Emmy Winners Reactions: What Fans Are Saying

Matthew Stewart
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After months of waiting for the delayed 75th Primetime Emmy Awards to air, our passionate forum posters (some of whom are industry insiders shielded by clever usernames) were more than eager to finally weigh in on the results. Throughout Monday night’s ceremony, 26 awards were bestowed upon actors, directors, writers, and producers representing an array of TV genres and formats.

As they gradually learned who won and lost, our users collectively expressed relatively equal amounts of elation and anger. What were the upsets that left them particularly confounded? Which triumphs elicited the most cheers? And which defeats impacted them the hardest?

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Below is a smattering of the praise and pointed criticism that was leveled at this year’s Emmys ceremony. Read more reactions and make your voice heard here.

SEE Emmy Awards: Complete list of winners in all 26 races

Best Comedy Series
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Barry” (HBO)
X – “The Bear” (FX)
“Jury Duty” (Amazon Freevee)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
“Wednesday” (Netflix)

ColtonM: “Ted Lasso” lost!!!!! I can sleep happy!

vinny: I love “The Bear” supremacy tonight. No goodbye hugs for “Ted Lasso” and “Maisel,” lol.

wolfali: Happy that “The Bear” beat “Ted Lasso” but it’s a flat-out drama.

Lance: Sweeps kill the momentum and make the ceremony feel like a slog. Hope they change the voting.

Best Comedy Actor
Bill Hader – “Barry” (HBO)
Jason Segel – “Shrinking” (Apple TV+)
Martin Short – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
Jason Sudeikis – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
X – Jeremy Allen White – “The Bear” (FX)

estrelas: JEREMY!!! King.

Best Comedy Actress
Christina Applegate – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan – “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
X – Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Natasha Lyonne – “Poker Face” (Peacock)
Jenna Ortega – “Wednesday” (Netflix)

ColtonM: Yayyyyy I’m so happy for Quinta.

Atypical: QUEEN QUINTA DID THAT!

OppenHammer: My least favorite performance in this category, but congrats.

FilmRoyalty: Quinta Brunson over Rachel Brosnahan… I’m sad!

Best Comedy Supporting Actor
Anthony Carrigan – “Barry” (HBO)
Phil Dunster – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Brett Goldstein – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
James Marsden – “Jury Duty” (Amazon Freevee)
X – Ebon Moss-Bachrach – “The Bear” (FX)
Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Henry Winkler – “Barry” (HBO)

wolfali: Goldstein’s reign of terror is over!

ejaru1810: Ebon is so repeating next year.

JV: Yay, the best performance and character on “The Bear,” by far, won.

Binx: Ugh, Ebon wasn’t worthy for Season 1. And “The Bear” is NOT A COMEDY.

Best Comedy Supporting Actress
Alex Borstein – “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video)
X – Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX)
Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Juno Temple – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Hannah Waddingham – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Jessica Williams – “Shrinking” (Apple TV+)

SkyLight: Oh, Jean Smart is shaking.

vinny: First win of the night and I am LIVING for it.

rainstorm: Ayo Edebiri is the definition of talent.

Best Comedy Directing
“Barry” – “wow” (HBO)
X – “The Bear” – “Review” (FX)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – “Four Minutes” (Prime Video)
“The Ms. Pat Show” – “Don’t Touch My Hair” (BET+)
“Ted Lasso” – “So Long, Farewell” (Apple TV+)
“Wednesday” – “Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe” (Netflix)

ejaru1810: Terrific win.

Babygirl: “REVIEW” IS AN EMMY WINNING EPISODE, YAAAAS.

Best Comedy Writing
“Barry” – “wow” (HBO)
X – “The Bear” – “System” (FX)
“Jury Duty” – “Ineffective Assistance” (Amazon Freevee)
“Only Murders in the Building” – “I Know Who Did It” (Hulu)
“The Other Two” – “Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play” (Max)
“Ted Lasso” – “So Long, Farewell” (Apple TV+)

P(oweR) Valley: “The Bear” is really sweeping this thing!

kat_ebbs: Emmys, consider being more chaotic. Thanks.

Best Drama Series
“Andor” (Disney+)
“Better Call Saul” (AMC)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“House of the Dragon” (HBO)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
X – “Succession” (HBO)
“The White Lotus” (HBO)
“Yellowjackets” (Showtime)

SarahvsMovies: Sweeps are boring, but “Succession” simply deserves it in its final season.

Victor: 3x BEST DRAMA SERIES, PUT SOME RESPECT ON ITS NAME.

Best Drama Actor
Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man” (FX)
Brian Cox – “Succession” (HBO)
X – Kieran Culkin – “Succession” (HBO)
Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
Pedro Pascal – “The Last of Us” (HBO)
Jeremy Strong – “Succession” (HBO)

ColtonM: YESSSSSSSS LET’S GOOOOOOO.

probablyROB: KIERAN GET YOUR FLOWERS!

Babygirl: OMGGGGG CULKINGGGGGGG. FINALLY A WINNER. LONG OVERDUE.

star: THE GREATEST AWARD WIN OF ALL TIME. CULKING, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS.

Best Drama Actress
Sharon Horgan – “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
Melanie Lynskey – “Yellowjackets” (Showtime)
Elisabeth Moss – “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
Bella Ramsey – “The Last of Us” (HBO)
Keri Russell – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
X – Sarah Snook – “Succession” (HBO)

estrelas: SARAH!!! OMG!!! SO SO HAPPY!!!

kat_ebbs: SHE FINALLY WON AHHHHH I’M TEARY.

