Emmys 2022: Succession beats Squid Game to best drama prize, Korean hit’s Lee Jung-jae wins best actor; The White Lotus, Ted Lasso, Zendaya also among the winners

HBO family business drama Succession shuts out Squid Game, but Netflix Korean show’s lead actor takes home the best actor Emmy

Ted Lasso wins for outstanding comedy series and The White Lotus for best limited series. Zendaya, Julia Garner and Matthew Macfadyen bag drama acting awards

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Succession cast members (from left) Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong, Matthew Macfadyen, J. Smith-Cameron, and Nicholas Braun. The series won best drama series and Macfadyen best supporting actor in a drama series at the Emmys in Los Angeles on Monday. Photo: AP

Tribune News ServiceandAgence France-Presse

Published: 11:12am, 13 Sep 2022Updated: 12:46pm, 13 Sep 2022

HBO family business drama Succession on Monday won the Emmy for best drama series, wrapping up the star-studded gala in Hollywood to honour television’s finest.

The other nominees were Better Call Saul, Euphoria, Ozark, Severance, Squid Game, Stranger Things and Yellowjackets.

Ted Lasso scooped the Emmy for outstanding comedy series, the second win in the category for the Apple TV+ hit fronted by Jason Sudeikis.

The White Lotus, a satire on wealth and hypocrisy set in a luxury Hawaiian resort, on Monday scooped the Emmy for best limited series, over four contenders that looked at real-life scandals.

Jason Sudeikis, centre, and the cast of Ted Lasso accept the Emmy for outstanding comedy series. Photo: AP

The cast and crew of The White Lotus accept the Emmy for outstanding limited or anthology series. Photo: AP

It defeated Dopesick, a look at the US opioid crisis; The Dropout, about the Theranos fraud; Pam and Tommy, about an infamous celebrity sex tape; and Inventing Anna, inspired by a Russian con artist who scammed upper-crust New York.