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“Succession” and “Ted Lasso” emerged as returning champions on the 74th annual Emmy Awards, on an evening that tilted towards repeat winners whereas spreading the wealth in a method that appeared to rejoice range amongst expertise, platforms and content material.
After Netflix’s record-tying efficiency in 2021, HBO reasserted its dominance in its now-annual battle with Netflix for supremacy within the realm of status TV. The pay community was led by the restricted collection “The White Lotus,” whose 5 awards on Monday night time – coupled with a handful of technical prizes on the earlier Artistic Arts ceremonies – let it try with 10 general wins this season, greater than every other program.
HBO collected 12 of the 25 statuettes awarded at Monday’s ceremony. That included a second win for “Succession,” which sat out final yr because of the eligibility window, leaving the door open for “The Crown” to comb the drama voting.
“Ted Lasso” grew to become comedy’s back-to-back winner for the present in addition to stars Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein – an more and more uncommon feat, if solely as a result of reveals now extra continuously take longer breaks between runs.
Denied a chance to make historical past as a non-English-language drama winner, as “Parasite” did on the Oscars, Netflix’s social-media sensation “Squid Sport” garnered awards for star Lee Jung-jae and directing. The present had beforehand earned a quartet of victories on the Artistic Arts ceremony.
Including the sooner ceremonies with Monday night time, HBO totaled 38 Emmys this yr, far forward of second-place Netflix, at 26. Apple’s “Ted”-powered exhibiting left the streaming service with 9 general, tied with Disney+ behind Hulu, with 10 thanks largely to its fact-based restricted collection. (Like CNN, HBO is a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery.)
After a sleepy begin to the present, Sheryl Lee Ralph awakened the viewers as she grew to become solely the second Black girl to win supporting actress in a comedy for ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” a win notched 35 years after Jackee Harry broke via for “227.” The Broadway star then sang a part of her speech (thanking executives in script that ran throughout the underside of the display), bringing the group bounding to its ft.
Quinta Brunson, the present’s star and producer, was additionally honored for writing the sitcom about academics, a lift heading into its second season subsequent week.
Ralph introduced power to a telecast that most likely might have used extra of her. Hosted by “Saturday Evening Dwell’s” Kenan Thompson (and together with a mini-reunion with former co-star Kel Mitchell), the ceremony bounced alongside at an ungainly tempo. Politics performed a muted function within the night, and the efforts to rejoice the breadth of tv typically felt as in the event that they got here on the expense of time dedicated to the precise awards.
There was, as standard, a good quantity of repetition, and a complete lot of bleeped-out phrases. The previous included the seventh consecutive award to “Final Week Tonight With John Oliver,” and one other trophy for the long-running “Saturday Evening Dwell.” Oliver’s HBO present has owned that class, in a lot the best way Jon Stewart did at his former residence, “The Each day Present.”
Zendaya claimed her second lead-actress award for HBO’s bleak high-school drama “Euphoria,” and Julia Garner obtained her third Emmy for her supporting function as Ruth in Netflix’s grim drama “Ozark.” Jean Good joined the repeat winners for the HBO Max comedy about comedians, “Hacks.”
Nonetheless, different first-time winners broke via as nicely. Matthew Macfadyen took the supporting actor award for “Succession,” this yr’s most-nominated program, joined by limited-series stars Michael Keaton for “Dopesick” and Amanda Seyfried for an additional Hulu manufacturing, “The Dropout,” and her portrayal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
First-time nominees Murray Bartlett and Jennifer Coolidge had been additionally acknowledged for “White Lotus,” with the latter having to beat 4 of her co-stars within the bountiful solid. Coolidge acquired performed off throughout her ebullient acceptance speech, after a number of recipients had talked over the music. Mike White additionally gained for each writing and directing the collection.
Amazon’s “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Huge Grrrls” additionally capped its three-Emmy run via this awards season by profitable for competitors program, prompting one of many extra emotional acceptance speeches from its host.
HBO’s sturdy exhibiting adopted a yr through which Netflix tied a 47-year-old file (initially set by CBS) with a complete of 44 Emmys throughout the Artistic Arts and predominant telecast. That included sweeping the highest drama classes with “The Crown,” which didn’t air throughout this yr’s eligibility interval.
HBO was the most-honored community in 2019 and 2020, tying with Netflix the yr earlier than that.
The presentation kicked off with a tribute to TV theme songs, and a standing ovation for Oprah Winfrey, who offered the primary award of the night time.
After record-low scores in 2020 with a digital ceremony, viewership of the Emmys rebounded final yr to an estimated 7.4 million viewers – nonetheless low by historic requirements, however a marked enchancment over the earlier two years.
Scores for linear TV have been declining generally, and the Emmys are perceived to have been impacted by nominating fewer extensively in style reveals as streaming has taken over the awards competitors.
TV rights to the Emmys rotate among the many 4 main broadcast networks. This yr’s present moved from its standard Sunday broadcast as a result of it’s airing on NBC, which carries “Sunday Evening Soccer.”