Emmy Awards 2022: 'Succession', 'Ted Lasso' repeat as top winners

Media dynasty drama ‘Succession’ and feel-good comedy ‘Ted Lasso’ took the top honours at the Emmy awards in Hollywood on Monday, and a ‘Squid Game’ actor landed a major acting trophy.

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‘Succession’ was named best drama series, an award the HBO show had won in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted its production schedule. The show, which secured four trophies overall, tells the story of the wealthy and back-stabbing Roy family as members jockey for power.

A win for Waystar Royco! Congratulations to @Succession (@HBO/@HBOMax), which snags the #Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series! 🏙 #Emmys #Emmys2022 pic.twitter.com/gZfignMQLa

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 13, 2022

Apple TV+ series ‘Ted Lasso’ also was a repeat winner, claiming best comedy for the second straight year for its tale of an American football coach leading a British soccer team. Its stars Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein were second-time winners of best comedy actor and supporting actor.

It’s a win for the Greyhounds! Congratulations to @TedLasso (@AppleTVPlus), which wins the #Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for the second consecutive year! ⚽️ 🐾 #Emmys #Emmys2022 pic.twitter.com/ZKRtVpHcq7

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 13, 2022

Likewise, voters honoured ‘Euphoria’ star Zendaya for best drama actress and Jean Smart of ‘Hacks’ for best comedy actress. It was the second win for each in those categories.

Two-time #Emmy winner @Zendaya!!! 😍 Congratulations on a second career win for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for @EuphoriaHBO! #Emmys2022 pic.twitter.com/O6FEKmFfbS

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 13, 2022

One newcomer to break through was Lee Jung-jae, who was named best drama actor for his role in the South Korean thriller ‘Squid Game’. The dystopian story about cash-strapped contestants risking their lives for wealth became a global sensation after its release on Netflix a year ago.

Congrats again to @SquidGame‘s Lee Jung-jae, who just won the #Emmy for Lead Actor in a Drama Series! 😍 🦑 #Emmys #Emmys2022 pic.twitter.com/uTh99opiFb

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 13, 2022

The actor thanked the team behind ‘Squid Game’ for ‘making realistic problems we all have to face come to life so creatively on the screen’.

The most-lauded show of the night was HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’. It won 10 awards including the best limited series and acting trophies for Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett.

Checking in to the #Emmy winners club. The White Lotus (@HBO/@HBOMax) snags the statuette for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series or Movie! 🪷#Emmys #Emmys2022 pic.twitter.com/VbjnaieLC1

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 13, 2022

Host and ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Kenan Thompson kept a celebratory tone throughout the show, saying it was a time to appreciate one of the world’s favourite pastimes.

“What would we do without television, read books?” he joked, before joining dance numbers to theme songs ranging from classic sitcom ‘Friends’ to current best drama nominee ‘Stranger Things’.

Singer Lizzo earned an Emmy award for the competition series for ‘Watch Out for the Big Grrrls’. The musician said that as a little girl she had always wanted television to feature ‘someone fat like me, black like me, beautiful like me’.

“I’m going to go back and tell a little Lizzo something … you’re going to be that person,” she said.

Sheryl Lee Ralph appeared shocked when her name was called as the winner of the best-supporting actress in a comedy on ‘Abbott Elementary’, a show about a predominantly Black school in Philadelphia. The actress began her acceptance speech by singing a rousing, acapella excerpt of the song ‘Endangered Species’.

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“I am a woman, I am an artist, and I know where my voice belongs,” she sang, prompting a standing ovation.

Among other winners, Michael Keaton was named lead actor in limited series for playing a small-town doctor who becomes addicted to painkillers in ‘Dopesick’.