“Hacks” surprisingly won best comedy series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards . The HBO/Max show about a mature comedian who must recapture her audience and her verve snatched the top small-screen comedy award from favorite “The Bear,” which was expected to repeat its triumph last season.
"Hacks" also won for best writing (the team also included Italian screenwriter Lucia Aniello) and for its leading lady, 73-year-old Jean Smart . There were no surprises, however, when the envelope for best drama series was opened: “ Shogun ” took home the statuette without disappointing the predictions, reaching a record-breaking prize pool of 18 Emmys in a single season, if we add the 14 obtained in the technical categories. Until now, the record was held by the last season of “Games of Thrones”, which had won 12 awards. The show produced by Hulu-Disney+ and also filmed in Japanese is the first in a non-English language to obtain the most prestigious recognition of the 'Oscars of television'. Only the South Korean “Squid Game” had reached the final two years ago, but then “Succession” won. The epic about the intrigues of feudal Japan also won for best direction and for best leading ladies with Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays the imposing Lord Yoshii Toranaga, and Anna Sawai, for her role as the falsely placid Lady Mariko.
The Television Academy’s favorite miniseries was Netflix’s black comedy “Baby Reindeer,” which won three more awards for best screenplay and best lead role for Richard Gadd, who recounted his experience as a stalking victim, and supporting actress Jessica Gunning, who plays the obsessive Martha.
"I didn't think I'd put my life back together after what happened to me," the comedian said as he accepted the statuette, on the Peacock stage wearing a kilt to recall his Scottish roots. "This is for everyone going through hard times: nothing lasts forever, things get better in the end." "The Bear" also won four Emmys, which, added to those won at the Creative Arts last weekend, make 11 wins this year , compared to the 10 obtained in the 75th edition of the award, which was held in January, later than the usual date of mid-September, due to strikes in Hollywood. Even if the Berzattos are no longer the comedy of the year, the tormented chef Carmy is still the best protagonist of a comedy series: an encore on the Peacock stage for Jeremy Allen White. Liza Colón-Zayas, 52, also won for "The Bear", her first nomination. Her Tina, the Latina cook who finds a second chance right among the stoves and broken plates of the restaurant that gives its name to the Fx series, won her the Emmy for best supporting actress. Ebon Moss-Bachrach triumphed for the second time in a row for the secondary role of cousin Richie. Showrunner Chris Storer won for directing, also repeating his victory for the first season.
“Ripley,” the Netflix series shot in Italy, took home the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series for Steven Zaillian, who had already been nominated in 2017 for “The Night Of.”
(Online Union)
