Summary
- Succession wins Best Drama Series at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards after earning 14 nominations and critical acclaim.
- The show focuses on the morally corrupt Roy family and their fight for control of their media company.
- Other nominees for Best Drama include Better Call Saul, The Crown, House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, Andor, and The White Lotus.
The winner for Best Drama Series at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards is… Succession.
This Year’s Emmy Awards Faced Delays Due to Strike Action
Succession
- Release Date
- June 3, 2018
- Creator
- Jesse Armstrong
Following a four-month delay, the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards is finally here, with the likes of Succession, The Bear, The Last of Us, and Better Call Saul all up for awards. After monumental success, the acclaimed drama series Succession met predictions and led the nominations, earning a whopping 14 acting nominations, including Best Drama Series, and nods for stars Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook.
Created by Jesse Armstong and first airing back in 2018, Succession centers on the Roy family, the all-powerful owners of the global media and entertainment conglomerate, Waystar RoyCo. A fight for control begins when the health of current family patriarch, Logan Roy, grows increasingly uncertain.
Featuring a large ensemble cast that includes Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, and Hiam Abbass, as wellas Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, Rob Yang, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, J. Smith-Cameron, Justine Lupe, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, and Alexander Skarsgård, Succession has been a critical hit for HBO, with the series having already won all manner of Emmys, Golden Globes, and more throughout its run.
Other shows up for Best Drama at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards include the Breaking Bad spinoff series, Better Call Saul. The series sees Bob Odenkirk reprise the role of Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman and serves primarily as a prequel, exploring how Jimmy became the shifty lawyer we all know and love.
The rest of the Best Drama nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards include Netflix’s The Crown; the Game of Thrones spinoff show House of the Dragon; the hugely successful video game adaptation The Last of Us; the Star Wars series Andor, and the critically acclaimed The White Lotus, which is now undergoing filming in Thailand.
Ultimately, it all went to Succession in its final season.
