It was a good year for HBO at last night’s Emmys. It’s stellar series Watchmen won 11 gold statues including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Regina King) and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II).
The network’s critically-acclaimed drama Succession also won seven Emmys including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Jeremy Strong), Outstanding Guest
Actress in a Drama Series (Cherry Jones).
There were also other surprising highlights such as Euphoria’s Zendaya taking home a statue for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama. Other wins for the cutting-edge series included Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, and Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic).
Below are HBO’s total wins:
Watchmen
Wins: 11
- Outstanding Limited Series
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Regina King)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II)
- Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
- Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie
- Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes,
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
- Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Limited Series or Movie
Succession
Wins: 7
- Outstanding Drama Series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Jeremy Strong)
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Cherry Jones)
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Jesse Armstrong)
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Andrij Parekh)
- Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Wins: 4
- Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and
- Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
- Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series
1 win for I Know This Much Is True for Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Limited Series or Movie (Mark Ruffalo).
1 win for Bad Education for Outstanding Television Movie.
1 win for Insecure for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a
Comedy Series.
1 win for The Apollo for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
1 win for We Are The Dream: The Kids Of The Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest
for Outstanding Children’s Program.
Colin Costello is the West Coast Editor of Reel 360. Contact him at colin@reel360.com or follow him on Twitter at @colinthewriter1
