'Succession' Creator Addresses Jeremy Strong's Absence from the 2023 Emmys
Succession took home the trophy for Best Drama Series at the 2023 Emmy Awards, the show's sixth win, on Monday, January 15.
“We want to thank HBO, this wasn't an easy show to get up and running at first,” said the show's creator Jesse Armstrong said during the ceremony, which took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “We just wanted to say hello. Hello to Jeremy Strongwho makes a movie, and hello [show writer] Lucy Prebble, who made a baby. We send our love to them both.”
Armstrong, 53, also gave a shout-out to Brian Cox, “who the show revolves around,” even though his character died early in the final season. He added: “This is a show about family, but it's also about when partisan reporting becomes intertwined with divisive right-wing politics. And after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that's a problem we've now solved. So we can now leave the stage.”
Succession defeated the seven fellow nominees for the grand prize: Andor, Better Call Saul, The Crown, House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, The White Lotus And Yellow jackets.
After a long wait and postponement, the 2023 Emmy Awards are almost underway on Monday, January 15 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The Television Academy announced in August 2023 that the 75th annual ceremony was being postponed to January 2024 amid actors, writers and other people. entertainment workers go on strike. Both the Writers Guild […]
General, Succession LED the Emmys with 27 nominations while The last of us And The White Lotus earned 24 and 23 nominations respectively. Actors Matthew Macfadyen, Kieran Culkin And Sara Snoek also earned individual Emmy Awards for their respective ones on Monday Succession roll.
Last year, Succession won Outstanding Drama Series at the 2022 Emmy Awards, after receiving the award earlier in 2020.
“It's an important week for succession,” Armstrong said shared in his 2022 acceptance speech, referring to King Charles III'S accession to the British throne. 'Apparently there were slightly more votes involved in our victory than King Charles'.
He continued: “I'm not saying he's more legitimate in our position than where he is now. We leave that to other people. But we are incredibly grateful to have this. It is a wonderful honor.”
Formerly Netflix The crownwhich premiered in November 2016, took home the trophy for Best Drama Series in 2021. The show has won a total of 21 Emmys and received 69 nominations.
“We're going to have a party now” That of the Crown Creator Peter Morgan shared during his acceptance speech at the time. 'I'm out of words. I am very, very grateful. Thank you.”
AMCs You better call Saul, which premiered in February 2015, has been nominated for Best Drama Series a total of seven times. The critically acclaimed series has received a total of 53 nominations and was hoping for their first Emmy Award this year.
Showtimes Yellow jackets was also nominated in this category in 2022 and has received a total of 10 nominations.
HBO Max The White Lotus previously won 14 Emmys and received 43 nominations. Two other HBO Max series, The last of us And House of the Dragon also belong to this category. The last of us has received 24 nominations and eight Emmy wins to date House of the Dragon received eight Emmy nominations with one win.
Disney+s Andora Star Wars spin-off, has received eight Emmy nominations after its debut season.