Succession, The White Lotus and Ted Lasso triumph

All the winners and losers from the 2022 Emmys. 

"I'm not saying we're more legitimate in our position than he is, we'll leave that to other people," Succession takes out the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

We have our winners

No surprises here

A moment for the divine Selma Blair, who took the sage with her cane after revealing her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis in 2018, to announce the winner of Outstanding Drama Series.

Selma Blair speaks on stage during the 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Which, of course, went to Succession. The series is a two-time winner in this category, previously nabbing the trophy in 2020.

The cast and crew of 'Succession' accept the Outstanding Drama Series award onstage during the 74th Primetime Emmys.

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong couldn't help but jibe at the new British monarchy. “Big week for successions, we have a new king in the UK, for us. Evidently, a little more voting involved in our voting than Prince Charles,” he said.

“I’m not saying we’re more legitimate in our position. I’ll leave that to other people."

"Keep it royalist," added the show's star Brian Cox.

ive watched succession i know what this means pic.twitter.com/KxZz59UgXF

— wengel (@wengelll) September 10, 2022

All green lights for Squid Game

Another win for Succession

Jesse Armstrong has secured the second Emmy for Succession, winning Outstanding Writing For a Drama Series, following Matthew Macfayden’s win earlier this evening. 

“To my fellow writers out there, if you’re blind to all the merits and can only see the faults it doesn't mean it's bad, it just means you're a writer.” 

ZENDAAYYYYAAAAAAAA

“Thank you for making such a safe space to make this very difficult show," Zendaya said during her acceptance speech.

“Lastly, my greatest wish for Euphoria is that it could help heal people. Thank you for everyone who has shared their story with me. Thank you for everyone who is a Rue, or has loved a Rue. I carry those stories with me.”

Here’s Zendaya’s mom watching her daughter win her second Emmy. She was wiping away tears. #emmys pic.twitter.com/3vrdSZI79j

— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) September 13, 2022

The only winner in Squid Game

Netflix's gory runaway South Korean hit has its first Emmy. Hwang Dong-hyuk took home the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Emmy for “Red Light, Green Light." 

A still from Netflix show Squid Game

“I truly hope Squid Game won't be the last non-English speaking series to be shown here, and I hope this won’t be my last Emmy either,” said Dong-hyuk.

It's an A+ for Quinta Brunson 

Yes! Quinta Bronson has won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Abbott Elementary, the first of the three categories in which she's nominated tonight. 

O Jogo Bonito

The White Lotus wins big

We’re having a hard time keeping up...

Scene from The Beatles documentary Get Back.

Congratulations to The Beatles: Get Back, Peter Jackson’s eight-hour documentary on The Fab Four, which took out Documentary Or Nonfiction Series despite nobody watching it the entire way through. Also to Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for winning Variety all Series, and Saturday Night Live for winning Variety Sketch Series.

"When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was someone like me in the media,": will Lizzo be our next EGOT?

Lizzo has won the Emmyin the Outstanding Competition Program category for her show Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.

“When I was a little girl all I wanted to see was me in the media. Someone fat like me, black like me, beautiful like me," she said during her acceptance speech. “If I could go back, I’d tell her: you’re going to see that person, but bitch it’s gonna have to be you.”

You hate to see a girlboss winning...

Amanda Seyfried has won her first career Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Drama for her role as the biotechnology fraudster Elizabeth Holmes.

Amanda Seyfried is Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout

Finally, our most loyal MILF has won her first Emmy

"I took a lavender bath tonight and it made me swell up inside my dress, and I'm having a hard time speaking." The Emmys are doing their best to usher Jennifer Coolidge off the stage but she just keeps dancing. We don't deserve her.

Jennifer Coolidge deciding to dance when the #Emmys attempted to play her off is a truly perfect moment pic.twitter.com/bBkOykRMZA

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) September 13, 2022

Let's fooking go

Brett Goldstein won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesTed Lasso. It's his second consecutive win in the category for the character.

"This is what believing looks like": Sheryl Lee Ralph wins Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

An ebullient Sheryl Lee Ralph has won for her role in Abbott Elementary, and delivered the best speech of the night sofar, belting her way through a rendition of Diana Reeves' 'Endangered Species', which was met with a standing ovation. 

