Postponed from last year due to the SAG-AFTRA Hollywood strike, the Emmy Awards 2024 was worth the wait. The awards honoured the best of the small screen—television and digital screening. Held on January 15 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, this year’s award night saw three of the most entertaining shows—Succession, The Bear, and Beef—come out on top. The three shows dominated their respective categories (drama, comedy, and limited series), and while Succession and The Bear went home with six awards each, Beef claimed a total of five awards. 

Here’s a round-up of the biggest wins from Emmy Awards 2024.

After having won four awards at the recently-held Golden Globe Awards, HBO’s highly-acclaimed media dynasty drama, Succession, capped off the night with six Emmys in the drama category. These included the Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Sarah Snook) and Outstanding Lead Actor In a Drama Series (Kieran Culkin), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Matthew Macfadyen), and Outstanding Writing (Jesse Armstrong) and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Mark Mylod).

The Bear bagged six awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor bagged by Jeremy Allen White, Outstanding Supporting Actress won by Ayo Edebri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach taking home the Outstanding Supporting Actor award. It was a double delight for creator Christopher Storer as he took home the award for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. 

The other big winner of the night was Beef, which nabbed five awards. Namely, Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series, Outstanding Lead Actor In a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (won by Steven Yeun), Outstanding Lead Actress In a Limited or Anthology Series Or Movie (won by Ali Wong), and Lee Sung Jin’s two awards, Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing For a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. 

Highlights from the night

The night was peppered with many landmark moments. Ali Wong became the first Asian woman to win an Emmy for a lead role. Furthermore, it was also the first time that two Black women—Quinta Brunson and Ayo Edebiri—won both the Lead and Supporting Actress awards in the comedy category.

Sarah Snook pays tribute to her newborn daughter

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Sarah Snook paid tribute to her newborn daughter as she accepted the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, a day after taking home the Critics Choice Award for her role as Shiv Roy in Succession.

“Also the biggest thank you is to someone who won’t understand anything that I’m saying at the moment,” said Snook. “But I carried her with me in this last season and really it was her who carried me. It’s very easy to act when you’re pregnant because you’ve got hormones raging. It was more that the proximity of her life growing inside me gave me the strength to do this and this performance, and I love you so much and it’s all for you from here on out.”

The Culkin kiss

Snook’s co-star Kieran Culkin won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy beating his co-stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong. He made his way to the stage, but not before he kissed Cox, his on-screen father, on the lips.

A tribute to Matthew Perry and the deceased

This year’s In Memoriam tribute was performed by pop star Charlie Puth singing his hit See You Again, which he followed up with a rendition of the Friends theme song I’ll Be There For You. Matthew Perry was the last person shown on screen followed by a collage of him along with industry folk lost over the year including Kirstie Alley, Angus Cloud, Stephen ‘Twitch’ Boss, Alan Arkin, and Barbara Walters among others.

A kiss that no one’s forgetting

The cast of The Bear was in high spirits, having won awards for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series, and the celebration was taken a notch higher when they took to the stage to accept the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Actor Matty Matheson accepted the award; he barely started his speech before his co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach stopped him to give a big, wet kiss on the lips.

“Would Like to Thank Me,” says Niecy Nash-Betts in her acceptance speech

Niecy Nash-Betts had her moment in the sun after winning her first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Dahmer. This win comes after she was nominated five times before, without a single win. She enjoyed every moment on the stage saving her biggest thanks for the most important person in her life—herself. 

“Thank you to the most high for this divine moment,” she shared. “Thank you, Ryan Murphy, for seeing me, Evan Peters, I love you. Netflix, every single person who voted for me, thank you. And my better half who picked me up when I was gutted from this work. Thank you. And you know who I want to thank? I want to thank me. For believing in me and doing what they said I could not,” she continued. “And I want to say to myself in front of all you beautiful people, ‘Go on girl with your bad self. You did that!’ ”

Complete Winners List

Outstanding Drama Series: Succession

Outstanding Comedy Series: The Bear

Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series: Beef

Outstanding Actress In A Drama Series: Sarah Snook, Succession

Outstanding Actor In A Drama Series: Kieran Culkin, Succession

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

Outstanding Actor In A Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie: Steven Yeun, Beef

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie: Ali Wong, Beef

Outstanding Actress In A Comedy Series: Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: Matthew Macfayden, The Succession

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie: Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie: Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series: Jesse Armstrong, Succession

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series: Mark Mylod, Succession

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series: Christopher Storer, The Bear

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series: Christopher Storer, The Bear

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie: Lee Sung Jin, Beef

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie: Lee Sung Jin, Beef

Outstanding Scripted Variety Series: John Oliver, Last Week Tonight John Oliver

Outstanding Talk Series: The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Outstanding Variety Special (Live): Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series: John Oliver, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Outstanding Reality Competition Program: RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race