LOS ANGELES 鈥 鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥 won the comedy series at Sunday's Emmy Awards, topping 鈥淭he Bear," which took home several of the night's honors.
鈥沦丑辞驳耻苍鈥 won the best drama series win, collecting a whopping 18 Emmys for its first season, just one of several historic wins.
Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama for 鈥沦丑辞驳耻苍鈥 on Sunday night at the Emmy Awards, and Anna Sawai won best actress as they became the first two Japanese actors to win Emmys.
Their wins gave the FX series momentum going into one of the night's top awards, where 鈥沦丑辞驳耻苍鈥 won best drama series.
鈥淭he Bear鈥 came back for seconds in a big way at the ceremony four times including best actor, best supporting actor and best supporting actress in a comedy, while British upstart 鈥淏aby Reindeer鈥 won four of its own, including best limited series.
The star of FX's 鈥淭he Bear鈥 Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.
A surprise came when Liza Col贸n-Zayas won best supporting actor over major competition.
鈥淗ow could I have thought it would be possible to be in the presence of Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett,鈥 Col贸n-Zayas said as tears welled in her eyes as she accepted the award on the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
She is the first Latina to win in the category.
鈥淭o all the Latinas who are looking at me,鈥 she said, 鈥渒eep believing and vote.鈥
Netflix鈥檚 darkly quirky 鈥淏aby Reindeer鈥 won best actor and best writing for the show鈥檚 creator and star Richard Gadd and best supporting actress for Jessica Gunning, who plays his tormentor.
Accepting the best limited series award, Gadd urged the makers of television to take chances.
鈥淭he only constant across any success in television is good storytelling," he said. "Good storytelling that speaks to our times. So take risks, push boundaries. Explore the uncomfortable. Dare to fail in order to achieve.鈥
鈥淏aby Reindeer鈥 is based on a one man-stage show in which Gadd describes being sexually abused along with other emotional struggles.
Accepting that award, he said, 鈥渘o matter how bad it gets, it always gets better.鈥
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Gadd has.
Jodie Foster won her first Emmy to go with her two Oscars when she took best actress in a limited series for 鈥淭rue Detective: Night Country.鈥
The creator of 鈥淭he Bear鈥 was also a repeat winner. Christopher Storer took his second straight Emmy for directing, an award handed out by reunited 鈥淗appy Days鈥 co-stars Ron Howard and Henry Winkler.
White said backstage that he was watching in the wings as Col贸n-Zayas won and 鈥渢hat was just the greatest.鈥
He also shouted out two acting wins the show had already scored at last weekend's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, when Jamie Lee Curtis won best guest actress in a comedy for playing his mother, and Jon Bernthal won best guest actor for playing his big brother.
鈥淭he Bear鈥 won six times including most of the top comedy categories at the strike-delayed Emmys in January.
While the third season of FX鈥檚 鈥淭he Bear鈥 has already dropped, the trio won their second Emmys for its second, in which White鈥檚 chef Carmen 鈥淐army鈥 Berzatto attempts to turn his family鈥檚 grungy Chicago sandwich shop into an elite restaurant. It could still win more Sunday night including best comedy series.
The father-son hosting duo of Eugene and Dan Levy in their monologue at the top of the show mocked the very dramatic 鈥淭he Bear鈥 being in the comedy category.
鈥淚n honor of 鈥楾he Bear鈥 we will聽be making no jokes,鈥 Eugene Levy said, to laughs.
Jean Smart won best actress in a comedy for 鈥淗acks.鈥 She has won for all three seasons of 鈥淗acks,鈥 and has six Emmys overall.
She beat nominees including Ayo Edebiri, who as co-star of 鈥淭he Bear鈥 moved from supporting actress, which she won in January, to lead actress.
Coming into the show the big story was 鈥淪hogun,鈥 which had already taken the most Emmys for a show in a single season with 14 at the Creative Arts ceremony.
The FX series about lordly politicking in feudal Japan can still win best drama series.
If 鈥沦丑辞驳耻苍鈥 faces competition for the best drama prize, it could come for the sixth and final season of 鈥淭he Crown,鈥 the only show among the nominees that has won before in a category recently dominated by the retired 鈥淪uccession.鈥
Elizabeth Debicki took best聽supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana at the end of her life in the sixth and final season of the show.
鈥淧laying this part, based on this unparalleled, incredible human being, has been my great privilege," Debicki said. "It鈥檚 been a gift.鈥
Billy Crudup won best actor in a drama for 鈥淭he Morning Show.鈥
Streep wasn't the only Oscar winner trumped by a little-known name. Robert Downey Jr., the reigning best supporting actor winner for 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥 was considered the favorite to win best supporting actor in a limited series for 鈥淭he Sympathizer,鈥 but that award went to Lamorne Morris for 鈥淔argo.鈥
鈥淩obert Downey Jr. I have a poster of you in my house!鈥 Morris said from the stage as he accepted his first Emmy.
Several awards were presented by themed teams from TV history, including sitcom dads George Lopez, Damon Wayans and Jesse Tyler Ferguson and TV moms Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson.
Emmy Awards: A list of top winners
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, 鈥淭he Bear鈥
Supporting actor in a drama series
Billy Crudup, 鈥淭he Morning Show鈥
Actor in a comedy series
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Jeremy Allen White, 鈥淭he Bear鈥
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Liza Col贸n-Zayas, 鈥淭he Bear鈥
Supporting actress in a drama series
Elizabeth Debicki, 鈥淭he Crown鈥
Actress in a comedy series
Jean Smart, 鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥
Reality competition program
鈥淭he Traitors,鈥 Peacock
Supporting actress limited
Jessica Gunning, 鈥淏aby Reindeer鈥
Scripted variety series
鈥淟ast Week Tonight with John Oliver,鈥 HBO/Max
Writing for a variety special
Alex Edelman, 鈥淛ust for Us鈥
Directing for a limited or anthology series
Steven Zaillian, "Ripley"
Writing for a comedy series
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, 鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥
Elizabeth Debicki accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for "The Crown" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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Richard Gadd, center, Wim De Greef, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald, Matthew Mulot the team from "Baby Reindeer" accept the award for outstanding limited or anthology series at the 76th Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content Services)