emmy awards 2023

It was a big night for diversity at the 2023 Emmys with five of the 12 acting Emmys being awarded to performers of color, tying the record set at the 1991 ceremony.  The first two awards of the night made history with wins for The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri and Abbot Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, marking the first time that the supporting and lead comedy actress Emmys have both gone to Black women in the same year. The same was previously accomplished in the drama categories with Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba in 2015. …

Pour one out for the Roy family: Succession’s final awards season has the popular HBO series going out on top. On Monday night, Succession took home the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, its third win in the category over the show’s four-season run. Airing in May 2023, the show’s final season swept a majority of the awards, including Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (Sarah Snook), Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (Kieran Culkin), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Matthew Macfadyen), and…

Roy Wood Jr. had a subliminal message for Comedy Central as Trevor Noah accepted his Emmy Award on Monday night: “Please hire a host.” As Trevor Noah accepted the award for Outstanding Talk Series for his final season as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central Monday night, Wood Jr., one of the correspondents on the show, silently mouthed his plea to find a replacement for Noah. (The show has been rotating guest hosts since the show since Noah’s departure.) “Please hire a host. We don’t care. Please hire a…

The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced last night by Community star Yvette Nicole Brown, with HBO's hit drama Succession season 4 receiving 27 nominations, which included best actor/ actress nods for Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook, in the Drama category. Following close behind was The Last of Us with a whopping 24 nominations, becoming the first live-action video game adaptation to be recognised by the Television Academy, including one for Best Drama Series. Of course, both leads Pedro Pascal…