'The White Lotus,' a show about wealthy vacationers and the workers who cater to them, landed the trophy for best limited series at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles
division entered the night with the most nominations of any network or streaming service, with a total of 140 nominations for HBO and its companion online offering, HBO Max.
The network came away with 38 Emmy Awards, including outstanding anthology series for "The White Lotus," best drama series for "Succession," lead actress in a drama series for "Euphoria" star Zendaya, and lead comedy actress for "Hacks" star Jean Smart, who portrays a standup comedian.
The embattled streaming service, which has lost subscribers this year amid intensifying competition, became a butt of jokes early in the show, as host Kenan Thompson drew a comedic parallel between Netflix and the popular show.The cast of "Succession" pose for a picture after it won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., September 12, 2022.
"Ted Lasso," the acclaimed comedy series about an American coach of a fictional English football team, and the dystopian office drama series "Severance" helped bring Apple Inc'sApple walked away with six Emmys, including awards for "Ted Lasso" as best comedy and for best actor in a comedy, Jason Sudeikis, the show's creator, who portrays the title character.
It received a total of 26 Emmys, including for lead actor in a limited series awarded to Michael Keaton for his portrayal of a small-town doctor coping with the opioid crisis in "Dopesick," Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos Inc. who was later convicted of fraud, in "The Dropout," and "Abbott Elementary" creator Quinta Brunson for outstanding writing for a comedy series.
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