00:00 Succession, The Bear and Beef dominated the 75th annual Emmy Awards last night.
00:06 Succession, the HBO saga of a squabbling wealthy family and their media empire,
00:11 won its third best drama series prize, alongside prizes for Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew McFadden.
00:18 This is a show about family, but it's also about when partisan politics gets,
00:24 partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive right-wing politics.
00:30 And after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that's a problem we have now fixed.
00:35 The Bear, the dramedy about a talented chef working at a run-down sandwich shop, won best comedy series.
00:43 It also made a meal of the comedy acting categories, with Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Ediberry and Eben Moss-Bakrak all awarded.
00:51 All three were first-time nominees.
00:54 Netflix breakout Beef won best limited series. It won five awards in total, including for actors Stephen Yoon and Ali Wong,
01:04 who became the first woman of Asian descent to win a lead acting Emmy.
01:15 Quinta Brunson of Abbott Elementary won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
01:21 Other nominees for the award were Christina Applegate in Dead to Me,
01:24 Rachel Brosnahan from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face and Jenna Ortega in Wednesday.
01:31 [applause]
01:37 (whooshing)
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