"To anyone that has ever had a dream, and thought your dream couldn’t come true. I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. Don’t you ever, ever, give up on you." 

Sheryl Lee Ralph just gave the most moving acceptance speech in #Emmys history. #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/IvNdXQx94o

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) September 13, 2022

“I've been singing that song for years,” she said in the press room. “As an artist,  as a woman-especially as a woman of color-I'm an endangered species. I don't sing any victim song. I'm a woman. I'm an artist, and I know where my voice belongs.”

Ruth's wrongs are righted...

‘Thank you to my mum all the way in Australia’: Bartlett wins for The White Lotus

Succession, which is leading the charge with 25 nominations, has scooped up its first win.

There was so much TV this year. Some of it was excellent. The rest... well... we can hold out hope for an Emmys Participation Award.

The total number of scripted original series is set to exceed last year's record high of 559 series, according to a rolling tally by the FX network. The TV boom is likely due to productions picking up post-pandemic, and the surplus of new streamers entering the market: like HBO Max, Paramount Plus and Peacock. 

Enough with the graphs, onwards to the glamour: Kenan Thompson ("Good Burger", anyone?) will host the evening. Thompson has six Emmy nominations to his name, including three for his work on SNL, and one for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on his show, "Kenan". Guest presenters include Angela Bassett, Selena Gomez, Diego Luna, and Molly Shannon, amongst others.

74th Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson.

This year's Emmys feels unusually unpredictable, especially the 'Best Drama' category. "Succession" is the only drama that has previously won this category, and the third season was immaculate. But there were also the final seasons of "Better Call Saul" and "Ozark", both of which stuck the landing. And what of Netflix’s runaway success, "Squid Game"? 

As well as being unpredictable, this year's Emmys is, as Wall Street Journal writes, a very "incestuous" affair. There are more overlaps this year than at any time since 1999. Of the 106 actors nominated this year, 48% shared a category with one or more castmates, up from 44% last year, and 33% in 2020.

There is cause for celebration on the homegrown front: the Sydney production company behind Love on the Spectrum US won three Emmy Awards. The show won for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Programming, Outstanding Picture Editing for Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program.

Also, Sarah Snook is up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role as Shiv Roy in Succession, Murray Bartlett is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV movie for his role as the concierge Armand in The White Lotus. And Blacktown girlie Toni Collette is in the running for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series, for her role in “The Staircase.” Toni, we love you, “now my life is as good as an ABBA song,” will never fail to break me, but this award belongs to Margaret Qualley.

So without further ado, lets take it to the red carpet...

These are the nominees for the 74th Emmy Awards.

Best Comedy

“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Barry” (HBO)
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)

Best Drama

“Better Call Saul” (AMC)
“Euphoria” (HBO Max)
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Severance” (Apple TV+)
“Squid Game” (Netflix)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“Succession” (HBO)
“Yellowjackets” (Showtime)

Best Limited Series

“Dopesick” (Hulu)
“The Dropout” (Hulu)
“Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
“Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
“The White Lotus” (HBO)

Best Actress, Comedy

Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Best Actor, Comedy

Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
Bill Hader, “Barry”
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”

Melanie Lynskey in Yellowjackets.

Best Actress, Drama

Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Melanie Lynskey, “Yellowjackets”
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”
Zendaya, “Euphoria”

Best Actor, Drama

Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Adam Scott, “Severance”
Jeremy Strong, “Succession”

Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie

Toni Collette, “The Staircase”
Julia Garner, “Inventing Anna”
Lily James, “Pam & Tommy”
Sarah Paulson, “Impeachment”
Margaret Qualley, “Maid”
Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout”

Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie

Colin Firth, “The Staircase”
Andrew Garfield, “Under the Banner of Heaven”
Oscar Isaac, “Scenes from a Marriage”
Michael Keaton, “Dopesick”
Himesh Patel, “Station Eleven”
Sebastian Stan, “Pam & Tommy”

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Sarah Niles, “Ted Lasso”
Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”
Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Anthony Carrigan, “Barry”
Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary”
Toheeb Jimoh, “Ted Lasso”
Nick Mohammed, “Ted Lasso”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Henry Winkler, “Barry”
Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live”

