- And the Emmy goes to. - "The White Lotus."
- "The White Lotus." - "The White Lotus."
- "The White Lotus"!
- "The White Lotus" took home five
trophies including Best Limited Series
at the 74th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 12th.
The HBO show, which tells a story about the inner
weavings of employees and guests at a luxury Hawaiian hotel,
also won awards for Best Directing and Best Writing.
Murray Bartlett, who plays the kooky hotel manager,
won Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series.
Best Supporting Actress in this category
went to hotel guest Jennifer Coolidge.
- You know, I took a lavender bath tonight
right before the show,
and it made me swell up inside my dress.
And I'm having a hard time speaking.
- Julia Garner won Best
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role
as Ruth in "Ozark."
Her third win for the show.
The night brought some first time
Emmy winners to the stage.
Sheryl Lee Ralph had audience members
on their feet after winning
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Series for "Abbott Elementary",
a show about a predominantly Black elementary
school in Philadelphia. -
♪ I am a woman I am an artist And I know ♪
♪ Where my voice Belongs ♪
-Quinta Brunson, who wrote and stars
in the mockumentary sitcom,
was awarded Best Writing For a Comedy Series.
"Squid Games" scooped up the trophy for Best Director.
And Lee Jung-jae won Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the Netflix hit,
making him the first actor to win for a non-English show.
- So creatively on the screen
with the greatest script and amazing visuals.
- Lizzo was emotional after winning Best Competition Program
for "Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls",
a show about plus-sized women competing to be Lizzo's dancers.
- For these people who are on this stage with me,
the stories that they share, they're not that unique,
they just don't get the platform, telling stories.
Let's just tell more stories.
- The Limited Series category
brought even more first time Emmy winners,
including Best Actor Michael Keaton for "Dopesick"
and Best Actress Amanda Seyfried for "The Dropout",
which chronicles the fall of a Elizabeth Holmes
and her biotech company Theranos.
Best Actress in a Drama Series
went to Zendaya for the HBO hit "Euphoria."
- I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue
or feels like they are a Rue,
I want you to know that I am so grateful for your stories
and I carry them with me
and I carry them with her, so thank you so much.
- "Ted Lasso", the tale of an American football coach
who heads across the pond to lead a mediocre soccer team,
took home four awards,
including Best Directing and Best Comedy Series,
an award the show also won in 2021.
- This show is about good and evil.
The show is about like the truth and lies.
This show is about all that stuff.
But it's mostly about our response to those things.
- Jason Sudeikis and supporting actor Brett Goldstein
both picked up a second consecutive Emmy
for their roles in "Ted Lasso."
These two weren't the only ones
to win an award two years in a row.
Jean Smart won Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
for her role as Deborah Vance on the show "Hacks."
- A second time honoring this show,
I mean, I have to tell you I'm so blown away.
- HBO's "Succession", which went into the night with 25 nods,
took home three awards, including Best Drama,
Best Writing, and Best Supporting Actor,
claimed by Matthew Macfadyen.
This marked Macfadyen's first Emmy.
- Tonight, we celebrate the hundreds
and hundreds of shows that were produced this year,
and then we give awards to about five of them.
- The awards show, which was hosted
by longtime "SNL" cast member Keenan Thompson,
saw a handful of star cameos.
- Every nominee, every Emmy nominee tonight
has been knocked down at some point.
But you got back up, and that's why you're here.