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Emmys 2022: 'Succession', 'The White Lotus' 'Squid Game' win big, here's the complete winners' list

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(AP) — “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” topped the Emmy Awards on Monday, in a ceremony that touted the power of TV and extended honors to “Squid Game” and winners who delivered messages of empowerment.

The evening’s uplifting tone, as voiced especially by Zendaya, Lizzo, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, was in contrast to the darkness that pervaded the storytelling of best drama series winner “Succession” and even comedy series winner “Ted Lasso.”

“Thanks for making such a safe space to make this very difficult show,” said best drama actress winner Zendaya, claiming her second award for “Euphoria,” which chronicles teens and their tough coming of age.

“My greatest wish for “Euphoria’ was that it could help heal people. Thank you to everyone who has shared your story with me. I carry them with me, and I carry them with” her character, Rue, as well, Zendaya said.


“Succession,” about a media empire run by a grasping and cutthroat family, split drama series honors with “Squid Game,” the series about the idle rich turning the poor into entertainment fodder.

Lee Jung-Jae of “Squid Game,” who played the show’s moral center, became the first Asian actor to win the best drama series actor Emmy.

Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart collected back-to-back acting trophies, while Zendaya picked up her second drama actress prize for “Euphoria.”

Several new Emmy winners were minted, with Lizzo and Quinta Brunson, and Sheryl Lee Ralph of “Abbott Elementary” collecting trophies.

Sudeikis won his second consecutive trophy for the soccer comedy “Ted Lasso,” with Smart matching that haul for the standup-centered comedy “Hacks.” Sudeikis gave a rare awards show shoutout to TV consumers.

“Thanks to the people who watch this show and dig it as much as we dig making it,” he said.

Ralph stopped the Emmy Awards show by accepting the best-supporting actress comedy award for “Abbott Elementary” with a brief but rousing song of affirmation.

“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song. I am a woman, I am an artist and I know where my voice belongs,” she belted out. She then encouraged anyone doubting their dream “I am here to tell you this is what believing looks like.”

The audience, including Lizzo and many of television’s biggest stars, leaped to their feet to cheer on Ralph.

When Lizzo herself accepted the award for a best-competition series trophy for “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” she offered another emotional pep talk.

“When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media. Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me,” the music artist said.


“Ted Lasso” co-star Brett Goldstein, won comedy supporting actors, while Matthew Macfadyen of “Succession” and Julia Garner of “Ozark” earned drama series supporting actor honors.

“It’s such a pleasure and privilege for me to play this bonkers gift of a role in this wonderful show,” Macfadyen said in accepting the trophy for his role as a scheming member of a media empire family.

Garner was among the winners who took advantage of covering all bases by thanking her husband and others in an on-screen message.

“The White Lotus” collected several honors, including best limited or anthology series.

Host Kenan Thompson kicked off the Emmys with a tribute to TV, dismissing Tik-Tok as “tiny vertical television,” and a musical number saluting series’ theme songs from “Friends” to “The Brady Bunch” to “Game of Thrones.”

Once the music stopped, Thompson provided a mic drop moment — announcing Oprah Winfrey as the first presenter. Winfrey strutted onto the stage holding an Emmy statuette, declaring the night “a party!” The night’s first award went to Michael Keaton for his role in “Dopesick.” Winfrey and Keaton hugged before she handed him his trophy.

“It means something,” Keaton said of the award for playing a caring doctor ensnared with his patients by addiction. He went on to recall the “magic” of being introduced to the TV when his dad won a set at a raffle and thanked his parents for not mocking his youthful attempts at acting.

Amanda Seyfried earned the limited-series lead actress trophy for “The Dropout,” in which she played ill-fated Silicon Valley whiz kid Elizabeth Holmes. She thanked a list of family and colleagues and even her dog, Finn.

Murray Bartlett won the best supporting actor award for the limited series of “The White Lotus,” a tragicomedy set in a Hawaii resort. Jennifer Coolidge, who won best supporting actress honors for the show, delighted the audience by shimmying to the music intended to cut off her acceptance speech.


The award for best variety talk show went to “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” with the stand-up special “Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel” winning for best writing for a comedy special.

“Good night, everybody. I’ma go home. I’m not like a sore winner, but I’m going to go home because I can’t top this right now,” an overcome Carmichael told the audience.

Glamour was back with some metallic sparkle and lots of bright color as an otherworldly Britt Lower, Old Hollywood Elle Fanning, and their fellow stars posed for photographers.

Television's biggest stars stepped out for the 74th annual Emmy Awards on Monday -- and we've got the night's most buzz-worthy moments right here.

This year's telecast was hosted by "Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson and went down at the Microsoft Theater after spending the evening outside at L.A. Live's Event Deck in 2021.

Throughout the evening, there were some amazing acceptance speeches, some killer jokes at the expense of people in the audience, and at least one "disrespectful" moment that blew up on Twitter.

Keep reading for the night's must-see moments!

Kenan Opens the Show with a Dance and Roast

The show kicked off with a big dance number set to remixed versions of famous TV opening themes.

