Emmy Awards, the triumph of succession

AGI – The Strange Fate of the Emmys: Celebrate stars who conquer an ever larger audience, but who are followed by an ever smaller audience. This year, the broadcast of the awards ceremony for the best TV series, their actors and their directors was even moved to late evening and had to make do with special broadcasts on the Iowa election and a football playoff championship game.

The 2023 Emmys were unusual also for other reasons: the Strikes by screenwriters and actors They forced the ceremony to be postponed from the usual September date to mid-January and moved it directly to the middle of the year Golden Globes awards season last week and the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night. Apart from that, the triumphant series of the evening is:Succession“, which bids its final farewell to its audience by taking home the most coveted loot.

The final season of the HBO series The film, dedicated to the internal struggles of a media dynasty, won the award for best drama for the third time. “Succession” won almost every major dramatic acting award, con Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen who won for their performances last season. Jesse Armstrong, the show’s creator, won his fourth Emmy for best screenplay, one for each season of “Succession.”

There are few television series that can boast, like “Succession”, of having left a firework display on the audience, and they have all gone down in television history: “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad” and “Game of Thrones.”“. In its debut, “The Bear,” the FX and Hulu series about the quirky staff of a Chicago restaurant, won best comedy, beating “Ted Lasso,” the Apple TV+ series, which won best comedy two years in a row was awarded. and which was supposed to be in its final season.

Jeremy Allen White, who plays the nervous chef in “The Bear,” won his first Emmy for best actor in a comedy. Quinta Brunson, creator of the ABC sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” won best actress in a comedy, becoming the first black woman to win the award since Isabel Sanford won it in 1981 for “The Jeffersons.” Other notable debuts honored include Netflix’s “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin for writing and directing; and Steven Yeun and Ali Wong for acting.

Abacus in hand: The series with the most awards are “Succession” and “The Bear” with six Emmys each and “Beef” with five. “The Daily Show” won best talk show despite award-winning host Trevor Noah leaving the Comedy Central program more than a year ago. “Succession,” “The Bear” and “Beef” were already crowned at the Golden Globes last week and at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night.

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