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Who Were the Big Winners in This Years Emmy Awards?

Who Were the Big Winners at This Years Emmys?

The White Lotus, Ted Lasso and Succession were some of the main winners at this years star-studded Emmys on Monday Night.

The award ceremony which took place at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theatre and hosted by actor Kenan Thompson, saw a wealth of high-profile actors and actresses and some of TV’s biggest stars. Winners for 25 categories were revealed from best drama to best supporting actor.

John Oliver, Zendaya, Jean Smart, Quinta Brunson, Amanda Seyfried, Julia Garner, Jerrod Carmichael, Jason Sudeikis and Michael Keaton were among the winners.

History was also made as Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae became the first Asian star to win the Emmy award for best male actor in a drama.

A full list of Emmy winners from Monday’s ceremony follows:

Outstanding drama series

  • Winner: Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Better Call Saul (AMC)
  • Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Ozark (Netflix)
  • Severance (Apple TV+)
  • Squid Game (Netflix)
  • Stranger Things (Netflix)
  • Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Outstanding comedy series

  • Winner: Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Barry (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)
  • The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)
  • What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Outstanding limited or anthology series

  • Winner: The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Dopesick (Hulu)
  • The Dropout (Hulu)
  • Inventing Anna (Netflix)
  • Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Lead actor in a drama series

  • Winner: Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix)
  • Jason Bateman – Ozark (Netflix)
  • Brian Cox – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)
  • Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)
  • Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)

Lead actress in a drama series

  • Winner: Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Jodie Comer – Killing Eve (BBC America)
  • Laura Linney – Ozark (Netflix)
  • Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime)
  • Sandra Oh – Killing Eve (BBC America)
  • Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Supporting actor in a drama series

  • Winner: Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Nicholas Braun – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
  • Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Park Hae-soo – Squid Game (Netflix)
  • John Turturro – Severance (Apple TV+)
  • Christopher Walken – Severance (Apple TV+)
  • Oh Yeong-su – Squid Game (Netflix)

Supporting actress in a drama series

  • Winner: Julia Garner – Ozark (Netflix)
  • Patricia Arquette – Severance (Apple TV+)
  • Jung Ho-yeon – Squid Game (Netflix)
  • Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets (Showtime)
  • Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC)
  • J Smith-Cameron – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Sydney Sweeney – Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)

Lead actor in a comedy series

  • Winner: Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Donald Glover – Atlanta (FX)
  • Bill Hader – Barry (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu)
  • Steve Martin – Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)
  • Martin Short – Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)

Lead actress in a comedy series

  • Winner: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu)
  • Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO/HBO Max)

Supporting actor in a comedy series

  • Winner: Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Anthony Carrigan – Barry (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Toheeb Jimoh – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Henry Winkler – Barry (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Supporting actress in a comedy series

  • Winner: Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Prime Video)
  • Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
  • Sarah Niles – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Juno Temple – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
  • Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Lead actor in a limited series or movie

  • Winner: Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu)
  • Colin Firth – The Staircase (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Andrew Garfield – Under The Banner Of Heaven (FX)
  • Oscar Isaac – Scenes From A Marriage (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Himesh Patel – Station Eleven (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Lead actress in a limited series or movie

  • Winner: Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)
  • Toni Collette – The Staircase (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Julia Garner – Inventing Anna (Netflix)
  • Lily James – Pam & Tommy (Hulu)
  • Sarah Paulson – Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)
  • Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix)

Supporting actor in a limited series or movie

  • Winner: Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Jake Lacy – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Will Poulter – Dopesick (Hulu)
  • Seth Rogen – Pam & Tommy (Hulu)
  • Peter Sarsgaard – Dopesick (Hulu)
  • Michael Stuhlbarg – Dopesick (Hulu)
  • Steve Zahn – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)

Supporting actress in a limited series or movie

  • Winner: Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Connie Britton – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Alexandra Daddario – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick (Hulu)
  • Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Sydney Sweeney – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Mare Winningham – Dopesick (Hulu)

Outstanding variety talk series

  • Winner: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO/HBO Max)
  • The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
  • Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
  • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding competition programme

  • Winner: Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
  • The Amazing Race (CBS)
  • Nailed It! (Netflix)
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
  • Top Chef (Bravo)
  • The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding documentary or non-fiction special

  • Winner: George Carlin’s American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Controlling Britney Spears (New York Times Presents) (FX)
  • Lucy And Desi (Prime Video)
  • The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)
  • We Feed People (Disney+)

Outstanding documentary or non-fiction series

  • Winner: The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
  • The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
  • jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)
  • 100 Foot Wave (HBO/HBO Max)
  • We Need To Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

Outstanding structured reality programme

  • Winner: Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
  • Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia Network)
  • Love Is Blind (Netflix)
  • Shark Tank (ABC)

Outstanding unstructured reality programme

  • Winner: Love On The Spectrum US (Netflix)
  • Below Deck Mediterranean (Bravo)
  • Cheer (Netflix)
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked (VH1)
  • Selling Sunset (Netflix)
Emmys

“We Solved it!” Diversity at the Emmys

The Primetime Emmys televised jokes about diversity, but failed to select a diverse winning pool.

