After a four-month hiatus due to strikes in Hollywood, the final season of "Succession" dominated the Emmy Awards on Monday, taking home six categories, including outstanding drama. The event was a sentimental celebration of television's past and present.
Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, and Matthew Macfadyen took home honors for their roles in the HBO series about the backstabbing dynastic battles of a powerful media family. Meanwhile, "The Bear" took home the top comedy prize and "Beef" topped the limited series category.
"This is a show about family, but it's also about when... partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive right-wing politics," said "Succession" creator Jesse Armstrong. "After four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that's a problem we have now fixed," he joked.
Snook, who was expecting during the show's last season, and Culkin honored their infants by accepting their best actress and actor awards. Culkin even made a joke to his wife, "I want more... you said maybe, if I win!"
"Succession," which had already won two times for best drama series, had an incredible 27 nominations going into the ceremony, including a record three of the six for best actor.
It was also awarded for outstanding directing and writing.
Winner of best supporting actress was Jennifer Coolidge, the only star returning from the satirical series "The White Lotus," which was set in Sicily in its second season.
The small screen equivalent of the Oscars, the Emmys, usually happen in September.
However, this time around, the organizers wisely chose an uncommon January date, figuring that the entertainment sector strikes would have ended and that performers would be available to attend.
Stars and attendees ranging from Joan Collins to Harrison Ford walked the red carpet as they entered the ceremony at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles.
The 75th anniversary of the Emmy Awards included several sketches honouring cherished vintage shows on lavish sets.
Netflix's "Beef" won five laurels in the limited series category, which is for programs that run for a single season. The show's writers and directors took home the best prizes.
Leading acting awards went to Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, who portrayed enraged drivers embroiled in a feud that was intensifying quickly.
Niecy Nash-Betts, co-star of "Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," took up the best supporting actress award, while Paul Walter Hauser, star of another gritty true crime series, "Black Bird," won best supporting actor.
The awards for outstanding scripted variety show and variety series writing went to "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver".
Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers paid tribute to the late Norman Lear for "shaping American society,' from a set replicated on one of his many great shows, "All In The Family."
TV celebrities who passed away in the previous year were commemorated in the yearly "In Memoriam" segment. These stars included Matthew Perry from Friends, Angela Lansbury, Richard Roundtree, Harry Belafonte, and 25-year-old actor Angus Cloud from Euphoria.
