Emmys 2023 live: Succession and The Bear sweep awards as night ends with huge on-stage snog

Yellowstone, Prince Harry, and Helen Mirren were among the biggest snubs when the Emmy nominees were announced back in July last year.

Taylor Sheridan’s wildly popular cowboy drama Yellowstone was once again put out to pasture. He’ll be hoping that the arrival of Matthew McConaughey, who is set to take over from Kevin Costner as the series regenerates, will earn him more favour with the TV Academy.

Many expected awards show darling Helen Mirren to earn a nomination for her part in the Yellowstone sequel, 1923, in which she co-starred with Harrison Ford. Alas, no dice; though, Mirren holds four primetime Emmys already, so she’s unlikely to lose any sleep over the snub.

Netflix’s bombshell Harry & Meghan docuseries was also a notable abdication from the nominees. The Academy clearly did not agree with The Independent’s Jessie Thompson, who called the six-parter “intimate, self-aggrandising, and wildly entertaining” in her four-star review.

Here’s a breakdown of predictions for this year’s Emmy Awards, including who is expected to win in all the major categories (and who deserves to win instead).

Outstanding Drama Series

Will win: Succession

Should win: Succession

Outstanding Comedy Series

Will win: The Bear

Should win: Jury Duty

Lead Actor in a Drama

Will win: Kieran Culkin (Succession)

Should win: Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

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The nominations for the annual television awards ceremony were announced on 12 July last year; however, due to the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, the Emmys were pushed back from their original 18 September slot.

Emmy nominee Bill Hader in conversation with The Independent’s Patrick Smith about stage fright, Star Wars, and the roles he’d no longer play.

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The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on the Martin Luther King Jr holiday, Monday night, 15 January, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. It will be telecast live for US viewers on the Fox network starting at 8pm ET/5pm PT, and available to stream the following day on Hulu.

Ahead of the ceremony, E! will host Live From E! Countdown to the Emmys starting at 5pm ET/2pm PT, followed by red carpet coverage at 6pm ET/3pm PT.

In the UK, the ceremony will be broadcast the following evening (16 January) on Sky Max and Sky Showcase at 9pm GMT.

Hosted for the first time by Black-ish star Anthony Anderson, the 2024 Emmy Awards will celebrate the best television shows that aired between 1 June 2022, and 31 May 2023.

Anderson, who was nominated for lead actor in a comedy seven times for his work on ABC’s Black-ish, is a first-time Emmys host, although he’s hosted the NAACP Image Awards eight times.

He’ll also have a fresh connection to Fox by the time he takes the Emmys stage – his new show We Are Family is set to debut in early January.

However, his chequered past, which includes multiple sexual assault allegations that Anderson has vigorously denied, has sparked a growing backlash to his casting as host.

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This year marks the first time in more than 20 years that the Emmys haven’t aired as planned in September. In 2001, the awards were postponed due to the 9/11 attacks which occurred just five days before the planned ceremony.

The 2001 Emmys were eventually held in November.

Jeremy Allen White’s turn as chef Carmy Berzatto on The Bear has earned the 32-year-old actor a slew of nominations this award season – and he’s already off to a winning start.

White recently took home the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series, and is looking like a strong contender for the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series during the ceremony on Monday.

The show, which catapulted White to global stardom, has now been renewed for a third season after a nerve-wracking wait.

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In many ways, no. The Television Academy, which runs the Emmys, wanted to maintain the same voting processes, even if there was no concrete idea of when the ceremony could go ahead.

As a result, the 20,000-strong membership of the Academy had to cast their ballots by 28 August as usual – meaning that the winners were decided months ago, regardless of how conversations around projects may have fluctuated.

In an unusual move, the Emmys will take place on Monday 15 January – four months later than its typical date.

Usually, the Emmys are an outlier from the rest of the awards season as the ceremony tends to be held in September. Hollywood, however, was shut down for the better part of four months last year due to strike action by writers and performers, leading the awards show to be postponed.

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