Supporting Actress, Drama

Patricia Arquette, “Severance”
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game”
Christina Ricci, “Yellowjackets”
Rhea Seehorn, “Better Call Saul”
J. Smith-Cameron, “Succession”
Sarah Snook, “Succession”
Sydney Sweeney, “Euphoria”

Supporting Actor, Drama

Nicholas Braun, “Succession”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Park Hae-soo, “Squid Game”
Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”
John Turturro, “Severance”
Christopher Walken, “Severance”
Oh Yeong-su, “Squid Game”

Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a Movie

Connie Britton, “The White Lotus”
Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus”
Alexandra Daddario, “The White Lotus”
Kaitlyn Dever, “Dopesick”
Natasha Rothwell, “The White Lotus”
Sydney Sweeney, “The White Lotus”
Mare Winningham, “Dopesick”

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
Jake Lacy, “The White Lotus”
Will Poulter, “Dopesick”
Seth Rogen, “Pam & Tommy”
Peter Sarsgaard, “Dopesick”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “Dopesick”
Steve Zahn, “The White Lotus”

Variety Talk Series

“Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
“Late Night With Seth Meyers”
“Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

Reality Competition Program

“The Amazing Race”
“Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
“Nailed It”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Top Chef”
“The Voice”

Writing for a Comedy Series

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, “Hacks” (“The One, the Only”)
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (“Pilot”)
Bill Hader and Alec Berg, “Barry” (“starting now”)
Alec Berg and Duffy Boudreau, “Barry” (“710N”)
Steve Martin and John Hoffman, “Only Murders in the Building” (“True Crime”)
Jane Becker, “Ted Lasso” (“No Weddings And A Funeral”)
Sarah Naftalis, “What We Do In The Shadows” (“The Casino”)
Stefani Robinson, “What We Do In The Shadows” (“The Wellness Center”)

Writing for a Drama Series

Jesse Armstrong, “Succession” (“All the Bells Say”)
Dan Erickson, “Severance” (“The We We Are”)
Hwang Dong-hyuk, “Squid Game” (“One Lucky Day”)
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, “Yellowjackets” (“Pilot”)
Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, “Yellowjackets” (“F Sharp”)
Chris Mundy, “Ozark” (“A Hard Way to Go”)
Thomas Schnauz, “Better Call Saul” (“Plan and Execution”)

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special

Elizabeth Meriwether, “The Dropout”
Sarah Burgess, “Impeachment: American Crime Story”
Molly Smith Metzler, “Maid”
Patrick Somerville, “Station Eleven”
Danny Strong, “Dopesick”
Mike White, “The White Lotus”

Directing for a Comedy Series

Lucia Aniello, “Hacks” (“There Will Be Blood”)
Jamie Babbit, “Only Murders in the Building” (“True Crime”)
Cherien Dabis, “Only Murders in the Building” (“The Boy From 6B”)
Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show” (“Baby Daddy Groundhog Day”)
MJ Delaney, “Ted Lasso” (“No Weddings and a Funeral”)
Bill Hader, “Barry” (“710N”)
Hiro Murai, “Atlanta” (“New Jazz”)

Directing for a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, “Ozark” (“A Hard Way to Go”)
Hwang Dong-hyuk, “Squid Game” (“Red Light, Green Light”)
Karyn Kusama, “Yellowjackets” (“Pilot”)
Mark Mylod, “Succession” (“All the Bells Say”)
Cathy Yan, “Succession” (“The Disruption”)
Lorene Scafaria, “Succession” (“Too Much Birthday”)
Ben Stiller, “Severance” (“The We We Are”)

Directing for a Limited Series

Hiro Murai, “Station Eleven”
Michael Showalter, “The Dropout”
Francesca Gregorini, “The Dropout”
Danny Strong, “Dopesick”
John Wells, “Maid”
Mike White, “The White Lotus”

Documentary Or Nonfiction Series

“100 Foot Wave” (HBO)
“Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” (Netflix)
“The Andy Warhol Diaries” (Netflix)
“The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+)
“We Need To Talk About Cosby” (Showtime)

Documentary Or Nonfiction Special

“Controlling Britney Spears” (New York Times Presents)
“George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)
“Lucy And Desi” (Amazon)
“The Tinder Swindler” (Netflix)
“We Feed People” (Disney+)