‘Succession’ Wins Top Drama at Emmys

“Mike White, my God, thank you for giving me one of the best experiences of my life,” Bartlett, who played a off-the-wagon hotel manager, said from the Emmys stage.

But HBO’s chronicles of the rich were not the only winners on Monday night.

“Ted Lasso,” the Apple TV+ sports series, won best comedy for a second consecutive year, as the tech giant continues on an awards show tear. Apple TV+, which had its debut in November 2019, won best picture at the Oscars (“CODA”) earlier this year. And Jason Sudeikis repeated as best actor in a comedy as the fish-out-of-water soccer coach in “Ted Lasso.”

There were other big moments in the comedy awards. Quinta Brunson, the creator of the good-natured ABC workplace sitcom, “Abbott Elementary,” about a group of elementary schoolteachers at an underfunded Philadelphia public school, won for best writing in a comedy. It was only the second time a Black woman won the award (Lena Waithe was the first, in 2017, for “Master of None”).

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/arts/television/emmys-succession-ted-lasso.html