Emmys: ‘Succession,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Beef’ dominate delayed telecast

The 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards were finally handed out … on January 15, 2024. Originally scheduled for last September, the awards were pushed back several months as a result of WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes against studios and streamers for better pay and protections against AI. The writers’ labor dispute was resolved on September 27, followed by the actors on November 9. So who won at these long overdue kudos? Scroll down for our live updating report explaining who won, who surprised, and what it all meant.

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Because of the delay, there may be some confusion as to what these Emmys were actually honoring. For instance, even though “The Bear” season two aired six months ago, these awards actually cover “The Bear” season one, which aired in the summer of 2022. And while Elizabeth Debicki just picked up Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards for “The Crown” season six, at these Emmys she’s nominated for “The Crown” season five. The most recent seasons of those shows will be eligible at the upcoming 2024 Emmys. Also, voting for these awards took place way back in August, so TV academy members won’t have been swayed by anything that happened since then.

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“Succession” came into these awards with a leading 27 nominations, followed by “The Last of Us” with 24, “The White Lotus” with 23 and “Ted Lasso” with 21. But the lion’s share of prizes were already handed out at the Creative Arts Awards on January 6 and 7. There “The Last of Us” was the big winner with eight trophies including guest acting prizes for Storm Reid and Nick Offerman. The reality program “Welcome to Wrexham” followed with five wins. “The Bear,” “Wednesday” and “The White Lotus” picked up four awards apiece. Was that a sign of things to come at Monday night’s main event? Follow along below to find out.

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8:11pm — BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Ayo Edebiri won for her performance in “The Bear.” To clarify, she won her Emmy for season one of the series, while she claimed Best Comedy Actress at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards over the past week for season two of the series. She was the favorite in our odds.

8:13pm — BEST COMEDY ACTRESS — Quinta Brunson wins for her performance in “Abbott Elementary.” This is her second Emmy, but her first for acting. Last year she won Best Comedy Writing for penning the pilot episode of the workplace comedy about an underfunded public school. It’s a historic victory because she’s only the second Black woman to win this award, folowing Isabel Sanford (“The Jeffersons”) in 1981. This category was wide open because two-time winner Jean Smart (“Hacks”) wasn’t eligible. Her series didn’t air new episodes during the eligibility period.

8:20pm — BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Jennifer Coolidge wins for the second year in a row for her performance in “The White Lotus.” She previously won in the movie/limited series category in 2022. Her return to the show in season two is actually the reason the show had to shift into drama series categories. You’re only allowed to compete as an anthology series if there’s no story or character continuity between seasons.

8:25pm — BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR — Matthew Macfadyen also wins his second Emmy, for his work on “Succession.” He was up against three of his “Succession” co-stars and four actors from “The White Lotus.” Despite coming into these awards with 27 nominations, this is the first victory this year for the corporate drama series. It was blanked at Creative Arts, but remains the overwhelming favorite to take Best Drama.

8:31pm — BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR — Ebon Moss-Bachrach wins for his performance in season one of “The Bear” one night after winning a Critics Choice Award for season two of the series. This was a tough race to call as it included two-time winner Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”), his co-star Phil Dunster, Golden Globe winner Tyler James Williams, and standout James Marsden (“Jury Duty”). This was Moss-Bachrach’s first career nomination.

8:36pm — BEST COMEDY ACTOR — Jeremy Allen White continues his awards romp for “The Bear.” This was his first Emmy nomination and win for his role, but before this he won a SAG Award, two Golden Globes and two Critics Choice Awards. As a result of his undefeated streak at these major televised awards, he was the overwhelming favorite to win this award tonight.

8:43pm — BEST SCRIPTED VARIETY SERIES — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” wins this brand new category. Previously, variety series were divided between talk and sketch shows, with “Last Week Tonight” competing as a talk show. This year they were separated into talk and scripted series, which pitted this show against “Saturday Night Live” for the first time. Both shows had been on winning streaks in their respective races, but “Last Week” came out on top this time.

8:47pm — BEST MOVIE/LIMITED SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Niecy Nash-Betts wins for her performance in “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” She was the front-runner in our odds, but she was up against three-time Emmy winner Claire Danes (“Fleishman is in Trouble”), so it could have gone either way. This is the first win so far for “Monster,” which is also up for Best Limited Series tonight.

8:55pm — BEST COMEDY DIRECTING — “The Bear” continues its winning streak with a victory in this category for the kinetic episode “Review,” helmed by series creator Christopher Storer.

8:56pm — BEST COMEDY WRITING — “The Bear” has yet to lose a single category tonight. It wins this prize for its pilot episode, “System,” penned by Storer. In addition to the five awards it has won tonight, it prevailed three times at Creative Arts, bringing it to eight victories overall, with only Best Comedy Series left for it.

9:03pm — BEST COMPETITION PROGRAM — “RuPaul’s Drag Race” resumes its winning streak. It lost this award in 2022 in a surprise to “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” which wasn’t eligible this year. This is the fifth total win in this category for the series. RuPaul Charles has won Best Reality Host a record eight times. He’s the most awarded person of color in Primetime Emmy history.

9:08pm — BEST VARIETY SERIES WRITING — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” wins this for the 47th time in a row … just kidding. This is only its eighth win in a row for writing.

