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Television’s biggest night came and went as the 74th Emmy Awards were unveiled tonight in downtown Los Angeles, hosted by “Saturday Night Live” cast member Kenan Thompson, and aired live on NBC and streaming on Peacock. In one of the most competitive Emmy seasons in recent memory, it was “Succession,” “Ted Lasso,” and “The White Lotus” that took home the Television Academy’s top prizes.

Succession competed in the top drama category opposite pop culture phenomenon Squid Game, outgoing and . Created by Jesse Armstrong, the series follows the dysfunctional Roy family and explores themes of power and family dynamics through the eyes of patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) and his four grown children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Connor (Alan Ruck). The family members viciously fight for control of Waystar RoyCo and stake claim in what they think is rightfully theirs.Prior to Monday, had won 10 Emmys.'s Emmy win comes after a two-year delay, where it was ineligible for awards consideration at least year's ceremony. The cast opened up to ET about coming back with season 3 and not succumbing to any pressure that comes with all the hype.“It’s exciting [to be back],” Snook said. “Like, we were waiting two years to start shooting it.

When you’re nominated for 25 different awards in the 74th Emmy Awards, odds are you are going to go home with a little bit of hardware. But when you’re a show like “Succession,” the question isn’t whether you’ll win, it’s how much you’ll take home at the end of the evening.

Matthew Macfadyen just scored his first Emmy. The 47-year-old actor came out victorious Monday night at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards after winning in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category.The British actor had previously been nominated in the same category back in 2020 for playing Shiv Roy's (Sarah Snook) husband Tom Wambsgans on the hit HBO series,.

Television’s biggest night is here as the 74th Emmy Awards will be unveiled tonight in downtown Los Angeles, hosted by “Saturday Night Live” cast member Kenan Thompson, and airing live on NBC and streaming on Peacock. In what has been another extraordinary year for television, tonight’s festivities mark some of the biggest competition in years for the Emmys, as many old and new favorites across the drama and comedy categories collide for results that could spread the wealth of winners across multiple shows, as opposed to last year with the domination of Netflix’s “The Crown” and AppleTV+’s “Ted Lasso.” READ MORE: Emmy 2022 Predictions: ‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘The White Lotus’ Speaking of ‘Lasso,’ it comes into the night defending its crown in Best Comedy Series, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress this season after a successful, yet not as wildly celebrated second season.

Primetime Emmy Awards take place this evening (September 12), with a number of big shows vying for the most-coveted awards in TV.Returning to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, the show kicks off from 8pm ET (1am BST), with the ceremony itself hosted by Kenan Thompson.Succession leads the nominees going into the night with 12 nods, followed by The White Lotus with 11 and Ted Lasso with 10. Other big shows competing for awards include Dopesick, Squid Game, Severance, Barry, Ozark and Only Murders In The Building.Here, we bring you all the winners of the night as they happen – so for those in the UK, check back here from 1am and keep an eye on the rolling list below for updates:Outstanding Drama SeriesBetter Call SaulEuphoriaOzarkSeveranceSquid GameStranger ThingsSuccessionYellowjackets Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesJason Bateman (Ozark)Brian Cox (Succession)Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)Adam Scott (Severance)Jeremy Strong (Succession)Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesJodie Comer (Killing Eve)Laura Linney (Ozark)Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)Zendaya (Euphoria)Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesNicholas Braun (Succession)Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)Kieran Culkin (Succession)Park Hae-soo (Squid Game)Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)John Turturro (Severance)Christopher Walken (Severance)Oh Yeong-su (Squid Game)Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesPatricia Arquette (Severance)Julia Garner (Ozark)Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets)Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)J.

Emmy Awards this evening (September 12) have been released, with Succession, Squid Game and Ted Lasso among the favourites.The nominations for this year’s awards were confirmed in July. Succession led the pack with 25 nods followed by Ted Lasso and The White Lotus with 20.The HBO drama is the favourite to take home the Outstanding Drama Series trophy, according to Oddschecker, with odds of 2-5.

Will there be any surprises when the 2022 Emmy season comes to a close Monday night? Can “Abbott Elementary” or “Hacks” topple “Ted Lasso” for Comedy Series? Could “Squid Game,” “Severance,” or “Stranger Things” take out “Succession” for Drama Series? Will members vote with their heart, likely “The White Lotus,” for the Limited Series they think they “need” to vote for, “Dopesick”? Continue reading Emmy 2022 Predictions: ‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘The White Lotus’ at The Playlist.

