The biggest award show on television, The 74th annual Emmy Awards, took place on 12th September in a packed studio audience at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. This marked the end of a two-year hiatus from the virtual hosting of the ceremony due to the pandemic.
The three-hour telecast was a treat to watch. Celebrities graced the red carpet with their marvelously done looks. While there were many repeated winners from the previous years there were also some underdog winners that made our hearts swell with pride.
Host Kenan Thompson did a great job with the opening ceremony; he lead a troupe of dancers to remixes of the theme songs from Friends, The Brady Bunch, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stranger Things, and Game of Thrones.
Kenan Thompson
Talking about some of the winners of this year, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver won outstanding variety talk series for the seventh consecutive year. Julia Garner also bagged the award for supporting actress again for Ozark, and Brett Goldstein also won the best supporting actor in a comedy series for Ted Lasso once again.
Some history was also made! Netflix’s Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae became the first Asian actor to ever win lead actor in a drama and Zendaya bagged the award of lead actress in a drama series for Euphoria, which makes her the youngest two-time winner of any Emmy in history and also the first Black woman to win lead actress in a drama. Way to go girl!
Zendaya
Here is a list of the winners of this year Emmy Awards:
Winners:
Drama Series: Succession
Comedy Series: Ted Lasso
Limited or Anthology Series: The White Lotus
Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Writing for a Drama Series: Jesse Armstrong, Succession (“All the Bells Say”)
Directing for a Comedy Series: MJ Delaney, Ted Lasso (“No Weddings and a Funeral”)
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart, Hacks
Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Zendaya, Euphoria
Directing for a Drama Series: Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game (“Red Light, Green Light”)
Writing for a Comedy Series: Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (“Pilot”)
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Writing for a Variety Special: Jerrod Carmichael, Rothaniel
Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Mike White, The White Lotus
Competition Program: Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout
Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Variety Sketch Series: Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Julia Garner, Ozark
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Michael Keaton, Dopesick
Credits: Vanity Fair
