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      Ali Wong Wins Her First Emmy: Best Actress in a Limited Series for ‘Beef’

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      Ali Wong won best actress in a limited series for “Beef,” her first Emmy, capping a strong start to the year for her and the Netflix series.Last week, Wong won a Golden Globe in the same category for her performance as a woman who enters into a prolonged feud with a contractor, played by Steven Yeun, after a road rage incident. Yeun also won an Emmy and a Golden Globe.The series, which Wong, better known as a comedian, also executive produced, was widely acclaimed by critics and award voters. It won the Emmy for best limited series and received a total of 13 nominations.As she walked on to the stage in a shimmering multicolored dress, Wong thanked the cast and crew of “Beef” and her parents before tearing up as she thanked her daughters.“Thank you for inspiring me, this is for you,” Wong said. More

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      Steven Yeun Wins His First Emmy for His Role as Danny Cho in ‘Beef’

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      Steven Yeun captured the Emmy for best actor in a limited series for his role as Danny Cho in “Beef,” the heralded Netflix series that portrays a seemingly low-stakes road-rage incident both intertwining and dominating the lives of Cho and Ali Wong’s Amy Lau.Cho is a struggling contractor in Los Angeles, whose life already seems hopeless when Lau careens into him. The pair become entangled in a series of escalating acts of retribution across the show’s 10 episodes.“I want to say thank you to Danny for teaching me that judgment and shame is a lonely place, but compassion and grace is where we can all meet,” Yeun said during his acceptance speech.Lee Sung Jin’s dramedy series cleaned up on Monday night, winning awards for writing and directing, and also taking the award for best limited series. Wong also won best actress in a limited series. Joseph Lee and Maria Bello also earned nominations for their roles.Yeun, a veteran of “The Walking Dead,” entered as a favorite to win his first Emmy. He beat out the nominees Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Kumail Nanjiani (“Welcome to Chippendales”), Evan Peters (“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”), Michael Shannon (“George & Tammy”) and Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”). More

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      Emmys In Memoriam Segment Pays Tribute to Matthew Perry and Norman Lear

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      The Emmys paid tribute to the actors, writers and producers who died since the last awards, taking an extra beat to honor Norman Lear, the famed TV writer and producer who died last month at 101.The in memoriam segment recognized two television actors who died unexpectedly: Andre Braugher, who was known for his roles on “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”; and Matthew Perry, the “Friends” star. (The musical accompaniment, from the duo the War and Treaty and Charlie Puth, included the “Friends” theme song.)Here are other members of the television industry who the program recognized:Angela Lansbury, the famed actress who starred in “Murder, She Wrote.”Angus Cloud, who portrayed a lovable drug dealer on the HBO show “Euphoria.”Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV news reporter.Bob Barker, the longtime host of “The Price Is Right.”David Jacobs, who created the soap opera “Dallas.”Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking performer in music, movies and TV.Leslie Jordan, the comic actor who was a cast member on “Will & Grace.”Mark Margolis, who played a fearsome former drug lord in “Breaking Bad.”Paul Reubens, the comic actor behind Pee-wee Herman.Richard Roundtree, the prolific actor who had recurring roles in “Heroes,” “Being Mary Jane” and “Family Reunion.”Ron Cephas Jones, who won two Emmys for his role on “This Is Us.”Stephen Boss, the dancer and reality star known as tWitch.Suzanne Somers, who gained fame on the hit sitcom “Three’s Company” before building a health and diet business empire. More

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      Jeremy Allen White Wins His First Emmy for ‘The Bear’

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      The year of “The Bear” continues. Jeremy Allen White, who last week won his second Golden Globe for his performance as the driven chef Carmy, added his first Emmy to his trophy case on Monday night, for best actor in a comedy. (Because this year’s ceremony was delayed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes, White was recognized for his performance in Season 1 of the show; his Golden Globe was for Season 2.)“I love this show so much,” White said in his acceptance speech. “It filled me up; it gave me a passion.”“Thank you to all those who have stayed close to me, especially in this past year,” he added. “Thank you for believing in me when I had trouble believing in myself.”In “The Bear,” White, 32, plays a former rising star of the New York culinary scene who inherits a sandwich shop in Chicago from his dead brother. He has earned widespread acclaim for his raw performance.His character was the emotional heart of the show’s first season, which became a surprise hit during the summer of 2022 despite its grubby milieu and the absence of A-listers in the cast. (Among the praise: its realistic depictions of restaurant work, grief and Chicago.)The series, an FX production for Hulu, was also nominated for best comedy and has already been renewed for a third season. In winning the best actor Emmy, White unseated Jason Sudeikis, who had earned back-to-back wins in the category for his performance in the first two seasons of the Apple TV+ comedy “Ted Lasso” and had been nominated again for that show’s third and final season. More

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      John Oliver Wins Emmy for Scripted Variety Series, Beating ‘Saturday Night Live’

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      HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” bested NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” by winning scripted variety series in a clash between two titans accustomed to dominating the Emmys from opposite sides of the variety fence.Since the Emmys fractured the outstanding variety sketch categories into two in 2015, John Oliver’s political satire scored seven Emmys for variety talk and “Saturday Night Live” had claimed six for variety sketch.The shows were dumped into the same category this awards under scripted variety series, described by the Television Academy as shows that “are primarily scripted or feature loosely scripted improv and consist of discrete scenes, musical numbers, monologues, comedy stand-ups, sketches, etc.”The award for talk series will now honor traditional late-night shows like “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The Television Academy deemed Oliver unfit because much of his show is scripted, while other late night hosts engage in lengthy, unscripted conversations.It’s a different category, but still another win for Oliver. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” scored four total Emmy nominations.Oliver’s show also beat HBO’s final season of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” for the award.During his speech, Oliver thanked his staff, HBO and “our lawyers who are angry with us all the time.”Before being rushed off the stage by Doris Hancox, Anthony Anderson’s mother, Oliver mentioned that he had promised to get his children Pokémon cards while in California. “And I don’t know where to get Pokémon cards in L.A.,” he said. “So, if anyone knows where to get Pokémon cards between here and L.A.X., it’s a significant problem that I’ve worked myself into.” More

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      There will be many onstage reunions for the 75th Emmys anniversary.

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      Monday’s ceremony will be the 75th edition of the Emmy Awards, and Anthony Anderson, the show’s host, will get some support in the form of onstage reunions from celebrated shows.Several cast members from “Cheers” — the beloved NBC sitcom that aired from 1982 to 1993, winning four best comedy Emmys along the way — will join together, including Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt. Two cast members from “The Sopranos” — Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli — which celebrated the 25th anniversary of its premiere last week, will be there; so will several actors from “Ally McBeal,” the 1999 best comedy winner (Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol and Gil Bellows). There will also be cast reunions for “Grey’s Anatomy” and the 1990s Fox sitcom “Martin.”Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, former Golden Globe hosts and “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update anchors, will also present.Emmy producers expect to pay tribute to many other beloved classics, including “I Love Lucy,” “All in the Family” and “The Carol Burnett Show.” More

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      Why Were Emmys Postponed to January?

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      Nominations were announced six months ago. The ceremony was supposed to take place in September. So why on earth are the Emmys happening now?The delay is a result of Hollywood’s labor problems last year. More than 11,000 television and movie writers went on strike in May. Then tens of thousands of actors went on strike in July, creating the first simultaneous actor and screenwriter walkouts since 1960.Emmy organizers concluded that the ceremony had to be postponed until January to give the industry time to resolve the labor disputes. The screenwriters called off their 148-day strike in late September, and the actors ratified their new deal with the studios in December.The delay represents the most significant postponement of the Emmys since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (The 2001 ceremony took place in November.)The four-month postponement will also make for an especially confounding Emmys. Shows that have been dormant for significant amounts of time will eat up a lot of airtime on Monday. “Succession,” one of the big favorites, has been off the air for eight months. “The Bear,” another favorite, is nominated for its first season, which premiered 19 months ago. Other nominated shows like “Andor,” “House of the Dragon,” “The White Lotus” and “Better Call Saul” all wrapped up their nominated seasons in 2022.Even with the delay, Emmy voters did not have a chance to change their minds. Final-round Emmy voting took place in August, and the results have been held under lock and key ever since. More

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      Emmy Winners: Updating List

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      The list of winners for the 75th Emmy Awards.[Follow live updates of the Emmy Awards here.]The 75th Emmy Awards will be held at 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday, broadcast live on Fox and streamed live on Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, Sling TV and other services. (It will also be available to watch on Hulu beginning Tuesday.) Anthony Anderson, who has been nominated for numerous Emmys for his ABC sitcom “black-ish,” which ended in 2022, is hosting the show, which will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.The ceremony, originally scheduled for September, was postponed because of the simultaneous Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes, one of the longest labor crises in the history of the entertainment industry. In September, the Writers Guild of America reached a deal with entertainment companies; SAG-AFTRA, the union representing tens of thousands of actors, followed suit, reaching a deal in November. Now the awards show will go on.If last week’s Golden Globes was any prediction of how the Emmys will go, the best comedy competition will be fierce — “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Ted Lasso” and “Wednesday” are among the nominees — while HBO’s “Succession,” which earned 27 nods for its final season, is expected to dominate in the drama categories.Beyond “Succession,” HBO — which also scored nominations for “The White Lotus,” “The Last of Us” and “House of the Dragon” — has solidified itself as the network to beat. “The Last of Us” already won the most Creative Arts Emmys, which were given earlier this month, with eight awards; “The Bear,” “Wednesday” and “The White Lotus” all received four and “Succession” nabbed one. Also on Monday, the late-night category will see a winner other than John Oliver for the first time since 2015.The list below will be updated throughout Monday night’s ceremony.These are this year’s Emmy winners so far.Documentary or Nonfiction Series“The 1619 Project” (Hulu)Documentary or Nonfiction Special“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple TV+) More