The medley included "Friends" -- after which Thompson gave a shoutout to "Living Single" -- and "The Brady Bunch" -- with the OG Bradys in the room -- before tunes like "Law & Order" and "Game of Thrones" got the night club remix. Kenan even got in on the dancing action -- even rocking a white Targaryen wig at one point while doing it.

During his opening, Kenan poked fun at NBC -- joking nobody under 20 knows what network TV is -- an "Yellowjackets," saying it was "hard to watch" because "it's on Showtime," getting quite the laugh from the show's cast.

He also cracked, "Zendaya just turned 26 last week. 26 is a weird age in Hollywood. You're young enough to play a high school student but you're too old to date Leonardo DiCaprio," as Zendaya hid her head in laughter.

Of "Succession," he joked it was "the only show with three brothers but no brothers."

Micheal Keaton Gets Bleeped

Picking up the first trophy of the night for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for "Dopesick," Michael Keaton was bleeped when he dropped an f-bomb at the end of his speech.

"Over the years, we've all been through a lot of tough times. There have been some doubters. I've had some doubters," he said. "You know what? We're cool. But I also had those people for all these years when the times were tough who were the true believers ... I f---ing love you, man."

His win also got people talking about "Batgirl" and how bad an idea it was for Warner Bros. to shelve a movie with Keaton's Batman return in it.

Sheryl Lee Ralph's Speech Wins the Night

Sheryl Lee Ralph won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her incredible work on "Abbott Elementary" and hit all the right notes as she took the stage and gave one of the best acceptance speeches, ever.

Getting to the microphone, she broke into song, belting out Dianne Reeves' "Endangered Species" -- specifically the lyrics, "I am an endangered species but I sing no victim song. I am a woman, I am an artist and I know where my voice belongs."

In her speech, she added, "To anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream wasn't, wouldn't come true, I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. This is what striving looks like. And don't you ever, ever give up on you because if you get a Quinta Brunson in your corner if you get a husband like mine in your corner if you get children like mine in your corner, and if you've got friends like everybody who voted for me, cheered for me, loved me-- Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Jennifer Coolidge Refuses to Leave the Stage

Jennifer Coolidge picked up the trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie thanks to her work on "The White Lotus" and took her time on the stage.

After thanking her costars and creators, she took a moment to tell the crowd that she enjoyed a "lavender bath tonight right before the show" adding to raucous laughter that it made her "swell up inside my dress." She added, "and I'm having a hard time speaking, but anyway--" before grabbing a list of names out of her pocket.

As she kept thanking her team, the music started to play her off, but she refused to go anywhere.

"Hold on, this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing!" she exclaimed, as she named more names and kept yelling, Wait, holds on, one thing, wait!"

Eventually, she just started dancing to the music before finally heading off stage with her first-ever Emmy.

Lizzo Gets One Step Closer to an EGOT

The musician picked up her first Primetime Emmy Award during the show, taking home the Outstanding Competition Program trophy for "Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls."

"When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see in the media was someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me," she said through tears. "If I could go back and tell little Lizzo something, I'd be like, 'You're gonna see that person, but bitch, it's gonna have to be you."

She then called out the show's contestants, who were in the house.

"These women were filming a television show that will change their lives forever. They are Emmy Award-winning superstars who are going on a world tour! Make some noise for my Big Grrrls!" she exclaimed. "God bless you, this is for the big girls! Thank you so much!"

With that win, the Grammy-winner is halfway to an EGOT.

A Little Geena Davis Appreciation

Geena Davis started trending after she and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender In Media were honored for its mission to "promote gender balance" and inclusion in Hollywood.

As she took to the stage, she asked for help from the audience to walk up the stairs and immediately three men -- including Martin Short and Tom Pelphrey -- rushed to her aid. AS THEY SHOULD.

"Tonight is about honoring the best of television, and as you know, as Lizzo knows, television can often directly impact how people see themselves and judge their value in the world," she said, giving a nod to Lizzo's win moments earlier. "And in the time since I launched the Institute, we've made a great deal of progress but still there's more work to do, of course."

Quinta Brunson Wins Big, Jimmy Kimmel Plays Dead

"Abbott Elementary" creator and star Quinta Brunson took home the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series trophy for the ABC sitcom, much to the delight of fans and all of Twitter.

What fans were split on, however, was Jimmy Kimmel continuing to play dead after she came on the stage as part of a bit he and Will Arnett did while announcing the nominees. "Jimmy, wake up, I won," she said as she took the stage, walking around him to get to the mic, but all she got was a quick thumbs up from the ground.

He stayed there throughout her speech and people weren't happy about it.

Zendaya Makes History

Not only did Zendaya win and beat out the likes of Laura Linney, Reese Witherspoon, and Sandra Oh for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category, but she also made history doing it.

Thanks to her work on "Euphoria," the 26-year-old Zendaya became the youngest two-time winner of any Emmy category ever and also the first Black woman to win this specific category twice.

To say fans were thrilled is an understatement.

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