Emmys 2024: Succession and The Bear sweep up the awards

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Succession, The Bear and Beef were the big winners at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, which had been pushed back from September due to the US actors' and writers' strikes. Here's the full lowdown.

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00:00 Succession, The Bear and Beef dominated the 75th annual Emmy Awards last night.

00:06 Succession, the HBO saga of a squabbling wealthy family and their media empire,

00:11 won its third best drama series prize, alongside prizes for Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew McFadden.

00:18 This is a show about family, but it's also about when partisan politics gets,

00:24 partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive right-wing politics.

00:30 And after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that's a problem we have now fixed.

00:35 The Bear, the dramedy about a talented chef working at a run-down sandwich shop, won best comedy series.

00:43 It also made a meal of the comedy acting categories, with Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Ediberry and Eben Moss-Bakrak all awarded.

00:51 All three were first-time nominees.

00:54 Netflix breakout Beef won best limited series. It won five awards in total, including for actors Stephen Yoon and Ali Wong,

01:04 who became the first woman of Asian descent to win a lead acting Emmy.

01:15 Quinta Brunson of Abbott Elementary won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

01:21 Other nominees for the award were Christina Applegate in Dead to Me,

01:24 Rachel Brosnahan from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face and Jenna Ortega in Wednesday.

01:31 [applause]

01:37 (whooshing)

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