The 75th Emmy Awards were held on Monday night after being postponed from last year due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes. Unfortunately, because the Awards were planned for last year, voting took place in August and the qualifying shows had to be released from June 2022 (!) through May 2023, so… that’s a long time ago and a lot of more recent programs didn’t make the cutoff. In fact, The Bear was only eligible for its first season, even though the second has already been released in its entirety.
It doesn’t matter as The Bear still swept the Comedy categories with six wins, tying with Succession which took most of the Drama prizes. Meanwhile, Beef claimed five trophies in the Limited or Anthology categories.
These results mostly mirror those of the Golden Globes which were just handed out with a lot of the same winners in the same races.
Succession scored Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actress for Sarah Snook, Lead Actor for Kieran Culkin, Supporting Actor for Matthew Macfadyen, Directing for the episode “Connor’s Wedding” helmed by Mark Mylod, and Writer for the same episode, by series creator Jesse Armstrong.
The only Drama category that Succession didn’t take was Supporting Actress which went to Jennifer Coolidge for White Lotus.
As for The Bear, it landed Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor for Jeremy Allen White, Supporting Actress for Ayo Edibiri, Supporting Actor for Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Writing for the episode “System” for series creator Christopher Storer, and Directing for the episode “Review” also for Storer.
Lead Actress went to Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary.
Beef claimed Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, with Ali Wong taking Lead Actress, Steven Yeun taking Lead Actor. Writing went to the show’s pilot episode, “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech In Pain” penned by the series’ creator, Lee Sung Jin, who also scored the Directing award for the episode “Figures of Light.”
The only awards in this race that went to other projects were Supporting Actress, with Niecy Nash-Betts winning for Dahmer – Monster (remember that?) and Supporting Actor, which went to Paul Walter Hauser for Blackbird.
Another notable win was Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium which won Best Variety Special (Live), making John an official EGOT, having previously landed Grammys, an Oscar, and a Tony. John is only the 19th person to achieve this feat.
In sadder news, after six seasons, Better Call Saul ended with 53 Emmy nominations over that time, but following these Emmys, it has officially never won a single trophy. Now it never will.
View all the winners below:
Outstanding Drama Series
Succession
HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Bear
FX • FX Productions
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Succession • HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions
Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Succession • HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions
Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Beef
Netflix • A Netflix Series / An A24 Production
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Beef
Netflix • A Netflix Series / An A24 Production Ali Wong as Amy Lau
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Beef • Netflix • A Netflix Series / An A24 Production
Steven Yeun as Danny Cho
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium
Disney+ • Disney+ Presents in association with Rocket Entertainment / A Fulwell 73 Production
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Succession • Connor’s Wedding • HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions
Mark Mylod, Directed by
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Beef • The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech In Pain • Netflix • A Netflix Series / An A24 Production
Lee Sung Jin, Written by
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Succession • Connor’s Wedding • HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions
Jesse Armstrong, Written by
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Black Bird • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios
Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Beef • Figures of Light • Netflix • A Netflix Series / An A24 Production
Lee Sung Jin, Directed by
Outstanding Talk Series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • HBO Max • HBO in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television
Daniel O’Brien, Senior Writer Owen Parsons, Senior Writer Charlie Redd, Senior Writer Joanna Rothkopf, Senior Writer Seena Vali, Senior Writer Johnathan Appel, Writer
Ali Barthwell, Writer Tim Carvell, Writer Liz Hynes, Writer Ryan Ken, Writer Mark Kramer, Writer Sofia Manfredi, Writer John Oliver, Writer
Taylor Kay Phillips, Writer Chrissy Shackelford, Writer
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
RuPaul’s Drag Race
MTV • World of Wonder
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
The Bear • System • FX • FX Productions
Christopher Storer, Written by
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
The Bear • Review • FX • FX Productions
Christopher Storer, Directed by
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story • Netflix • Ryan Murphy Productions for Netflix
Niecy Nash-Betts as Glenda Cleveland
Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
HBO Max • HBO in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
The Bear • FX • FX Productions
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
The Bear • FX • FX Productions
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Succession • HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions
Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The White Lotus • HBO Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord and The District
Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt
