverage: Read about the opener, the night's winners, James Corden's #EmmysSoWhite joke, host Michael Che's "Reparation Emmys," or a winner who used his acceptance speech time in an unusual way.)