Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Emmy Awards is finally here. HBO’s “Succession,” an operatic satire of corporate power plays and family dysfunction, won the Emmy for best drama series. The show also nabbed the best drama trophy in 2020. Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso,” a feel-good sitcom about a stubbornly optimistic soccer coach (Jason Sudeikis) and his quirky co-workers, won the Emmy for best comedy series. “Ted Lasso” is also a two-time winner in this category; it also nabbed the best comedy series trophy last year.
Held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday night, Jung-Jae was up against names such as Jason Bateman (‘Ozark’), Brian Cox (‘Succession’), Bob Odenkirk (‘Better Call Saul’), Adam Scott (‘Severance’) and Jeremy Strong (‘Succession’).
Actor Lee Jung-Jae’s impeccable performance in the globally popular South Korean survival drama show ‘Squid Game’ has earned him the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series honour. Also, ‘Squid Game’ maker Hwang Dong-hyuk became the first Asian director to win the drama series category, and the first-ever director to win for a non-English language series. The show’s cast also includes names such as Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.
Singer Lizzo won her first Emmy for best reality competition for Watch Out For The Big Grrrls, a category recently dominated by RuPaul’s Drag Race. The show offers plus-size dancers the chance to compete to join the About Damn Time singer on tour.
. Zendaya won best drama actress for a second time for playing teenage drug addict Rue in Euphoria, following her win in 2020. “Anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they are a Rue – I want you to know I’m so grateful for your stories, and I carry them with me, and I carry them with her,” she said on stage.
Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis repeated his 2021 success by winning best leading comedy actor for playing the titular football coach. His win was mirrored by his co-star Goldstein, who won best supporting actor in a comedy series for playing Sudeikis’s assistant coach Roy Kent for the second year running.
Fellow Brit Macfadyen won best supporting drama actor for his portrayal of ambitious interloper Tom Wambsgans in Succession, a Machiavellian tale of a family vying for control of a media empire. He said it was a “bonkers gift of a role”. His co-star Brian Cox could not replicate last year’s best actor win, losing out to Squid Game’s Lee.
British writer Jesse Armstrong won the writing award for Succession for the third year running and made a jibe about the monarchy during his acceptance speech for best drama series. “It’s a big week for successions – new King in the UK, this for us. Evidently a bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles,” he said.
Hotel satire White Lotus was also a big winner. It picked up several prizes including best limited series, beating competition including Inventing Anna and Pam & Tommy, a drama based on the relationship between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
