--- title: Emmys 2016 Best Memes: Stranger Things, Jay Z, Taylor Swift description: The Emmys are television's biggest night and with host Jimmy Kimmel, the night was bound to be full of laughs and memorable moments. canonical: https://time.com/4499209/emmys-2016-best-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-19T15:22:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:42.787Z og:title: See the Best Memes From the 2016 Emmy Awards og:description: The Internet had lots of fun with television's biggest night og:url: https://time.com/4499209/emmys-2016-best-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Best Memes From the 2016 Emmy Awards twitter:description: The Internet had lots of fun with television's biggest night twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See the Best Memes From the 2016 Emmy Awards > Sponsored content. 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[Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the awards ceremony this year](http://time.com/4498837/emmys-2016-review-recap-jimmy-kimmel/), but before the show even got started, it was clear this was going to be one for the books. The kids from [_Stranger Things_ kids](http://time.com/4426157/10-questions-stranger-things-still-needs-to-answer/) kicked things off with a precocious rendition of “Uptown Funk” on the Emmys stage during the pre-show. And during the actual ceremony, not just one, but four people quoted Jay Z’s “Public Service Announcement” in their acceptance speeches. The 2016 Emmys were made for reactions and the Internet was full of them. Here, we’ve rounded up the best web reactions to the 2016 Emmys, ranging from hot takes to memes. **On the** **_Stranger Things_** **kids basically being squad goals and performing the best rendition of “Uptown Funk” ever during the pre-show**: > [](https://twitter.com/NathanZed/status/777670203555459072) > [](https://twitter.com/IraHobbsJr/status/777651456195305472) **On the very public support winner Kate McKinnon received from lady bosses:** > [](https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/777666081326379008) > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/777673718982184964) **On the sudden popularity of Jay Z’s “Public Service Announcement” line, “Got the hottest chick in the game wearing my chain.” The lyric became the de facto way to show affection after four winners** [**used it**](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/19/emmy-winners-reference-jay-z-beyonce-rocking-chain) **in their speeches:** > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/777684264422899712) **On the inadvertent** **_Friends_** **reunion of Joey Tribbiani and Ross Gellar:** **On the Emmys being one giant Taylor Swift subtweet**: > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/777678172221534212) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4499209/emmys-2016-best-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4499209/emmys-2016-best-memes/"},"headline":"See the Best Memes From the 2016 Emmy Awards","datePublished":"2016-09-19T15:22:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:42.787Z","description":"The Internet had lots of fun with television's biggest night","url":"https://time.com/4499209/emmys-2016-best-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","emmys","Culture","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4499209/emmys-2016-best-memes/","name":"See the Best Memes From the 2016 Emmy Awards"}}]}] ```