Ted Lasso

South Korea's Lee Jung-jae, star of thriller Squid Game, was named best actor and one of several first-time winners.

Best supporting actor, limited series or movie The show’s director, Hwang Dong-hyuk, also picked up the award for best director. I carry them with me, and I carry them with” her character, Rue, as well, Zendaya said.

Ted Lasso shoots and scores—again. At Monday night's Emmy ceremony, the sunny Apple TV+ series picked up several statuettes, including the biggest prize: ...

The show is led by Sudeikis, who turns in a cheery, mustachioed performance as the encouraging and occasionally daffy titular team leader. The actor won the show’s second prize of the night, after costar Brett Goldstein won for best supporting actor in a comedy. The TV Academy readily embraced the show’s bouncy tone and abundant themes of kindness, treating it as a balm amid the peak darkness of the pandemic. The show was also up against Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, What We Do in the Shadows, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Marvelous Mrs. The show faced stiff competition in that category, including newcomers like Abbott Elementary and genre-pushing prestige hits like Barry. “I didn’t think I had a chance,” he said in his folksy speech.

Brett Goldstein, who plays sweary Roy Kent, relapses into profanity in 'second-chance' acceptance speech.

Goldstein, who was born in Sutton, Surrey, and studied film at Warwick University, was hired as a writer by the Ted Lasso team. Jason Sudeikis, the show’s creator and star, won best lead actor in a comedy series. Ted Lasso centres on an eponymous NFL coach who moves to England to coach a struggling Premier League football team.

Evening's uplifting tone in contrast to the darkness that pervaded best drama series winner.

Murray Bartlett won the best supporting actor award for “The White Lotus,” a tragicomedy set in a Hawaii resort. “It means something,” Keaton said of the award for playing a caring doctor ensnared with his patients by addiction. Amanda Seyfried earned the limited-series lead actress trophy for “The Dropout,” in which she played ill-fated Silicon Valley whiz kid Elizabeth Holmes. “When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media. I’m not like a sore winner, but I’m going to go home because I can’t top this right now,” an overcome Carmichael told the audience. Once the music stopped, Thompson provided a mic drop moment — announcing Oprah Winfrey as the first presenter. ABC’s Abbott Elementary, also nominated for best comedy, is a rare bright spot for network broadcasting in the age of streaming and cable dominance. She then encouraged anyone doubting their dream “I am here to tell you this is what believing looks like.” Sudeikis won his second consecutive trophy for playing the unlikely U.S. “Big week for successions, new king in the U.K., this for us. I carry them with me, and I carry them with” Rue, her character, Zendaya said. “I’m not saying we’re more legitimate in our position than he is.

Succession, the story of a dysfunctional wealthy family jockeying for power, and feel-good comedy Ted Lasso have taken...

It was the second win for each in those categories. Sheryl Lee Ralph appeared shocked when her name was called as the winner of best supporting actress in a comedy for Abbott Elementary, a show about a predominantly Black school in Philadelphia. Read books?" "What would we do without television? A third Aussie actor, Toni Collette, missed out on a best actress award for The Staircase, with Amanda Seyfried taking the honours for The Dropout. One newcomer among the major honorees was Lee Jung-jae, who was named best actor in a drama for his role on South Korean drama Squid Game.

'Truly, the plan is entirely in Jason's hands,' Goldstein quipped to reporters about a possible fourth season backstage at the 2022 Emmys.

“I don’t know it any differently,” he adds, “but I know what I know. “The response to the show has been overwhelming,” he said. “This is not something I have any answer for or any power.” One thing the actor does know is that, now that he has a bookend, he’ll be in possession of at least one of his golden girls. “I don’t think I was saying that. If not more Ted Lasso, what about a spinoff? I don’t know if I did. “I don’t know. “I know that all of us would happily do this [show] for 20 years,” Goldstein said. I can say the heart of the show is what it’s supposed to be. I don’t know,” the former In theory, we’ve been writing this [coming season] like it’s the end. “When the footballers are all on crutches, we’d then maybe wrap it up.