Emmys: ‘The Bear’, ‘The White Lotus’ & ‘Beef’ Take Aim At Top Series Categories With Casting Wins

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The Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday handed out trophies in the Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, Drama Series and Limited or Anthology Series categories.

They went to FX’s The Bear (casting directors Jeanie Bacharach, Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal, and AJ Links), HBO’s The White Lotus (Meredith Tucker, Francesco Vedovati, and Barbara Giordani) and Netflix’s Beef (Charlene Lee and Claire Koonce), respectively Last year, two of the winners in the casting categories, Succession for drama series and The White Lotus, which competed as a limited series in Season 1, went on to triumph a week later as Outstanding Drama Series and Limited Series winners, respectively.

The Casting for a Comedy Series Emmy was won by ABC’s Abbott Elementary while Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso repeated as Comedy Series Emmy winner.

The year before, the winners in the three casting categories all went on to triumph in the marquee scripted categories. The Bear and Beef are leading most odds for Outstanding Comedy Series and Limited Series, respectively.