Los Angeles: Celebrating the best of TV, the annual Emmy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday night at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles, California, with The Crown, Ted Lasso and Mare of Easttown taking home a whopping 10 of the 12 acting awards. Ted Lasso from Apple TV Plus and HBO's Mare of Easttown picked up the first awards at the 73rd Primetime Emmys. Each of them won supporting acting prizes for a comedy and limited series, respectively. The outstanding lead actor in a comedy award was picked by Jason Sudeikis for his turn as the titular sensitive soccer coach in Ted Lasso, while Kate Winslet won lead actress in a limited series or movie for her role as a detective sergeant in Mare of Easttown.
Netflix's The Crown reigned over the night with seven honours, picking up the drama series trophy, as well as prizes for lead actress (Olivia Colman), lead actor (Josh O'Connor), supporting actress (Gillian Anderson), supporting actor (Tobias Menzies), outstanding writing (Peter Morgan) and directing (Jessica Hobbs).
Ted Lasso and The Queen's Gambit nabbed outstanding comedy and limited series awards respectively. Netflix won more Emmys than any other network or platform for the first time ever, with 44 total awards, courtesy of The Crown and Gambit.
Meanwhile, several major comedy prizes were won by Hacks. The HBO Max show nabbed the writing and directing for comedy trophies along with Jean Smart winning the fourth Emmy of her career for her role as stand-up comic Deborah Vance in the show. In total, HBO and HBO Max won 19 prizes.
Check out the complete list of winners below:
- Outstanding Drama Series - The Crown
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - The Crown
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - The Crown
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Olivia Colman (The Crown)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Josh O'Connor (The Crown)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Gillian Anderson (The Crown)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Tobias Menzies (The Crown)
- Outstanding Comedy Series - Ted Lasso
- Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series - Hacks
- Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series - Hacks
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Jean Smart (Hacks)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
- Outstanding Limited Series - The Queen's Gambit
- Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie - The Queen's Gambit
- Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie - I May Destroy You
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie - Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie - Ewan McGregor (Halston)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie - Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie - Evan Peters (Mare of Easttown)
- Outstanding Competition Program - RuPaul's Drag Race
- Outstanding Variety Talk Series - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Outstanding Variety Sketch Series - Saturday Night Live
- Outstanding Variety Special (Live) - Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020
- Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) - Hamilton
(With inputs from agencies)
