The 75th Emmy Awards offered up nothing in the way of real surprise; practically every prize went to the frontrunner. Perhaps the closest the night came to a moment worth an eyebrow-raise was the In Memoriam segment that included a mournful rendition of the Friends theme song. Obviously, a very well-meaning attempt to recognize Matthew Perry, but that is not a song that translates into tears.
The delay of this ceremony from September to now also meant that a lot of these frontrunners are fresh off Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards, making their wins seem even a little more obvious. Still, like every Emmys night, there were some notable developments. Three big shows dominated the major categories given out Monday night: Succession in drama, The Bear in comedy, and Beef in limited series.
All three won the big prize in their category as best series. All three won both directing and writing awards. All three won multiple acting awards — two for Beef (its two leads), three for The Bear (its three principals), and three for Succession (three members of its gazillion-person cast).
Only four wins out of the 21 handed out in these three categories went to any other shows: Jennifer Coolidge for The White Lotus , Paul Walter Hauser for Black Bird , Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary and Niecy Nash-Betts for Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story . It seemed like maybe Ted Lasso might be in the race for its (likely) final season, or The Last Of Us might make a strong sho.
