Questions and Answers about
Emmy Awards
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in TVWhich show won the most awards for a comedy series in its FIRST year?
Answer: “The Bear” set a record at the 2023 Emmys by winning the most awards for a comedy series in its first season.
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in TVWhat historic achievement was unlocked at the 2023 Emmys?
Answer: Quinta Brunson made history by being the first female Black actor to win an Emmy in the comedy category in more than 40 years at the 2023 Emmy Awards.
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in TVWhy is John Oliver’s 7-year Emmy-winning streak for outstanding variety series ending in 2023?
Answer: John Oliver’s show, Last Week Tonight. has been moved to another category in 2023 — outstanding scripted variety series. The Television Academy changed its rules to define variety series as “unscripted or improv-based.” Since Oliver’s show is mostly scripted and pre-recorded, it no longer qualifies for the previous category. The new category also includes…
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in TVWho is the ruthless and powerful patriarch of the media mogul family in HBO’s Succession?
Answer: Logan Roy, played by renowned Shakespearean stage actor and Emmy winner Brian Cox, is the founder and CEO of the fictional Waystar-Royco, the global media and entertainment conglomerate on HBO’s Succession. He is also the father of four children – Kendall, Shiv, Roman, and Connor – who constantly vie for his approval. Cox and…
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in TVWhat is the relationship between the two main characters in Apple TV’s “Shrinking”?
Answer: In Apple TV’s “Shrinking,” Jason Segel and Harrison Ford are therapists working together in a mental health practice. Ford plays Segel’s cranky colleague and mentor. . The show started streaming on Jan. 27, 2023, earning Segel his first Emmy nomination._x000D__x000D_
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in TVHow many times has a Netflix original won Best Series in the Emmys?
Netflix has won no Emmy awards for Best Series so far._x000D_
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in TVWho is the first transgender performer to be nominated in a lead acting category in the Emmys?
Mj Rodriguez of “Pose” is the first trans performer to be nominated in a lead acting category. The show also earned a best drama series nod. The series from Steven Canals and Ryan Murphy broke ground with the casting of transgender actors as trans characters.
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in TVWho is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards?
Ed Asner is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven. He is also the most nominated actor for the Emmys, with 17 nominations – a tie-in with Michael J. Fox. Asner won five of his Emmys for portraying Lou Grant (three in the comedy series “The…