Jeremy Strong has finally broken his silence on that infamous 2021 New Yorker profile. In a new interview with Vanity Fair from the Telluride Film Festival, where Strong is promoting his role in director James Gray’s “Armaggedon Time,” the “Succession” star didn’t hold back when discussing his feelings on the newsmaking profile, telling VF it amounted to a “pretty profound betrayal of trust” on the part of the publication and the article’s writer, Michael Schulman.

Jeremy Strong has finally broken his silence on that infamous 2021 New Yorker profile. In a new interview with Vanity Fair from the Telluride Film Festival, where Strong is promoting his role in director James Gray‘s “Armaggedon Time,” the “Succession” star didn’t hold back when discussing his feelings on the newsmaking profile, telling VF it amounted to a “pretty profound betrayal of trust” on the part of the publication and the article’s writer, Michael Schulman.

Succession character Logan Roy would “hate” him, finding him “tiresome and boring”.Cox has portrayed the media mogul for all three seasons of the hit HBO show, which started filming its fourth outing back in May.Speaking to an audience at the Edinburgh TV Festival this week, Cox says he admired Logan, but that the two of them would not get on.He said (via The Guardian): “I have a lot of respect for Logan. What I love about Logan is he’s self made. Unlike Trump, Murdoch, and Conrad Black he did it all himself.

All eyes are on our HBO tonight. Its new flagship show, “House Of Dragon,” its critical new “Game Of Thrones” spin-off, the first one since the hit series went off the air, premieres tonight (read our review, spoiler alert, it’s pretty good).

, HBO is expanding the world of by going back several hundred years to focus on House Targaryen. The all-new series is adapted from George R.R.

Are you’re a writer or director in the industry in love with an established show you’re not working on? Let the journey Cathy Yan went on be a lesson to you. The “Birds of Prey” filmmaker is an Emmy nominee today because she made sure the powers at be were aware she is a massive fan of HBO’s “Succession.” And it was her first television credit.

Succession season three where she “genuinely gasped” while watching the episode.In the final moments of the season three finale, the Roy children discover their mother reversed the terms of her divorce agreement with Logan Roy (Brian Cox), stopping their move to prevent Logan from selling the company.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly’s The Awardist podcast, Snook, who plays Shiv Roy on the HBO series, said she was still surprised by the scene while watching it back due to the show’s editing.“I obviously know Succession, I was there when we were shooting it,” Snook said. “But because I didn’t know how they were going to edit the end of episode nine, when [director Mark Mylod] cuts to black on Shiv, even though I know what she’s thinking… the way he edited it and when they cut to black and then the music, I really genuinely gasped like, ‘Oh! What’s going to happen?!’”Speaking about the character, Snook said: “She’s complex and she’s unlikeable and she’s also got these amazing qualities.

Due to a short-sighted concern over COVID numbers in Los Angeles, the 2022 TCA Awards did not happen in person, as originally planned. Instead, the winners were announced, once again, vritually.

Succession has officially entered production.The HBO series’ third season concluded back in December, though it was renewed for a fourth season in October.Filming on season four of Succession is now underway, with the show’s official social media accounts sharing an image of a production clapper board yesterday (June 27).The board shows that Mark Mylod, who directed four episodes of season three (including the dramatic finale ‘All The Bells Say’), will helm the first episode of the new season.Production on Succession Season 4 has begun. pic.twitter.com/9sQAncXra0— Succession (@succession) June 27, 2022The official synopsis for Succession season four is as follows (via Variety): “In the 10-episode season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer.

Nicholas Britell is an Emmy winner. He should be an Oscar winner (someday.

Mark Mylod is developing something of a reputation for completely nailing the last shot of a season of “Succession.” When we last spoke, Mylod had Logan Roy (Brian Cox) react with a devilish smile at the end of season two. Mylod was rewarded for his work on that episode with a DGA award.

It often feels like none of the characters in Jesse Armstrong’s “Succession“ have a shred of decency in them. Whether they are members of the Roy family or executives maneuvering to survive mergers and power struggles, there are few characters on the program who are looking out for anyone but themselves.

