The 78th Primetime Emmy Winners Are In!

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The Primetime Emmy Awards is back for its 78th edition!

Television Academy members voted on 555 program submissions across the top 19 program categories, with Apple TV’s Widows’ Bay taking the lead with 14 awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Hiro Hurai), and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Katie Dippold). Following it are The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny, DTF St. Louis, and Peacock’s The Traitors, winning 6 awards each, while coming in with 5 awards each are CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, HBO Max’s The Pitt, and Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Take a look at the complete list of winners below.

Outstanding shows at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama Series

The Diplomat

The Gilded Age

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Paradise

Winner: The Pitt

Pluribus

Slow Horses

Your Friends and Neighbors

 

Outstanding Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

Shrinking

Winner: Widow’s Bay

 

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

All Her Fault

The Beast in Me

Beef

Winner: DTF St. Louis

Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

 

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

Dancing with the Stars

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Survivor

Top Chef

Winner: The Traitors

 

Outstanding Variety Series

The Daily Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Winner: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

Outstanding lead and supporting actors at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams / Wonder Man in Wonder Man

Steve Carell as Greg Russo in Rooster

Winner: Matthew Rhys as Tom Loftis in Widow’s Bay

Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird in Shrinking

Martin Short as Oliver Putnam in Only Murders in the Building

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues in Abbott Elementary 

Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in The Bear 

Elle Fanning as Margo Millet in Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish in The Comeback

Winner: Jean Smart as Deborah Vance in Hacks 

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown as Xavier Collins in Paradise

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses

Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis in Task

Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler in The Diplomat 

Winner: Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch in The Pitt 

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell in The Gilded Age 

Chase Infiniti as Agnes MacKenzie in The Testaments 

Keri Russell as Katherine “Kate” Wyler in The Diplomat 

Winner: Rhea Seehorn as Carol Sturka in Pluribus 

Zendaya as Rue Bennett in Euphoria 

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif in Bait

Jason Bateman as Vince Friedken in Black Rabbit

Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in Monster: The Ed Gein Story 

Oscar Isaac as Joshua Martín in Beef 

Winner: Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis in The Beast in Me

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs in The Beast in Me

Winner: Sally Field as Tova Sullivan in Remarkably Bright Creatures

Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martín in Beef

Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

Sarah Snook as Marissa Irvine in All Her Fault

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Colman Domingo as Danny in The Four Seasons

Paul W. Downs as Jimmy LuSaque Jr. in Hacks

Harrison Ford as Dr. Paul Rhoades in Shrinking

Nick Offerman as James “Jinx” Millet in Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Winner: Stephen Root as Wyck Crawford in Widow’s Bay 

Michael Urie as Brian in Shrinking

Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie in Abbott Elementary

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Dale Dickey as Rosemary in Widow’s Bay

Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels in Hacks

Janelle James as Ava Coleman in Abbott Elementary

Winner: Kate O’Flynn as Patricia Moyer in Widow’s Bay

Michelle Pfeiffer as Shyanne in Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Megan Stalter as Kayla Schaefer in Hacks

Jessica Williams as Gaby Evans in Shrinking

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Patrick Ball as Dr. Frank Langdon from The Pitt

Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison in The Morning Show

Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Jack Abbot in The Morning Show

Gerran Howell as Dr. Dennis Whitaker in The Pitt

Jack Lowden as River Cartwright in Slow Horses

Winner: Tom Pelphrey as Robbie Prendergrast in Task

Carlos Manuel Vesga as Manousos Oviedo in Pluribus

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Taylor Dearden as Dr. Mel King in The Pitt

Fiona Dourif as Dr. Cassie McKay in The Pitt

Winner: Allison Janney as President Grace Penn in The Diplomat

Katherine LaNasa as Dana Evans in The Pitt

Sepideh Moafi as Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi in The Pitt

Julianne Nicholson as Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond in Paradise

Karolina Wydra as Zosia in Pluribus

 

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Lucia Aniello, Hacks, “Hacks”

Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show, “Give It Arrest”

Andrew DeYoung, The Chair Company, “Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does.”

Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary, “Ballgame”

Winner: Hiro Murai, Widow’s Bay, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”

Christopher Storer, The Bear, “Bears”

Outstanding Directors and Writers at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Hanelle Culpepper, Paradise, “Exodus”

Vince Gilligan, Pluribus, “We Is Us”

Winner: Saul Metzstein, Slow Horses, “Scars”

Salli Richardson-Whitfield, The Gilded Age, “My Mind Is Made Up”

Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Task, “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a river.”

Noah Wyle, The Pitt, “12:00 P.M.”

 

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, Hacks, “Hacks”

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary, “Team Building”

Winner: Katie Dippold, Widow’s Bay, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”

Anthony King, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, “Mergers and Acquisitions”

Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback, “Valerie Does It All”

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, The Chair Company, “Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does.”

 

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Peter Akerman and Debora Cahn , The Diplomat, “Amagansett”

Valerie Chu, The Pitt, “12:00 P.M.”

Winner: Vince Gilligan, Pluribus, “We Is Us”

Brad Ingelsby, Task, “A Still Small Voice”

Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt, “1:00 P.M.”

Will Smith, Slow Horses, “Scars”

 

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