HBO reclaims its Emmy crown with ‘Succession,’ ‘White Lotus’ wins

Sept 12 (Reuters) – The dysfunctional dynasty of “Succession,” the teenager drama “Euphoria” and a comedy collection set within the fictional White Lotus resort helped propel HBO to the highest of the Emmy Awards heap Monday, surpassing streaming rival Netflix Inc (NFLX.O).

The Warner Bros Discovery Inc (WBD.O) division entered the evening with essentially the most nominations of any community or streaming service, with a complete of 140 nominations for HBO and its companion on-line providing, HBO Max.

The community got here away with 38 Emmy Awards, together with excellent anthology collection for “The White Lotus,” finest drama collection for “Succession,” lead actress in a drama collection for “Euphoria” star Zendaya, and lead comedy actress for “Hacks” star Jean Good, who portrays a standup comic.

Netflix acquired a complete of 105 nominations, together with 14 for the South Korean drama “Squid Sport,” the primary non-English language collection to be nominated for a primetime Emmy. The streaming pioneer gained 26 awards, together with milestones for “Squid Sport” director, Hwang Dong-hyuk, and the drama’s lead actor, Lee Jung-jae, who’re the primary Asian winners of their respective classes.

The embattled streaming service, which has misplaced subscribers this yr amid intensifying competitors, turned a butt of jokes early within the present, as host Kenan Thompson drew a comedic parallel between Netflix and the favored present.

“‘Squid Sport’ is a contest you enter whenever you’re in huge debt and determined for cash,” Thompson dead-panned. “Becoming a member of the solid subsequent season? Netflix.”

“Ted Lasso,” the acclaimed comedy collection about an American coach of a fictional English soccer group, and the dystopian workplace drama collection “Severance” helped deliver Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) Apple TV+ a complete of 52 Emmy nominations.

Apple walked away with six Emmys, together with awards for “Ted Lasso” as finest comedy and for finest actor in a comedy, Jason Sudeikis, the present’s creator, who portrays the title character.

Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) collected 117 nominations throughout its numerous platforms, together with the ABC, FX and Nationwide Geographic tv networks and the streaming providers Disney+ and Hulu.

It acquired a complete of 26 Emmys, together with for lead actor in a restricted collection awarded to Michael Keaton for his portrayal of a small-town physician dealing with the opioid disaster in “Dopesick,” Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, the founding father of Theranos Inc. who was later convicted of fraud, in “The Dropout,” and “Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson for excellent writing for a comedy collection.

Reporting by Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Stephen Coates

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