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Medical series The Pitt won best drama series at the Emmys while star Noah Wyle won best actor in a drama on a night that The Studio set a record for the most wins by a comedy series in a single season.
Katherine LaNasa also won best supporting actress for the HBO Max medical series that had a Cinderella evening, trumping such heavyweights as Severance and The White Lotus for the top prize.
Netflix’s Adolescence dominated the limited-series categories, winning six awards including best limited series.
The Studio co-creator Seth Rogen personally took home four Emmys, including trophies for acting, directing and writing.
“I’m legitimately embarrassed by how happy this makes me,” Rogen said after winning best comedy series.
Rogen shared the directing Emmy with long-time collaborator and Studio co-creator Evan Goldberg, and shared the writing Emmy with Goldberg and others. The show rode blockbuster buzz into the Emmys for its breakout first season.
Wyle’s Emmy for best actor in a drama was his first after five nominations with no victories in the 1990s for ER.
The six wins for Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence, the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing, included best actor for co-creator Stephen Graham and best supporting actor for 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who became the youngest Emmy winner in over 40 years.
Best supporting actress went to Erin Doherty, who played a therapist opposite Cooper in a riveting episode that, like all four Adolescence episodes, was filmed in a single shot. Graham also won for writing.
Cristin Milioti won best actress in a limited series for The Penguin. It was the first win of the night for the HBO series from the Batman universe after it won eight at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.
Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman each won their first Emmys for Severance, the Apple TV+ Orwellian workplace satire that was considered the favourite for best drama. Lower won best actress in a drama and Tillman won best supporting actor in a drama.
Jean Smart won best actress in a comedy for Hacks for the fourth time, at 73, extending her own record for the oldest woman ever to win the category.
Every acting winner other than Smart was a first timer.
