The winner for Best Drama Series at the75th Primetime Emmy Awardsis…Succession. The large cast and crew took to the stage, with creator Jesse Armstrong delivering a speech in which he said they can “now depart the stage,” adding that they were all honored to have been able to make the show.
“This wasn’t necessarily an easy show to commission right at the very beginning. This is a show about family but it’s also about when partisan politics, partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive, right wing politics and after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that’s a problem we have now fixed. So we can now depart the stage. Listen, we are so honored we’ve loved making the show. Thank you very much indeed.”
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Following a four-month delay, the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards is finally here, with the likes ofSuccession, The Bear, The Last of Us,andBetter Call Saulall up for awards. After monumental success, the acclaimed drama seriesSuccessionmet predictions and led the nominations, earning a whopping 14 acting nominations, including Best Drama Series, and nods for stars Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook.
Created by Jesse Armstong and first airing back in 2018,Successioncenters on the Roy family, the all-powerful owners of the global media and entertainment conglomerate, Waystar RoyCo. A fight for control begins when the health of current family patriarch, Logan Roy, grows increasingly uncertain.
Featuring a large ensemble cast that includes Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, and Hiam Abbass, as wellas Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, Rob Yang, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, J. Smith-Cameron, Justine Lupe, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, and Alexander Skarsgård,Successionhas been a critical hit for HBO, with the series having already wonall manner of Emmys, Golden Globes, and more throughout its run.
Other shows up for Best Drama at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards include theBreaking Badspinoff series,Better Call Saul. The series sees Bob Odenkirk reprise the role of Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman and serves primarily as a prequel, exploring how Jimmy became the shifty lawyer we all know and love.
The rest of the Best Drama nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards include Netflix’sThe Crown; theGame of Thronesspinoff showHouse of the Dragon; the hugely successful video game adaptationThe Last of Us; theStar WarsseriesAndor, andthe critically acclaimedThe White Lotus, which is now undergoing filming in Thailand.
Ultimately, it all went toSuccessionin its final season.
