Emmy Special

Emmy Winners special The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards announced its winners last night with HBO and HBO Max winning a whopping 38 awards for Succession, White Lotus, Hacks, and Euphoria. The Apple TV+ original series Ted Lasso also bagged several top honors this year. So for today’s Sizzling Samachar, we bring you a special edition where we take a look at some of the biggest wins at the Emmys this year. Best Drama Series HBO's Succession dominated the 2022 Emmys by winning four awards out of 25 nominations, including Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. Succession beat Better Call Saul, Euphoria, Ozark, Severance, Squid Game, Stranger Things, and Yellowjackets to bag the Emmy.  Best Actor In A Drama Series South Korea’s Lee Jung-jae made history by becoming the first Asian to bag the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the Netflix series Squid Game. In the series, Jung-jae plays Player 456 or Seong Gi-hun who participates in a deadly game in order to win cash prizes.  Best Actress In A Drama Series Zendaya bagged the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the second time for Euphoria. Her portrayal of Rue Benett in the series fetched her an Emmy in 2020 as well.  Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series Julia Garner won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for portraying Ruth in the Netflix series Ozark. This is Garner’s third Emmy win. Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen took home the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The actor, who plays Shiv Roy in the hit HBO series, was previously nominated for the award in 2020. Best Comedy Series There were no surprises in the Best Comedy Series category as the  Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudekis won for the second year in a row. The comedy-drama series, about an American football coach who ends up coaching European football in England, has garnered multiple awards and accolades over the past two years.  Best Actor In A Comedy Series Ted Lasso lead star Jason Sudekis took home the Emmy for Best Actor In a Comedy series whereas his co-star Brett Goldstein won Best Supporting Actor in a comedy series.  Best Actress In A Comedy Series   Veteran Hollywood star Jean Smart, who was nominated for Emmys 2020 and 2021 for Watchmen and Mare of Eastown has finally grabbed an Emmy this year. She won the coveted prize for Best Actress In A Comedy Series for her lead role in Hacks. Best Limited Or Anthology Series The Best Limited Or Anthology Series award went to the HBO series The White Lotus. The comedy-drama series is among the several HBO shows that won big at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards this year. Best Animated Series The critically acclaimed Netflix Original series, Arcane, became the first streaming animated series ever to win an Emmy for the Best Animated Series. Inspired by the hit video game franchise League of Legends, the series was lauded for its unique animation style, compelling story, and expansive world-building in a steampunk setting.  Michael Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Julia Garner, Murray Bartlett, and Jennifer Coolidge are some of the other stars who won an Emmy this year for excellence in acting.  Well that's the OTTplay Sizzling Samachar for the day, until the next time, it's your host Nikhil signing out. Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poocho Written by Arya Harikumar and Ryan Gomez