2024 Emmy Awards: Succession, Beef and The Bear dominate with best drama, comedy and limited series honours and multiple awards for cast members

Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen win drama acting Emmys for Succession, and three cast members of The Bear pick up comedy acting awards

Steven Yeun and Ali Wong repeat their Golden Globes best actor and actress in a limited series wins, and The White Lotus’ Jennifer Coolidge bags an award too

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“Succesion” creator Jesse Armstrong and cast members celebrate after the HBO show won the Emmy Award for best drama series at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, one of six awards it took home. “Beef” and “The Bear” were the other big winners. Photo: Reuters

Published: 8:21am, 16 Jan 2024Updated: 1:28pm, 16 Jan 2024

Postponed by four months because of Hollywood strikes, the Emmy Awards finally took place on Monday, with the last season of Succession scooping multiple prizes.

The HBO show about the back-stabbing dynastic battles of a powerful family won best drama series, best writing and directing, and three acting Emmys, while The Bear led the comedy awards and Beef dominated in the limited series section, in a repeat of the Golden Globes last week.

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong accepted the Emmy for best writing for a drama series, and said: “It was a great sadness to end the show, but it was a great pleasure to do it.”

Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook won the Emmys for best actor and actress in a drama series, and Matthew MacFadyen best supporting actor in a drama series, for their roles in Succession.

Matthew Macfadyen poses with his Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series for “Succession” backstage at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo: AFP

Jesse Armstrong accepts the Emmy for best writing for a drama series for “Succession”. Photo: AFP

Culkin had twice been nominated for best supporting actor for Succession without a win. But in the final season, in which his character Roman Roy goes from sideline wisecracker to emotional disaster at the centre of the show’s drama, he was put in the lead category and won over castmates Brian Cox, who played his father, and Jeremy Strong, who played his older brother.