LOS ANGELES 鈥 鈥淭he Bear鈥 is coming back for seconds in a big way at the Emmys, scoring repeat wins Sunday night for best actor, best supporting actor and best supporting actress in a comedy.
The star of the FX show Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.
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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
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.
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 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.
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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 another FX show, 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.
鈥淪hogun鈥 lost its first chance at winning on the main show Sunday when Billy Crudup took best supporting actor in a drama over Tadanobu Asano for his role on the Apple TV+ series 鈥淭he Morning Show.鈥
鈥淪hogun,鈥 the FX series about lordly politicking in feudal Japan, can still win as many as five more Emmys, including best actor in a drama, best actress in a drama and best drama series.
Veteran screen star Hiroyuki Sanada, up for best actor, Anna Sawai, up for best actress, are in position to become the first Japanese actors to win Emmys.
If it faces any competition at all 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 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
Multiple Oscar winners among the nominees include Streep, Robert Downey Jr. and Jodie Foster, who could get her first Emmy for best actress in a limited series for 鈥淭rue Detective: Night Country.鈥
The HBO show that features Foster as a police chief investigating mysterious deaths in the darkness of a north Alaskan winter was the top nominee among limited or anthology series, but it could lose out on several Emmys to Netflix鈥檚 darkly quirky 鈥淏aby Reindeer,鈥 which surged on the eve of July鈥檚 nominations and is now the popular pick for best limited series, best actor for creator and star Richard Gadd.
Jessica Gunning already won best supporting actress Sunday for playing his tormentor.
鈥淚 feel like I鈥檓 gonna wake up any minute now,鈥 Gunning said. 鈥淭his whole thing has been a dream.鈥
Best actor in a comedy was presented by a trio of sitcom dads: George Lopez, Damon Wayans and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Similarly themed presenter teams will appear throughout the night.
Emmy Awards: A partial 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: 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
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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