Succession and Ted Lasso face off against a crop of newcomers and first-time Emmy contenders like the wonderful Abbott Elementary and South Korean dystopian drama Squid Game.
The winners this year were something of an even split, even if there were few upsets or huge surprises. Clear favourites and veteran shows proved they weren’t going to be edged out by the newbies.
Case and point: HBO’s Succession beat Netflix’s Squid Game in the Best Drama category, while Ted Lasso and The White Lotus took home several top awards and emerged as the evening's main winners.
Many were expecting Squid Game, which holds the title of Netflix’s most watched series to date, to make history by becoming the first non-English series to win the Emmy’s Outstanding Drama Series category.
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