“Succession,” HBO’s portrait of a dysfunctional media dynasty, received finest drama on the 74th Emmy Awards on Monday night time, the second time the collection has taken the prize.
Jesse Armstrong, the present’s creator, additionally took residence the Emmy for finest writing, the third time he’s received in that class. And Matthew Macfadyen received finest supporting actor in a drama for the primary time for his efficiency on the present.
It was the sixth time in eight years that HBO has taken the tv trade’s greatest prize for a recurring collection, making it one more triumphant night time for the cable community. HBO, in addition to its streaming service, HBO Max, received extra Emmys (38) than every other outlet, besting its chief rival, Netflix (26).
“The White Lotus,” the cable community’s beloved upstairs-downstairs dramedy that came about at a Hawaiian resort, received finest restricted collection, and tore by a number of different classes. The present received 10 Emmys altogether, greater than every other collection. Mike White, the present’s creator and director, received a pair of Emmys for finest directing and writing. And performers from the present, Murray Bartlett and Jennifer Coolidge, each obtained appearing Emmys.
“Mike White, my God, thanks for giving me the most effective experiences of my life,” Bartlett, who performed an off-the-wagon lodge supervisor, stated from the Emmys stage.
However HBO’s chronicles of the wealthy weren’t the one winners on Monday night time.
“Ted Lasso,” the Apple TV+ sports activities collection, received finest comedy for a second consecutive yr, because the tech big continues on an awards present tear. Apple TV+, which had its debut in November 2019, received finest image on the Oscars (“CODA”) earlier this yr. And Jason Sudeikis repeated as finest actor in a comedy because the fish-out-of-water soccer coach in “Ted Lasso.”
There have been different massive moments within the comedy awards. Quinta Brunson, the creator of the good-natured ABC office sitcom, “Abbott Elementary,” a couple of group of elementary schoolteachers at an underfunded Philadelphia public faculty, received for finest writing in a comedy. It was solely the second time a Black lady received the award (Lena Waithe was the primary, in 2017, for “Grasp of None”).
In one of many night time’s most electrical moments, Sheryl Lee Ralph received finest supporting actress in a comedy for her function on “Abbott Elementary” as a veteran instructor on the faculty. Ralph started her Emmys speech by singing “Endangered Species” by Dianne Reeves, and obtained a standing ovation from the room filled with nominees. Her victory was additionally historic: It was solely the second time a Black lady received the award. The final time was in 1987, when Jackée Harry received for her function within the NBC sitcom “227.”
This has been probably the most aggressive Emmys season ever: Submissions for all of the classes surged, and 2022 could be very prone to set one more file for the very best variety of scripted tv collection.
However there was additionally a way of concern among the many executives, producers and brokers in attendance at Monday night time’s Emmy Awards, that 2022 represents the top of the so-called Peak TV period, which has produced the very best variety of scripted tv collection, practically yearly, for greater than a decade.
Netflix, which misplaced subscribers this yr for the primary time in a decade, has laid off tons of of staffers and is reining in its spending. HBO’s father or mother firm, Warner Bros. Discovery, has shelved initiatives and is about to put off a big variety of workers. NBC executives are contemplating ending its prime-time lineup at 10 p.m., and handing the hour over to native stations.
Enterprise challenges apart, the night time was largely a feel-good celebration. Zendaya received her second Emmy by taking finest actress in a drama for her function as a troubled teen in HBO’s “Euphoria.” Jean Sensible repeated as one of the best actress in a comedy for her function as a Joan Rivers-like comic in HBO Max’s “Hacks.”
“Squid Recreation,” the blood-splattered, South Korean Netflix collection, received a pair of awards: Lee Jung-jae for finest actor in a drama, and Hwang Dong-hyuk for steering. These wins represented a significant breakthrough for a international language present as tv turns into extra world, and as American audiences are more and more receptive to collection with subtitles.
Michael Keaton, who performed a small city physician in “Dopesick,” took one of the best actor award in a restricted collection. And Amanda Seyfried received finest actress in a restricted collection for her well-received efficiency as Elizabeth Holmes in “The Dropout.”
Emmy voters usually have a behavior of discovering a winner, and sticking with it, and this yr was no completely different. John Oliver’s “Final Week Tonight” received one of the best discuss present class for a seventh consecutive yr, and “Saturday Evening Stay” took one of the best selection sketch collection for a sixth straight yr.
This yr’s ceremony was the primary return to the Microsoft Theater for the reason that pandemic. Producers for the Emmys included a component that it experimented with eventually yr’s ceremony, which came about inside a tent: As an alternative of theater-style seating, nominees have been gathered round tables with bottles of champagne and wine round them.
This yr’s host, Kenan Thompson, the “Saturday Evening Stay” veteran, opened the ceremony in a prime hat and led a bunch of dancers in a weird interpretive dance to theme songs of well-known TV collection like “Regulation & Order,” “The Brady Bunch” and “Recreation of Thrones.”
Throughout his monologue, Thompson took a dig at Netflix’s current woes.
“If you happen to don’t know what ‘Squid Recreation’ is, it’s the contest you enter once you’re in large debt and determined for cash,” the host stated. “Becoming a member of the forged subsequent season? Netflix.”