After president Donald Trump called last year’s Emmy ratings “the worst ever”, the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards took things to a new level. A record-low audience of 10.2 million put the Emmys down 11 percent from the past two years.

The declining popularity of live broadcasted television left the much anticipated 70th Emmy ceremony struggling—but the awkwardness didn’t stop there.

Yet again, major diversity issues presented themselves throughout the three-hour show. As the hosts, Michael Che and Colin Jost, made jokes about Christianity, and more and more white actors took to the stage to collect awards, the atmosphere was detectable from the faces of cringing audience members.

Expectations

The 2017 ceremony seemed to signal the start of a progressive movement, away from historic ideologies. All three lead actor awards were given to men from diverse backgrounds and other categories were also more equally distributed than previous ceremonies. Winners included Sterling K. Brown, Riz Ahmed, Lena Waithe and Atlanta.

This year, the promising prospect continued as the nominee pool included a record 36 non-white actors—a 20 percent increase from 2017. Hollywood was quick to make this known before announcing its winners.

What actually happened?

The show began with the musical opening number: “We Solved It!” Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Bell and RuPaul (to name but a few) mocked the industry with a poignant song about diversity.

The song referenced Sandra Oh—the first Asian woman to ever be nominated for a lead actress Emmy: “There were none, now there’s one. And so we’re done!” It appeared that, whilst the joke seemed slightly awkward, the 2018 ceremony was being set up to include a diverse and inspiring winner’s circle.

Oh didn’t win—“It’s an honor just to be Asian,” she joked.

Instead, this year’s emphasis on diversity served to draw attention to the fact that only three non-white recipients received awards during the main broadcast.

On a pre-recorded clip, Michael Che did present what he called the “Reparation Emmys”.

“As a black comedian, for so many years our TV legends and heroes have gone unrecognized,

“So this year as host, I took it upon myself to finally right some of those wrongs. I present: The Reparation Emmys,” Che said.

The awards credited Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons), Kadeem Hardison (A Different World), Jaleel White (Family Matters), Jimmie Walker (Good Times), Tichina Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris), and John Witherspoon (The Wayan Bros). Gibbs had previously been nominated five times and never won.

As the night unfolded, Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel became the first streaming show to win an Emmy, and Regina Kind (Seven Seconds) and Thandie Newton (Westworld) also took home trophies. Darren Criss, whose mother is Filipino, also took home Best Actor in a Limited Series for his role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.

Game of Thrones, previously criticized for lacking diversity, ended the ceremony by once again winning Outstanding Drama. With the show’s final season coming up, more diverse winners from the production in the near future seem unlikely.

Highlights of the Emmys

In a strange turn of events, Glen Weiss shocked everyone, including girlfriend Jan Svendsen, by proposing to her while accepting his reward for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special.

Jenifer Lewis wore a bedazzled custom-made outfit by Nike, thanking them for supporting the football player and activist Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick famously kneeled during the national anthem to protest against racial injustice.

A host of celebrities also used their outfits to advocate political agendas. Accessories included Planned Parenthood and “I Am a Voter” badges, and ACLU blue ribbons. Sarah Sophie Flicker also arrived with a “Stop Kavanaugh” message drawn onto her arm.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star, Rachel Brosnahan, even urged people to vote in the upcoming midterm elections during her acceptance speech, and comedian Hannah Gadsby infused hers with parody.

“I mean, for somebody like me—a nobody, from nowhere—gets this sweet gig, free suit, new boots, just ’cause I don’t like men? That’s a joke, of course. Just jokes, fellas, calm down.

“Hashtag: NotAllMenButALotOfEm. No, it is just jokes, but what are jokes these days? We don’t know. Nobody knows what jokes are. Especially not men! Am I right, fellas? That’s why I’m presenting alone,” she said.

After a somewhat uncomfortable show, the reality of technical and societal change seems to be placing stress on traditional live network broadcasts. This year, the Emmys used the Primetime awards to force us to recognise that they have become more self-aware, but their enlightenment failed to deliver entertainment and implication.

The Creative Arts Emmys actually showcased a record number of non-white winners, but with much less press than the Primetime awards, a lot of these happened offstage. Clearly, Hollywood still has a long way to go on its road to diversity.

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