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BԪַThe BearBԪַ, BԪַSuccessionBԪַ emerge as big winners during 75th anniversary Emmys

Quinta Brunson first Black woman to win best comedy actress award in more than 40 years
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Jeremy Allen White arrives at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

BԪַSuccessionBԪַ secured its legacy with its third best drama series award, BԪַThe BearBԪַ feasted as the nightBԪַs top comedy, and the two shows about squabbling families dominated the acting awards .

Quinta Brunson of BԪַAbbott ElementaryBԪַ and Steven Yeun and Ali Wong of BԪַBeefBԪַ also had historic wins at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony that was finally held four months late of strikes in Hollywood.

BԪַSuccession,BԪַ the HBO saga of the dysfunctional generations of a maladjusted media empire, won the top prize for its fourth and final season. It also won best actress in a drama for Sarah Snook and best actor in a drama for Kieran Culkin.

BԪַWe all put our all into it, and the bar was set so high,BԪַ Snook said.

BԪַThe Bear,BԪַ the at the center of the life of a talented chef, won best comedy series for its first season. It also made a meal of the comedy acting categories, with Jeremy Allen White winning best actor, winning best supporting actress, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach taking best supporting actor. All three were first-time nominees.

BԪַThis is a show about family, and found family and real family,BԪַ Edebiri said from the stage as she accepted the first trophy of the night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Instead of the usual producer speeches, Matty Matheson, a real-life elite chef who plays a kitchen newbie and repairman on BԪַThe Bear,BԪַ spoke for the show while surrounded by the cast near the end of the Fox telecast.

BԪַI just love restaurants so much, the good and the bad, weBԪַre broken inside,BԪַ Matheson said before getting a long kiss on the mouth from Moss-Bachrach.

Brunson won best actress in a comedy for the show she created, ABCBԪַs BԪַAbbott Elementary,BԪַ becoming the first Black woman to win the award in more than 40 years and the first from a network show to win it in more than a decade.

BԪַI am so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy,BԪַ Brunson said during her acceptance, fighting back tears. The writer-actor was on the EmmysBԪַ silver carpet.

BԪַSuccessionBԪַ won six Emmys overall including best supporting actor in a drama for Matthew Macfadyen and best writing in a drama for show creator Jesse Armstrong. The only drama acting category it didnBԪַt win was supporting actress, taken for the second time by Jennifer Coolidge of BԪַThe White Lotus.BԪַ

BԪַThe BearBԪַ won in every category it was nominated for Monday night, and along with the four it had won previously at the Creative Arts Emmys, took 10 overall, the most of any show.

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BԪַBeefBԪַ from Netflix won best limited series, while Yeun and Wong became the first Asian Americans to win in their categories BԪַ Yeun for best actor in a limited series and Wong for best actress. Creator Lee Sung won Emmys for writing and directing. It had eight Emmys overall after three wins at the Creative Arts Emmys.

Brunson had won a writing Emmy for BԪַAbbott Elementary,BԪַ her mockumentary about a predominantly Black and chronically underfunded grade school in Philadelphia, but this was her first for acting. Isabel Sanford of BԪַThe JeffersonsBԪַ was the only previous Black woman to win the category in 1981.

The show held on the King holiday saw three Black women win major awards: Brunson, Edebiri and Niecy Nash-Betts, who won best supporting actress in a limited series for BԪַDahmer BԪַ Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.BԪַ

On the Netflix show, Nash-Betts played a neighbor of the serial killer whose complaints to authorities about his behavior go unheeded.

BԪַI accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has gone unheard and over-policed,BԪַ she said.

BԪַEverybody having fun at the chocolate Emmys tonight?BԪַ host Anthony Anderson said during the show. BԪַWe are killing it tonight! BԪַ This is like MLK Day and Juneteenth all rolled up in one!BԪַ

The tweaked awards calendar made for some oddities. Edebiri and White won their Emmys for the showBԪַs first season eight days after .

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Culkin as little brother Roman Roy outshined the older brother and the father to win the last lead actor Emmy for BԪַSuccession.BԪַ

He had twice been nominated for best supporting actor for BԪַSuccessionBԪַ without a win. But in the final season, in which his character goes from sideline wisecracker to emotional disaster at the center of the showBԪַs drama, he was put in the lead category and won over his fictional father Brian Cox and brother Jeremy Strong.

After praising his on-screen family, he shifted to his own family, getting big laughs during his speech when he told his wife Jazz Charton that their two young kids werenBԪַt enough. BԪַI want more,BԪַ he said. BԪַYou said if I won, we could talk about it.BԪַ

Snook took her first Emmy in three nominations for BԪַSuccessionBԪַ for playing the familyBԪַs lone daughter Shiv Roy, and her show-husband Macfadyen won the second Emmy of his career for playing Tom Wambsgans, the son-in-law that began the HBO series as a hanger-on and ended it as the closest thing it had to a victor.

MANY TEARS, AND ONE CONCERNED MOTHER

Emotions ran high from the start of the ceremony. Edebiri and Brunson were both quick to cry as they took the stage, and the first presenter, Christina Applegate, who said in 2021 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, got a standing ovation as she came out using a cane, helped by Anderson. As the tears welled in her eyes, she struggled to get through the nominees and winner.

Anderson told the nominees at the beginning of the night that instead of having their speeches cut off by music, his mother, actor Doris Bowman, sitting in the audience, would tell them when it was time to move on. But she more often shouted down her son in the running gag.

OLDER SHOWS RETURN TO SPOTLIGHT

Honoring television history was the theme at the 75th Emmys. Anderson opened the show on a BԪַMr. RogersBԪַ set and performed TV theme songs including BԪַGood Times,BԪַ and were spread throughout the show.

Cast members including Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell from BԪַMartin,BԪַ Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman from BԪַCheers,BԪַ and Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers from BԪַAll in The FamilyBԪַ performed short bits from recreations of their sitcom sets before presenting awards.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited to present in the form of their 2001-2005 BԪַWeekend UpdateBԪַ team-up from BԪַSaturday Night Live.BԪַ

BԪַWeBԪַve reached the stage in life where weBԪַll only present awards sitting down,BԪַ Fey said.

One notable appearance came from Katherine Heigl, who joined Ellen Pompeo and other former BԪַGreyBԪַs AnatomyBԪַ castmates on a hospital room set after leaving the show, now about to start its 20th season, on less than ideal terms in 2010.

BԪַYes, there have been changes over the years,BԪַ Heigl said with a wry smile, BԪַBut the one constant is the amazing fanbase.BԪַ

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