If anyone deserves to win an Emmy this year from the cast of “Succession” it’s Sarah Snook. Previously nominated in 2020, Snook masterfully captured the consequences of a corporate takeover attempt gone wrong in the show’s season finale.

toured it in 2018, when it was asking $29.5 million, Gimme reported. Its former owner, the flashy designer Karim Rashid, sold it for $9.35 million in 2014.

Succession fans have praised The Simpsons for their parody of the HBO series.In the episode ‘Meat Is Murder’, which aired in the US on Sunday (May 15), Grampa Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) revisited a past business venture where he encountered Augustus Redfield (John Lithgow). In a nod to Brian Cox’s Logan Roy, who leads WayStar RoyCo in Succession, Redfield is the billionaire chairman of RedStar Corporation.Nicholas Braun also made a brief voice cameo as Cousin Greg in the episode, while other characters shared a resemblance to the cast of Succession.Two characters based on Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Gerri (J Smith-Cameron) share a kiss during the episode, prompting an “omg” response from Smith-Cameron on Twitter.omg— J.

The Simpsons and Succession are set to collide in an upcoming episode featuring Nicholas Braun as Cousin Greg.The actor will voice his Succession character in episode ‘Meat Is Murder’, where Grampa Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) revisits a past business venture which could have changed his life.Other guest voices include John Lithgow as Augustus Redfield who, in a nod to Brian Cox’s Logan Roy, is chairman of RedStar Corporation. Krysten Ritter, Paul F.

Matthew Macfadyen won his second career BAFTA Award for “Succession” on Sunday. In September, he could find himself taking home his first Emmy Award for the same acclaimed performance.

Succession actor James Cromwell is sticking close to his mission for animal rights! On Tuesday, the 82-year-old actor joined a protest put on by members of PETA, and super glued his hand to a counter at a Starbucks in New York City.The Oscar-nominated actor wore a black Peta t-shirt that read “Free the Animals” as he walked into the establishment with other protestors who held signs to protest the chain's up-charge for non-dairy milk. Cromwell and another protestor sat on the counter while the employees worked in the background, with their hands glued to the surface. In a video, the actor gives a brief speech.“Non-dairy products all over the world, France, they give these things away.

HBO series Succession, joined the protest on behalf of animal rights organisation PETA on Tuesday (May 10) in Midtown Manhattan, New York.In a 30-minute video shared on PETA’s Facebook page, Cromwell is seen glued to the counter alongside his fellow protesters as he reads a statement.“My friends at PETA and I are calling on Starbucks to stop punishing kind of and environmentally conscious customers for choosing plant milks,” Cromwell said.

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has given an update regarding the show’s fourth season, confirming that writing has almost finished.The acclaimed HBO series aired its long-awaited third season late last year, though word has been scarce since on the follow-up.However, speaking during the weekend’s BAFTA TV awards, where he accepted Matthew Macfadyen’s win for Supporting Actor, Armstrong revealed where things stand.“We’re almost done with the writing for season four, here in London, with the American writers coming over,” he said. “They’re a really great group of people to talk about the nuances of character and the world and what we’re doing on the show.He went on to reveal that he will share the script with the cast when they’re done and listen to their feedback, noting that “it’s useful, they’re smart, and they think things about their character”.As for when the show itself may come to an end, Armstrong replied: “I won’t answer that one precisely.

HBO series Succession, appeared on TalkTV show Piers Morgan Uncensored when the conversation turned to ‘cancel culture’.“It’s a kind of modern day McCarthyism, really,” Cox said. “It’s a kind of raid on people’s sensibilities in order to reduce them and make them… I don’t know, there is so much hypocrisy involved with the whole thing.“I find the whole thing completely hypocritical. I am not religious but there is a thing in the bible where it says, ‘Let he or she without sin cast the first stone’ and there seems to be a lot of casting of stones.

Succession cover of Billy Joel’s ‘Honesty’ has been given an official release as part of the season three soundtrack.The character – played by Jeremy Strong – sang a clip of the 1978 track, released on Joel’s ‘52nd Street’ album, during an episode of the HBO hit series.The full season three soundtrack of Succession was released today, featuring 21 tracks from the latest instalment of the show. Among the 21-track score by composer Nicholas Britell is a full-length version of Strong performing ‘Honesty’.“Season three gave me such an exciting opportunity to explore new musical directions for the sound of Succession,” Britell explained in a press release.