Onion: SARAHHHHHHHHHHHH. WE WAITED YEARS BUT WE DID IT, GUYS.

Best Drama Supporting Actor
F. Murray Abraham – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Nicholas Braun – “Succession” (HBO)
Michael Imperioli – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Theo James – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
X – Matthew Macfadyen – “Succession” (HBO)
Alan Ruck – “Succession” (HBO)
Will Sharpe – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Alexander Skarsgård – “Succession” HBO)

Moviebuff22: MATTHEW MACFAYDEN!!!! By far my favorite part of “Succession.”

Ivo Stoyanov: One of the best wins ever.

Best Drama Supporting Actress
X – Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Elizabeth Debicki – “The Crown” (Netflix)
Meghann Fahy – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Sabrina Impacciatore – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Aubrey Plaza – “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Rhea Seehorn – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
J. Smith-Cameron – “Succession” (HBO)
Simona Tabasco – “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Almond: Jennifer, of course.

Onion: What a living legend.

vinny: That was kinda obvious. In no way was she walking away without the Emmy.

wolfali: Rhea was robbed.

Best Drama Directing
“Andor” – “Rix Road” (Disney+)
“Bad Sisters” – “The Prick” (Apple TV+)
“The Last of Us” – “Long, Long Time” (HBO)
“Succession” – “America Decides” (HBO)
X – “Succession” – “Connor’s Wedding” (HBO)
“Succession” – “Living+” (HBO)
“The White Lotus” – “Arrivederci” (HBO)

L.B.: “CONNOR’S WEDDING,” THE ICON THAT YOU ARE.

Babygirl: I WAS SO SURE “SUCCESSION” WASN’T OVERCOMING THE SPLIT.

Best Drama Writing
“Andor” – “One Way Out” (Disney+)
“Bad Sisters” – “The Prick” (Apple TV+)
“Better Call Saul” – “Point and Shoot” (AMC)
“Better Call Saul” – “Saul Gone” (AMC)
“The Last of Us” – “Long, Long Time” (HBO)
X – “Succession” – “Connor’s Wedding” (HBO)
“The White Lotus” – “Arrivederci” (HBO)

ColtonM: Duh!

L.B.: Jesse Armstrong 4/4! Bow down to the KING.

Spacecataz: “Connor’s Wedding” is the best episode of all time. No surprise.

Best Limited Series
X – “Beef” (Netflix)
“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
“Daisy Jones & the Six” (Prime Video)
“Fleishman Is in Trouble” (FX)
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)

Almond: What a sweep for “Beef”!

Best Movie/Limited Actor
Taron Egerton – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)
Kumail Nanjiani – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
Evan Peters – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
Daniel Radcliffe – “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)
Michael Shannon – “George & Tammy” (Showtime)
X – Steven Yeun – “Beef” (Netflix)

probablyROB: Such a deserving win.

Almond: Woohoo Steven!

LionSimba: Evan Peters was robbed.

Best Movie/Limited Actress
Lizzy Caplan – “Fleishman Is in Trouble” (FX)
Jessica Chastain – “George & Tammy” (Showtime)
Dominique Fishback – “Swarm” (Prime Video)
Kathryn Hahn – “Tiny Beautiful Things” (Hulu)
Riley Keough – “Daisy Jones & the Six” (Prime Video)
X – Ali Wong – “Beef” (Netflix)

Babygirl: Yay for Ali Wong, my favourite TV performance of the year!

Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor
Murray Bartlett – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
X – Paul Walter Hauser – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)
Richard Jenkins – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
Joseph Lee – “Beef” (Netflix)
Ray Liotta – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)
Young Mazino – “Beef” (Netflix)
Jesse Plemons – “Love & Death” (Max)

SarahvsMovies: PAUL! Let’s go!!

methaddiction: Paul devoured… so well deserved.

Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress
Annaleigh Ashford – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
Maria Bello – “Beef” (Netflix)
Claire Danes – “Fleishman Is in Trouble” (FX)
Juliette Lewis – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
Camila Morrone – “Daisy Jones & the Six” (Prime Video)
X – Niecy Nash-Betts – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
Merritt Wever – “Tiny Beautiful Things” (Hulu)

methaddiction: Niecy! Love that for her.

P(oweR) Valley: Black ladies are doing it!!!

L.B.: Danes was so robbed ugh.

Arias: Sorry, Niecy is great, but let’s not encourage Ryan Murphy. Most of his work is not award-worthy.

estrelas: Happy Niecy is finally an Emmy winner. She’s been deserving for ages. But Claire was beyond robbed.

Best Competition Program
“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
X – “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Voice” (NBC)

Gucci: Honey, get it 14x Emmy winner RuPaul!

P(oweR) Valley: Goodness! RuPaul is one of the winningest people of all-time. Could probably top it eventually.

Best Talk Series
X – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC)
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
“The Problem with Jon Stewart” (Apple TV+)

Nuebert: Whoa, Trevor Noah?!

ricardo505: Finally this category became interesting!

Atypical: They denied Colbert. That’s wild.

Binx: I wish Seth Meyers could win something.

Best Scripted Variety Series
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO)
X – “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Almond: Kinda nice to see “SNL” finally lose.

vinny: John Oliver… ugh. Was rooting for anyone BUT him.

Allan Veríssimo: Not even “Saturday Night Live” could defeat John Oliver. He will win forever.

Best Live Variety Special
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna” (Fox)
“Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” (Netflix)
X – “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium” (Disney+)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“75th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

Atypical: Elton John finally has his EGOT! Congrats!

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