The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards: And the Winners Were...

The 74th Emmy Awards, celebrating the best in television, were presented Monday in Los Angeles. HBO’s “Succession”, Apple TV’s “Ted Lasso” and HBO’s “The White Lotus” took the top three prizes of the evening – Outstanding Drama, Comedy and Limited Series, respectively. “The White Lotus” scored the most Primetime Emmy wins, with six, followed by “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” with three each.

Of note, Lee Jung-jae of Netflix’s “Squid Games” became the first Asian actor to ever win lead actor in a drama series, and the fourth Asian person ever to win an acting Emmy, while HBO’s “Euphoria” star Zendaya became the first Black woman to win lead actress in a drama series, and the youngest two-time winner of any Emmy in history. While the majority of wins remains non-broadcast network entries, the exception this years was two wins for freshman ABC comedy “Abbott Elementary” (Sheryl Lee Ralph for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy and Quinta Brunson in the comedy writing category. NBC’s veteran “Saturday Night Live”, meanwhile, was named Outstanding Sketch Comedy Series.

What follows is a listing of the winners:

Outstanding comedy series
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding limited series or anthology series
“The White Lotus” (HBO)

Outstanding competition program
Lizzo’s “Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime)

Outstanding variety talk series
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game” (Netflix)

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series
Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO)

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series
Jean Smart, “Hacks” (HBO Max)

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series
Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession” (HBO)

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series
Julia Garner, “Ozark” (Netflix)

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series
Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or anthology series or movie
Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” (Hulu)

Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or anthology series or movie
Amanda Seyfried “The Dropout” (Hulu)

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or anthology series or movie
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or anthology series or movie
Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Outstanding variety sketch series
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Outstanding writing for a drama series
Jesse Armstrong, “Succession” (HBO)

Outstanding directing for a drama series
Hwang Dong-hyuk, “Squid Game” (Netflix)

Outstanding writing for a comedy series
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Outstanding directing for a comedy series
M.J. Delaney, “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding writing for a variety special
Jerrod Carmichael, “Rothaniel” (HBO)

Outstanding writing for a limited series or anthology series or movie
Mike White, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Outstanding directing for a limited series or anthology series or movie
Mike White, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards: And the Winners Were…