Emmys 2023 live: Succession and The Bear sweep awards as night ends with huge on-stage snog
The Emmys faced delays due to the Hollywood strikes in 2023
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Your support makes all the difference.The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards aired on Monday (15 January) following a four-month delay, with the best talent in television gathering in Los Angeles for a shimmering ceremony.
The annual celebration of the year’s most brilliant TV shows took place half a year after nominations were announced back in July.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for September but was pushed back due to the Hollywood writer and actor strikes that brought the industry to a standstill last year. As such, these awards honoured shows that aired between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023, meaning it felt a bit like deja vu.
The show with the most nominations was Succession, the fourth and final season of which aired on HBO last year. The drama took home six awards. Fellow HBO dramas The Last of Us and The White Lotus were also heavily nominated, but failed to compete in terms of wins on the night.
Netflix’s limited series Beef and Hulu’s comedy The Bear also saw a raft of big wins at the ceremony.
You can find a full list of all the winners here.
Why isn’t The Morning Show nominated for any Emmys?
Many fans of The Morning Show may be wondering why the Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston-fronted series received a grand total of zero nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Fear not, Apple TV’s duo have not been snubbed by voters – the show is simply ineligible this time around.
As you may know, this evening’s Emmys are a postponed version of the 2023 ceremony, which was delayed due to the Hollywood strikes. As such, tonight’s awards honour shows that aired between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023. The Morning Show’s recent third season, which aired from 13 September to 8 November 2023, won't be eligible until next time around.
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“I was there. I shot it, so I vaguely recall – although I saw a clip of a scene yesterday and I was laughing and I was like, ‘That’s funny. I forgot about that scene’ and it’s a huge scene,” he said on the Emmys red carpet.
Ayo Edibiri shouts out ‘my people’ in Ireland
In recent months, Edibiri has been adopted by the people of Ireland... despite having no connection to the country.
It all started last year when the actor joked that she played Jenny the Donkey in the 2023 awards show darling, The Banshees of Inisherin.
“Preparing for that? I lived in Ireland – ‘Ireland’ – for about four months,” she told an interviewer on the red carpet last year, imitating an Irish accent.
“And I got really into character and I was on all fours for four months and it was really painful but beautiful as well and it was probably the most fulfilling part of my career.”
The joke has gone so far that Irish fans have even renamed the actor, “Ay O’Edibiri”.
Addressing the long-running joke on the Emmys red carpet, Edibiri told ET: “Shout out Ireland; shout out Derry; shout out Cork; shout out to Killarney; shout out to Dublin.”
Despite not having Twitter/X, Edibiri said she is “aware of my connection to Ireland”.
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“She didn’t dream of nights like this,” Edebiri said of her younger self. “She dreamed of dental insurance.”
We’re only a couple of hours away from the start of the ceremony – here is the full list of nominees:
HBO’s ‘Succession’ and ‘White Lotus’ lead the way
The red carpet is officially underway
Thanks for joining us as we tune into E! News’ coverage from the Emmys red carpet.
Early arrivals include Jesse Eisenberg, The White Lotus star Adam DiMarco and The Bear’s Ayo Edibiri.
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