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The Netflix series Squid Game broke records at the Emmy’s last night as the first foreign language drama to win top honors. Starting with 14 nominations, the series about people facing financial hardships playing deadly games to win big in the end took home a total of 6. Hwang Dong-hyuk won Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. Lee Jung-jae won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Lee You-mi won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. The series itself won Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode, Outstanding Stunt Performance, and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program. Season 2 is currently being scripted.
SQUID SQUAD FOREVER ‼️ #SquidGame stars attend the Netflix after party in Hollywood to celebrate their historic #Emmys wins!
📸 via @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/fXqJOGMTBJ
— Squid Game (@squidgame) September 13, 2022
South Korean President congratulated Lee and Hwang saying the entire nation was celebrating their accomplishments. And the significance of the film’s big wins is important given how it came out just as Asian hate was rising in America during the COVID crisis amid the former President insisting on referring to the coronavirus as the “China virus,” despite people publicly saying it was causing violence in their communities. The community won in the end.
Other notable moments include Lizzo winning Outstanding Competition Program for her Watch Out for the Big Grrrls Amazon series. In her acceptance speech she said, “When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media — someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me. If I could go back and tell little Lizzo something, I’d be like, ‘You’re going to see that person, but b***h, it’s going to have to be you.'” She finished off saying, “This is for the big grrrls!”
Lizzo’s #Emmy acceptance speech:
“When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media. Someone fat like me. Black like me. Beautiful like me.”
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) September 13, 2022
Sheryl Lee Ralph accepted her first Emmy which is hard to imagine because she is as Yahoo News called her a “bonafied legend.” She walked up to the stage and began singing about being an “endangered species” and told the audience “To anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream wasn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t come true, I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. This is what striving looks like. And don’t you ever, ever give up on you.” She went on to thank Abbott Elementary show creator Quinta Brunson for believing in her, her husband and children for standing by her side and everyone that voted for her.
Sheryl Lee Ralph’s powerful #Emmys acceptance speech pic.twitter.com/jaNYrEx168
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) September 13, 2022
Jimmy Kimmel was accused of using white privilege to steal attention from Quinta Brunson when she gave her acceptance speech as the winner for Best Writing for a Comedy for Abbott Elementary where he chose to lie on the floor next to her mic stand throughout her entire speech as some type of gag. It didn’t exactly go over well with viewers. The joke was supposed to be that he got so drunk at the bar after losing an Emmy that he fell unconscious. Will Arnet had to carry him off stage. In short, Brunson said she’ll be on his show later this week and may punch him when she sees him. We sure hope so.
Jimmy Kimmel ruined Quinta Brunson’s Emmy acceptance speech by laying on the stage pretending to be drunk @Whatnot@KFCBarstool @KFCRadio pic.twitter.com/sUWytdflBV
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 13, 2022
Quinta Brunson addressed Jimmy Kimmel laying on stage during her #Emmys acceptance speech: “I felt like the bit didn’t bother me that much…Tomorrow maybe I’ll be mad at him. I’m going to be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face.” https://t.co/Bm8Bfhyi0k pic.twitter.com/cMDuZbq0AQ
— Variety (@Variety) September 13, 2022
This clown Jimmy Kimmel was on the floor during Quinta was doing her acceptance speech after winning smh boy MOVE! #Emmys pic.twitter.com/Snj3fHzQ9c
— Seth Joseph (@SethJoseph95) September 13, 2022
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary
Barry
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso — *WINNER!
What We Do in the Shadows
OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Girrrls — *WINNER!
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Hiro Murai, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Lucia Aniello, Hacks
Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show
Cherien Dabis, Only Murders in the Building
Jamie Babbit, Only Murders in the Building
MJ Delaney, Ted Lasso — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Ben Stiller, Severance
Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game — *WINNER!
Mark Mylod, Succession
Cathy Yan, Succession
Lorene Scafaria, Succession
Karyn Kusama, Yellowjackets
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Danny Strong, Dopesick
Michael Showalter, The Dropout
Francesca Gregorini, The Dropout
John Wells, Maid
Hiro Murai, Station Eleven
Mike White, The White Lotus — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Euphoria
Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Succession — *WINNER!
Yellowjackets
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Bill Hader, Barry
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game — *WINNER!
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Adam Scott, Severance
Jeremy Strong, Succession
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Colin Firth, The Staircase
Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven
Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage
Michael Keaton, Dopesick — *WINNER!
Himesh Patel, Station Eleven
Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Issa Rae, Insecure
Jean Smart, Hacks — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
Zendaya, Euphoria — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Toni Collette, The Staircase
Julia Garner, Inventing Anna
Lily James, Pam & Tommy
Sarah Paulson, Impeachment: American Crime Story
Margaret Qualley, Maid
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Dopesick
The Dropout
Inventing Anna
Pam & Tommy
The White Lotus — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso — *WINNER!
Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso
Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso
Tony Shaloub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler, Barry
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Park Hae-soo, Squid Game
Matthew Macfayden, Succession — *WINNER!
John Tuturro, Severance
Christopher Walken, Severance
Oh Yeong-su, Squid Game
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus — *WINNER!
Jake Lacy, The White Lotus
Will Poulter, Dopesick
Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy
Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick
Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick
Steve Zahn, The White Lotus
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Sarah Niles, Ted Lasso
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary — *WINNER!
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Julia Garner, Ozark — *WINNER!
Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game
Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul
J. Smith Cameron, Succession
Sarah Snook, Succession
Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Connie Britton, The White Lotus
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus — *WINNER!
Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Sydney Sweeney, The White Lotus
Mare Winningham, Dopesick
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Saturday Night Live — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — *WINNER!
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary — *WINNER!
Duffy Boudreau, Barry
Alec Berg and Bill Hader, Barry
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, Hacks
Steve Martin and John Hoffman, Only Murders in the Building
Jane Becker, Ted Lasso
Sarah Naftalis, What We Do in the Shadows
Stefani Robinson, What We Do in the Shadows
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul
Chris Mundy, Ozark
Dan Erickson, Severance
Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game
Jesse Armstrong, Succession — *WINNER!
Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Danny Strong, Dopesick
Elizabeth Meriwether, The Dropout
Sarah Burgess, Impeachment: American Crime Story
Molly Smith Metzler, Maid
Patrick Somerville, Station Eleven
Mike White, The White Lotus — *WINNER!
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Ali Wong, Ali Wong: Don Wong
Ian Berger, Devin Delliquanti, Jennifer Flanz, Jordan Klepper, Zhubin Parang, and Scott Sherman, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Globe
Jerrod Carmichael, Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel — *WINNER!
Nicole Byer, Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo)
Norm Macdonald, Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
