From September 3rd to 12th the annual Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles, California. Many winners were chosen on the evening of September 12, including Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) as best drama actor.
For the most part, no new names won in the most important categories of the evening. For example, the black humorous media and family satire “Succession” won best drama. The piece won in the same category in 2020. The football series “Ted Lasso” has now been awarded best comedy for the second time. The works even caught up with the South Korean series Squid Game, which could have won as the first non-English drama.
The best drama actors
However, Squid Game lead actor Lee Jung-jae won Best Drama Actor. Other leading actor awards went to Jason Sudeikis, who plays a US soccer coach in Ted Lasso, and Jean Smart, who portrays a comedian in Hacks. Last but not least, Zendaya won with her starring role as Rue in the teenage series Euphoria.
The best miniseries
The HBO dramedy “The White Lotus” won best miniseries. She even won ten awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, represented by Murray Bartlett and Jennifer Coolidge. So far, only the first season has aired. The series is a social satire about the lives of wealthy vacationers at a luxury Hawaiian resort.
The best entertainment series
Well-known winners have already been chosen in the secondary categories. John Oliver has now won Best Entertainment Talk Show seven times in a row with “Last Week Tonight”. “Saturday Night Live” is also increasingly defining itself as a permanent winner – it won Best Entertainment Sketch Series for the sixth time in a row. According to the IMDB database, the show has already received 87 Emmy Awards with more than 300 nominations.
The best competition program
The singer and presenter Lizzo scooped the prize for the best competition program – closely followed by “Ru Paul’s Drag Race”. Her format, titled “Lizzo’s Watch out for the Big Grrrls,” is about 13 overweight women struggling to become professional dancers. “The stories they share with us aren’t that special, they just don’t get a platform. All I wanted as a little girl was to see a girl like me in the media. fat like me black like me Beautiful like me,” Lizzo said in her speech.