South Korean actor Lee Jong Jae accepts the award for Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic Series for Squid Game on stage during the 74th Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/Press Agency French) (Photo by Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Television Academy handed out the fortune during the 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday night, handing out 24 awards to more than a dozen different programs.
HBO’s The White Lotus took home the most awards during Primetime with five awards, including Outstanding Limited Series. It was closely followed by AppleTV+’s Ted Lasso, which took home four titles, including Outstanding Comedy Series.
Emmy voters have also rewarded titles like “Squid Game” on Netflix and ABC’s Abbott Elementary.
HBO has the highest number of wins, taking home 11 Primetime Emmys, including the Outstanding Drama Series for “Succession.” Its closest competitors were Disney and Apple, each with four wins. Netflix took home three.
“Saturday Night Live” cast member Kenan Thompson hosted the party on NBC and the Peacock streaming service from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
While the ceremony usually airs on Sundays, NBC also has the rights to broadcast National Football League matches on Sunday nights, so it chose to show the award winners on Mondays.
Directed by writer and director Mike White, “The White Lotus” has won several awards. Other winners include Michael Keaton for Dopesick, Jan Smart for Hacks, Jennifer Coolidge for The White Lotus and Julia Garner for Ozark.
Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”) won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the second black woman in the history of an Emmy to win in that category. Jackie Harry was awarded the “227″” award in 1987. Hwang Dong-hyuk, “Squid Game”, was the first South Korean to win for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. And at the age of 26, Zendaya from “Euphoria” was the youngest person to win the Outstanding Actress Award twice.
Amanda Seyfried won for her role as Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the infamous Theranos, in The Dropout.
“Succession” has 25 nominations, the most, while HBO’s “Ted Lasso” and “The White Lotus” each have 20 nominations. This was followed by Hacks’s Hacks and Only Murders in the Building – each with 17 nominations – and HBO’s Euphoria, which caught 16.
The Television Academy did not separate out awards by network this year. In the past year, there has been some minor controversy over how the nominations are sorted, as many networks also have streaming services. While it seemed appropriate to group network shows and broadcast shows from the same company together, some in the industry felt they should be considered separate distributors.