Emmys 2024: Winners, losers, speeches

By Lisa Richwine, Daniel BroadwayReuters

Shoguna historical epic set in Imperial Japan, won the Emmy Award for Best Drama and Hacks Sad champion of comedy Bear in the highest awards of television.

A story of political tricks, Shogun there were also acting awards for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, the first Japanese actresses to win in their respective categories. The series won 19 awards, a record for a drama season.

Netflix Child strangulationthe chilling story of a bartender haunted by a customer was named best limited series.

With most of its dialogue in Japanese with English subtitles, Shogun was a potential global hit. Executive producer Justin Marks thanked the FX cable network team for casting the show.

“You guys have brought to light a very precious and understated work of the Japanese period, the central climax of which is a poetry contest,” Marks said on stage. – I don’t know why you did it.

The act described Shogun as the “East meets West Dream Project”.

“Shogun It taught me that when people work together, we can do miracles,” he said. “Together we can create a better future.”

Sawai was overcome with emotion while accepting her best actress award. “I was crying before my name was announced. Today I’m a mess,” she said while holding the golden Emmy statuette.

In Shogun The wins helped FX owner Walt Disney win 60 Emmys this year, the most in the company’s history.

After Shogun The biggest surprise of the night came. HBO Hacksabout a 70-year-old comedian and millennial writer, was named best comedy, upsetting the previous winner Bear.

“Comedy is very important to us, but we really feel like it can bridge the gap,” said executive producer Lucia Aniello. “When you laugh with someone, you have something in common with them. So please support comedy and speak truth to power.”

Earlier, Smart received a standing ovation when she won her third Emmy for her portrayal of ambitious comic Deborah Vance. Hacks.

“I appreciate it because I don’t get enough attention,” Smart joked on stage.

Bearalso on FX, broke its record for most Emmys for a comedy, taking home 11.

Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach won their second Emmys for Best Comedy and Supporting Actor. White portrays chef Carmen “Carmi” Berzatto, a man trying to turn his family’s sandwich shop in Chicago into a fine dining destination.

Moss-Bachrach won the award for his role as Cousin Richie, a restaurant manager and father.

Both actors won the same award at the last Emmy Awards, held in January after a Hollywood workers’ strike disrupted the schedule.

In a surprise, Lisa Colon-Zayas received the third place Emmy Bear. She won best supporting actress in a comedy for her portrayal of chef Tina Marrero, beating out a field that included legends Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett. In one of the night’s few notes about the upcoming US election, Colon-Zayas said: “All the Latinas looking up to me, keep believing and vote. Vote for your rights.”

Host Candice Bergen recalled how her fictional character, single woman “Murphy Brown,” was attacked in 1992 by then-Vice President Dan Quayle for having children.

“Oh, how far we’ve come. Today, a Republican vice presidential candidate would never attack a woman for having children,” she said, adding in an apparent jab at Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance’s comments about the “meow.” childless cat women”.

The winners were selected by nearly 22,000 actors, directors, producers and other members of the Hollywood Television Academy.

Child strangulation Star and creator Richard Gadd, who based the series on a true story, also won acting and writing awards for the show.

“Ten years ago, I was broke and out. I never thought I could get my life together,” Gadd said on stage while accepting his writing award. “Here I am, just ten years later, receiving one of the biggest writing awards in television.”

Shitt’s Creek Stars Eugene and Dan Levy shared hosting duties at the red carpet event in downtown Los Angeles.

“If things go south, my name will be called Martin Short,” Eugene Levy said, referring to Just killing in the building the star who was in the audience.

Dan Levy joked that the Emmys, which aired live on Disney’s ABC, are known as “the biggest night of broadcast television to honor movie stars on streaming services.”

Winners:

• Best Drama Series – Shogun
• The best comedy series – Hacks
• Best limited series or anthology – Child strangulation
• Best Actor in a Drama – Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun
• Best actress in a drama – Anna Savai, Shogun
• Best Comedy Actor – Jeremy Allen White, Bear
• Best Comedy Actress – Jean Smart, Hacks
• Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy – Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Bear
• Best supporting actress in a comedy film – Lisa Colon-Zayas, Bear
• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – Billy Crudup, Morning show
• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama – Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
• Best Director, Comedy Series – Christopher Storer, Bear
• Best written, comedy series – Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statski, Hacks
• Best Director, Drama Series – Frederick EO Toy, Shogun
• Best Movie, Drama Series – Will Smith Slow horses
• Best Actor, Series or Limited Film – Richard Gadd, Child strangulation
• Best Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie – Lamorne Morris, Fargo
• Best Actress, Limited Series or Film – Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
• Best Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie – Jessica Gunning, Child strangulation
• Best Directed Series, Limited or Anthology – Stephen Zaillian, Ripley
• Best Writing Series, Limited or Anthology – Richard Gadd Child strangulation
• The best reality show – Traitors
• Best Variety Script Series –Last week on Tonight with John Oliver
• Best Writing For Special Edition – Alex Edelman: Just for us
• Best Talk Series – Daytime show

— Reuters Agency