Succession star Nicholas Braun is working on a series centred on an indie band in the 2000s.The actor, who is best known for playing Cousin Greg in the hit HBO show, is co-writing One For The Road with Chris Buongiorno (Spider-Man: No Way Home) for the same network.The half-hour show will be an intimate and candid story focused on a talented but chaotic band in the changing landscape of indie rock in the early noughties as they struggle to survive.The show is currently in the development stage, according to Variety, with Braun and Buongiorno also acting as executive producers.One For The Road isn’t the only writing work Braun has been involved with lately, the star revealing last year that he was developing the script for a “social horror movie” about reality shows.“I find reality shows to be kind of horrific,” he told GQ, explaining that he had been watching reality shows while in lockdown.During lockdown, the actor was also signed to Atlantic Records on the back of creating song ‘Antibodies (Do You Have The)‘, which was played more than a million times across Spotify and YouTube.Meanwhile, Succession writer Georgia Pritchett revealed last month that Braun’s character Greg was nearly written as gay on the HBO series.“It’s interesting how characters take on a life of their own,” she said on the Homo Sapiens podcast.“I had sort of advocated for Greg to be gay – until last season he hadn’t really done anything with anyone.” Pritchett went on to state her belief that the Roy children also move “in a circle where I think anything goes”.“I don’t think anyone’s closeted or not gonna do what they want to do,” the writer added, suggesting Kieran Culkin’s character Roman “feels a bit fluid and pan”.“I don’t think he’d hold back

Emmys snubs! Peak TV has never seen snubs like this. And the Outstanding Drama Series is going to have a ton of them.

One of the few awards show to stick to a virtual presentation this year was the WGA Awards. Handed out during a ceremony on Sunday afternoon, the voting members of the Writers Guild rewarded a number of familiar television programs and were shockingly safe when it came to the film honorees.

Succession star Brian Cox has recreated Sydney Sweeney’s memorable bathroom meltdown scene from Euphoria.Appearing in a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday (March 14), the actor – who plays patriarch Logan Roy in Succession – appears alongside Euphoria characters Maddy (Alexa Demie), Kat (Barbie Ferreira), Lexi (Maude Apatow), and Rue (Zendaya).Cox proceeds to re-enact Cassie’s imaginary confession, declaring: “I’m in love with Nate Jacobs and he’s in love with me,” before adding “I have never, ever been happier!”Watch the HBO mash-up scene below.Last week (March 8), HBO released a statement responding to allegations which described a “hellish” night shoot and refusals to use the bathroom on the set of Euphoria.“The well-being of cast and crew on our productions is always a top priority,” HBO said in a statement obtained by Deadline, in response to allegations of SAG-AFTRA violations.“The production was in full compliance with all safety guidelines and guild protocols.

Succession writer Georgia Pritchett has opened up about one Roy family member who was almost written as gay.“It’s interesting how characters take on a life of their own,” Pritchett said in an interview on the Homo Sapiens podcast, describing her job as the sole writer of four episodes across three seasons.“I had sort of advocated for Greg to be gay – until last season he hadn’t really done anything with anyone.”She added that she believes that the Roy children – Kendall, Shiv, Roman and Connor – move “in a circle where I think anything goes”.“I don’t think anyone’s closeted or not gonna do what they want to do,” she continued, before adding how Kieran Culkin’s character Roman “feels a bit fluid and pan”.“I don’t think he’d hold back if he fancied doing something,” she added. “He wouldn’t hold back.” In a four-star review of Succession season three, NME wrote: “Succession can risk feeling like a drama too obviously helmed by comedy writers, with its characters sitting in a circle firing off zingers.“There is a reason it is particularly beloved in the media landscape.

Sarah Snook was notably absent from the festivities at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, and according to her co-stars, it's because she tested positive for COVID-19.Snook won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, but was not at the event to accept the honor. Speaking to reporters backstage in the press room, her castmate, Kieran Culkin, shared the reason she was forced to miss the event.«She tested positive for COVID this morning,» Culkin shared.