9:12pm — BEST VARIETY TALK SERIES — “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” wins this category for the very first time after six nominations — and for the last time since Trevor Noah vacated the show at the end of 2022. Noah joked in his acceptance speech that he knew he could beat John Oliver if he wasn’t in the category, but it’s true that “Last Week Tonight” had won the talk show award seven years running. Famously, the Jon Stewart iteration of “The Daily Show” won 11 Emmys for Best Variety Series.

9:19pm — BEST MOVIE/LIMITED DIRECTING — Lee Sung Jin wins for directing the “Beef” episode “Figures of Light.” He’s also the creator of “Beef” and managed to win this award despite being up against another director for his series, Jake Schreier, which is a good sign of things to come for the Netflix limited series.

9:22pm — BEST MOVIE/LIMITED SUPPORTING ACTOR — Paul Walter Hauser wins his first Emmy on his first nomination for his performance as a serial killer in “Black Bird.” About a year ago he won Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards for this role, so he was finally able to conclude his victory lap tonight.

9:33pm — BEST DRAMA WRITING — Series creator Jesse Armstrong prevails for “Succession,” specifically for the episode “Connor’s Wedding.” He actually never lost this award, winning for all four seasons of the show. He’ll likely pick up another trophy at the end of the night for Best Drama Series.

9:36pm — BEST MOVIE/LIMITED WRITING — Lee Sung Jin prevails for “Beef” for the episode “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain.” It’s been a good night for showrunners. Christopher Storer doubled up for writing and directing “The Bear” and now Lee takes both prizes for “Beef.” Alas, Jesse Armstrong can’t do the same as he isn’t the director of any of the three nominated episodes of “Succession.”

9:44pm — BEST DRAMA DIRECTING — Mark Mylod wins for directing “Succession.” Like Armstrong, he prevails for the episode “Connor’s Wedding.” This is his third Emmy for the show, but his first ever for directing. His previous two victories were Best Drama Series as a producer.

9:46pm — BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE) — “Elton John Live” wins. This is the first Emmy for Elton John, who is now the 19th individual to achieve EGOT status. He previously won two Oscars for songwriting for “The Lion King” and “Rocketman.” He has won five Grammys. And he won a Tony for composing the score for “Aida.”

9:56pm — BEST MOVIE/LIMITED ACTOR — Steven Yeun continues the “Beef” steamroller with a victory here on his first nomination. He also won Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards for this performance in the past week. “Beef” also won Best Movie/Limited Series at those award shows.

10:00pm — BEST MOVIE/LIMITED ACTRESS — Like her co-star Yeun, winner Ali Wong collects her third trophy in eight days for her performance in the limited series. She overtook Jessica Chastain, who won a SAG Award a year ago for her performance in “George and Tammy.”

10:04pm — BEST LIMITED SERIES — “Beef” completes its winning streak with a victory here. Tonight it won five awards. At Creative Arts it won three others. That brings its total to eight overall. It also won at the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards, so this completes the trifecta. This is also the second Netflix limited series to prevail at the Emmys, following “The Queen’s Gambit.”

10:35pm — BEST DRAMA ACTOR — Kieran Culkin wins for his performance on “Succession.” He’s the second actor from his show to win this award, following Jeremy Strong in 2020. “Succession” has now won four awards tonight with two categories to go for the corporate family drama. Like many other winners tonight, he also won Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards in the past eight days.

10:40pm — BEST DRAMA ACTRESS — Sarah Snook wins for her performance on “Succession,” the fifth win so far for the series tonight, with just Best Drama Series left to go. Snook, like Culkin, previously competed as supporting actors for the show but entered themselves as leads for the fourth and final season. It turned out to be a good call as they’re now both Emmy winners.

10:51pm — BEST COMEDY SERIES — “The Bear” wins, giving FX its first victory in the category. It’s a rare dramedy to win this award. The last time a dramatic-skewing comedy won Best Comedy was actually “Ally McBeal,” which just had a reunion on the Emmy stage a few minutes ago. In total, “The Bear” claimed six trophies tonight, and three more at the Creative Arts Awards, bringing its total to nine.

10:56pm — BEST DRAMA SERIES — “Succession” concludes a night of sweeps by winning this prize, its sixth victory of the night and its third victory in the category. Despite cleaning up tonight, though, it’s actually the second most awarded drama of the year. “The Last of Us” prevailed eight times at the Creative Arts Awards. Their fortunes were reversed: “Last of Us” swept at Creative Arts and was shut out tonight, “Succession” was shut out at Creative Arts and swept tonight.

10:59pm — Overall, it was a more predictable night at the Emmys than many of us anticipated. We got huge surprises at the Creative Arts Awards, like Sam Richardson (“Ted Lasso”) and Strom Reid (“The Last of Us”), but Gold Derby’s odds predicted the vast majority of the winners tonight. In fact, the only Emmy winner our odds didn’t anticipate was “The Daily Show” claiming Best Talk Series. So our users can pat themselves on the back for their collective genius, while I lick my wounds after predicting a few upsets. You can’t win ’em all — unless you’re “Succession,” “The Bear” or “Beef.”

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