Emmy Awards: Media satire ‘Succession’ wins in the Premier category

The lavish media satire “Succession” won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series of the Year. At the awards ceremony on Monday (local time) in Los Angeles, the series about a declining family empire also won prizes for, among others, best actor Kieran Culkin and best actress Sarah Snook.

In addition to ‘Succession’, the series ‘The Bear’ also won, including in the ‘Best Comedy Series’ category.

At the Emmys, awards are presented separately for drama, comedy and miniseries, and entertainment programs are also honored. In total there are approximately 120 categories in the world’s most important television awards.

Here are the top winners of this year’s Emmys:

“Succession” ended this year after four seasons, beating seven competitors in the top category of the world’s most important television award.

The restaurant series “The Bear – King of the Kitchen” won the award for best comedy series of the year. During the three-hour gala evening on Monday (local time), the series had previously won five additional awards. These include awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and for Writing and Directing a Comedy. The series follows a former chef who takes over his brother’s sandwich restaurant in Chicago after the death of his brother.

The social satire ‘Beef’ won five Emmys on Monday, including the award for ‘Best Miniseries, Anthology and Television Film’. The two leads Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, as well as Lee Sung Jin, also received awards for best director and best screenplay in a miniseries in Los Angeles. In ten episodes, ‘Beef’ tells the story of two strangers who get into increasingly aggressive arguments after a car accident.

With his Emmy win Monday, musician Elton John becomes the 19th “EGOT” winner, short for the world’s four major entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The 76-year-old Briton won the Emmy television award for his concert ‘Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium’ as best entertainment special of the year.

Over the course of his career, John has won five Grammy Awards from the recording industry, a Tony Award from New York’s Broadway Theaters for the music of the musical “Aida,” as well as two Oscars for film songs from “The Lion King.” and “Rocket Man”.

The 18 other personalities to achieve an ‘EGOT’ so far include Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg and most recently Viola Davis. The term likely goes back to actor Philip Michael Thomas, who announced during his time as Ricardo Tubbs in “Miami Vice” that he wanted to win the four awards within five years.

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