Television

Subterms

    More stories

    • 138 Shares169 Views

      in Television

      Emmys Takeaways: ‘Succession’ Triumphs as ‘The Bear’ and ‘Beef’ Also Win

      by

      “Succession” triumphed one last time.HBO’s chronicle of a feuding media dynasty took best drama honors for its final season at the Emmys on Monday night, the third time the show has claimed television’s most prestigious prize. “Succession” swept nearly all the major acting awards for drama, with Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen winning for their last-season performances. Jesse Armstrong, the show’s creator, won his fourth Emmy for best drama writing — one for each “Succession” season.The show now joins the fabled ranks of dramas that were rewarded with top honors for their farewell seasons, a lineup that includes “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad” and “Game of Thrones.”“It was a great sadness to end this show, but it was a great pleasure to do it,” Armstrong said, as he accepted his best writing Emmy.Emmys voters were not as kind to other returning winners.“The Bear,” the FX and Hulu series chronicling an oddball Chicago-based restaurant staff, took best comedy honors for its freshman season. “The Bear” bested “Ted Lasso,” the big-hearted Apple TV+ series that previously won best comedy two times in a row, which is widely believed to have wrapped its final season.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?  More

    • 150 Shares199 Views

      in Television

      Niecy Nash-Betts Honors Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor in Her Emmy Speech

      by

      Niecy Nash-Betts, who played a neighbor in Netflix’s “Dahmer,” won her first Emmy on Monday night for best supporting actress in a limited series.In her acceptance speech, Nash-Betts called attention to Black people who have been overlooked and who have been victims of police violence.“I accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has gone unheard, yet overpoliced, like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor,” she said. “As an artist, my job is to speak truth to power. And, baby, I’ma do it till the day I die. Mama, I won!”Going into Monday night, Nash-Betts had received five Emmy nominations, including nominations for best actress in a comedy for her role as Denise “Didi” Ortley in HBO’s “Getting On.”In “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” a show about the serial killer who murdered 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991, Nash-Betts plays Glenda Cleveland, Dahmer’s neighbor. In the show, Cleveland, who is based on a real person, alerts the police about Dahmer’s violent behavior but is systematically ignored.In winning the Emmy, Nash-Betts beat fellow nominees Annaleigh Ashford of “Welcome to Chippendales,” Maria Bello of “Beef,” Claire Danes of “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” Juliette Lewis of “Welcome to Chippendales,” Camila Morrone of “Daisy Jones & the Six” and Merritt Wever of “Tiny Beautiful Things.” More

    • 175 Shares169 Views

      in Television

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

      by

      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

    • 175 Shares169 Views

      in Television

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

      by

      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

    • 150 Shares169 Views

      in Television

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

      by

      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

    • 125 Shares99 Views

      in Television

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

      by

      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

    • 150 Shares169 Views

      in Television

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

      by

      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

    • 138 Shares119 Views

      in Television

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

      by

      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