Emmy Awards 2024: Winners List, Shocking Moments and Best of Red Carpet

So, the Emmy Awards happened. After a four-month delay due to the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild strikes, the 75th annual Emmy Awards gave out those gold statuettes to the "best" of television, and things went basically according to plan. Succession dominated, The Bear roared, and Jennifer Coolidge stole the show with her acceptance speech. Here's everything you need to know about the 2024 Emmy Awards.

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Let's start things off with the red carpet. The first miss of the red carpet was the official Emmys backdrop in all the photos. Holy cow, talk about busy. "FOX" is splashed in massive letters all over the place with a more subtle "EMMYS" spaced out normally. It makes every photo look like a visual representation of a migraine.

Beyond the backdrop, the stars turned it out... kind of. There wasn't much of a theme or a standout from the looks tonight, they were chaotic and inspired, but mostly boring. Standouts include Jessica Chastain, Aubrey Plaza, Jessica Williams, Colman Domingo, Jenna Ortega, and Will Sharpe. The worst look of the night goes to Alex Borstein. Oy, that was a mess. Oh, I almost forgot, a pic of what appeared to be a goblin following Claire Danes on the red carpet went viral. The goblin turned out to be Princess Poppy, a drag queen from RuPaul's Drag Race.

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Once the ceremony started, host Anthony Anderson did something Jo Koy didn't do at the Golden Globes: he didn't rag on the writers when his jokes didn't land. Frankly, I don't think award shows need hosts. Just have an announcer and a bunch of celebrities looking pretty in outfits yet awkward in person. Isn't that why we watch these shows?

As I mentioned, the winners this year were largely predictable. That usually happens when there's a combination of shows in their final seasons (Succession, Ted Lasso) and hot new shows (The Bear). Does this make for an exciting awards show? Not really. (I live on drama.) But hey, at least the celebrities are fun to look at.

Highlights of the night include...

- Christina Applegate was the first presenter of the night and came out to a standing ovation. In August 2021, she announced she had multiple sclerosis.
- Ayo Edebiri having Carson Daly hold her purse after she won for The Bear. SO funny!
- Quinta Brunson is only the second Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in Abbott Elementary. The first Black woman to win was Isabel Sanford for The Jeffersons.
- Jennifer Coolidge stole the night with her acceptance speech when said said, "I just wanna thank all the evil gays," referencing her line from The White Lotus.
- There was an ongoing bit between host Anthony Anderson and his mother in the audience that was actually funny. She would hold the time card if speeches ran too long, and the two of them would banter. Usually, this is cringe, but it actually worked.
- Niecy-Nash Betts made an emotional speech after winning her first Emmy for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
- Throughout the night the show honored classic shows like Martin, The Sopranos, Cheers, among others, with original cast members. What would normally be canned bits actually proved to be fun.
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler presented an award from their iconic Saturday Night Live Weekend Update desk.
- When Kieran Culkin won for Succession, he somehow lost his jacket. It's sad that this is the biggest surprise of the night.
- The Bear's Matty Matheson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach jokingly made out as they accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.

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Here are the major winners of the night. For a full list of winners, visit the Emmys website.

COMEDY SERIES: The Bear
ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

DRAMA SERIES: Succession
ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Kieran Culkin, Succession
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Sarah Snook, Succession
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

LIMITED SERIES: Beef
ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE: Steven Yeun, Beef
ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE: Ali Wong, Beef
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE: Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE: Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM: RuPaul's Drag Race
TALK SERIES: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
SCRIPTED VARIETY SERIES: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver