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2022 Primetime Emmys Live Blog

September 12th, 2022 - 3:14 PM

2022 Primetime Emmys Live Blog

Come here for the latest updates, winners, and news from the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Kenan Thompson starting at 7:30 PM EST. This years 74th Primetime Emmy Award show kicks off our host for tonight Thompson in a top hat cutting through the celebrity-filled crowd with an opening monologue of new age media consumption. The quick monologue flowed directly into a full musical number on center stage some classic sitcom and drama television theme songs such as the Friends and The Brady Bunch intro with some fun dance and musical renditions – even including a table full of some of the Brady Bunch cast.

8:10 PM EST

After wrapping up the throwback television intros in musical form, Kenan introduces Oprah to hand out the first award of the night for Best Lead Actor for a Limited Series. Academy-Award winner Michael Keaton (Birdman) takes home the first prize of the night for his role in Hulu’s original short series Dopesick. The show segues right into the next award, Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, where HBO’s Hacks Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder arrive on the stage to hand out the award to its winner Murray Bartlett for his role in HBO’s The White Lotus.

8:31 PM EST

Kenan Thompson greets the crowd upon its first return from a commercial break where he provides some cracks about Peacock and streaming services for both generations of television consumers. Additionally, Thompson gives a quick rundown for all the series up for best comedy and drama series tonight such as Abbott Elementary, Bob Odenkirk and Better Call Saul, and a quick jab at Yellowjackets being on Showtime. The segment wraps up with a quick compilation of all the drama series from the past year including scenes from Euphoria to Stranger Things to The Walking Dead. Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) arrives on the stage to present the award for Outstanding Support Actor in a Drama Series which is awarded to Matthew Macfayden from HBO’s Succession. Accompanying this award, next up in the show is Outstanding Support Actress in a Drama series presented by Kerry Washington is handed out to Julia Garner from Netflix’s Ozark.

8:46 PM EST


The Emmys returns with a really impressive Simpsons animation over the ballroom featuring a classic Bart prank call for Moe that ends with a laugh at the expense of Jason Sudeikis which leads into a quick montage video of the nominated comedy series this year which includes Abbott Elementary, Barry, and Ted Lasso. Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler hop to center stage to present the next Emmy award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series where the award ends up in the hands of ABC’s Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph, who provides a quick few musical notes and a loud claim for cast and support she has received. The show leads right into Kenan sitting down with musical artist Lizzo giving a brief lesson in television time zones and as she gives out the award for Best Support Actor in a Comedy Series. The winner of this award goes to Ted Lasso‘s Bret Goldstein for his role as Roy Kent.

Next up, the Emmys continues with a duo of Squid Game stars to hand out the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Show where Saturday Night Live takes the prize over A Black Lady Sketch Show. The trio of Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin from Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building to deliver the winner for Outstanding Variety Talk Show which goes to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

9:12 PM EST

The 74th Primetime Emmy Award show comes back after break with Bowen Yang informing Kenan that he was on to be back-up host for tonight’s award shows fitted with a few quick jokes at Yellowjackets and HBO Max. Next up, Chandra Wilson and Freddie Highmore join the stage to present the nominees and award for Outstanding Support Actress in a Limited Series which goes to Jennifer Coolidge. Following Coolidge’s speech, the nominees are read out for Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series where Shemar Moore and Chris O’Donnell announce Amanda Seyfried for her role in The Dropout as this year’s winner.

9:23 PM EST

Tonight’s award ceremony returns with a reading out of the nominees for Outstanding Competition Television Series in which musical artist Lizzo’s original series Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls on Amazon Prime Video. The CEO of the Television Academy Frank Scherma joins the stage and thanks all of the various forms of television fans as well as the personal experiences that are now being shared amongst the variety of new television outlets these days such as Abbott Elementary and Reservation Dogs. Sarah Paulson and Shonda Rhimes announce this year’s winner for the Governor’s Award which goes to Geena Davis.

9:39 PM EST

Diego Luna and Rosario Dawson join the stage after a Star Wars and Emmy collab introduction to present the nominees and winner for Outstanding Directing for a Limited, Anthology Series, or a Television Movie where Mike White wins for his directing on The White Lotus where he honors his parents and his cast that help his vision come to life for his work on tonight’s big winner so far. Next up, the award for Best Writing on a Limited, Anthology, or a Television Movie is presented by Office acting and writing alums BJ Novak and Mindy Kaling where Mike White cleans up another Emmy for his work on The White Lotus.

9:50 PM EST

The Emmys return with a quick skit with an honorary bartender for the night in Kumail Nanijiani who might need some lessons on mixology – particularly with dirty martinis – and lessons in serving full liquor bottles to patrons such as Jason Sudeikis. The Emmys pull off a great surprise cameo of Kel Mitchell, reuniting him with his former co-star in Kenan which leads into giving out the award for Best Writing for a Variety Special. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael brings home the award for his comedy special Rothaniel sporting a shirtless look fitted with a larger than life fur coat from the Bad Boys Entertainment days. Anthony Anderson joins the stage to begin the in memoriam for the stars that passed this past year, accompanied by a background musical performance by John Legend on the piano.

10:04 PM EST

Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay, the legendary Law & Order: Special Victims Unit duo, join the stage after a quick skit involving a stolen Emmy before introducing the nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series where Jason Sudeikis takes home another award for his titular role as Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. The award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series comes quickly with Will Arnett and Jimmy Kimmel announce its winner to be Quinta Brunson for her work on ABC’s Abbott Elementary.

10:17 PM EST

FX’s The Bear stars Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri announce the nominees and winners for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series in which we see Hwang Dong-hyuk for his work on Netflix’s Squid Game, the streaming series blockbusters first win tonight. The next big acting award is next up tonight with Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series, presented by Kelly Clarkson, where Zendaya takes home her second Emmy for her role as Rue Bennett on HBO’s Euphoria.

10:27 PM EST

We return to the award ceremony where Kenan Thompson makes a Squid Game crack before introducing Regina Hall to announce the nominees for tonight’s next award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series where the winner is announced to be Jean Smart for her work on HBO’s Hacks going back-to-back for this role just like Zendaya and Sudeikis. Smart’s speech wraps up as the ceremony segues into the nominees for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series where more SNL alums join the stage in Molly Shannon and Vanessa Bayer and present the award to Ted Lasso‘s MJ Delaney.

10:38 PM EST

Paul Walter Hauser and Taron Egerton come out to announce the winner for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in which Jesse Armstrong for HBO’s Succession takes the annual award home. The award show continues on with Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series with Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae, taking home its second award of the night and making further history for international and Korean television series.

10:48 PM EST

RuPaul and Juliette Lewis take the stage after another commercial break to present the winner for Outstanding Limited, Anthology, or Television Movie to, once more, HBO’s The White Lotus, giving Mike White a third time on the podium to accept tonight for the creative craft behind the hit series. Keeping up with best series of the past year, the next set of nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series is announced as Pete Davidson comes out and provides a shoutout for Kenan’s success before handing out the award to Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso for a second straight year.

10: PM EST

Tonight’s last award finally comes with presenter Selma Blair arriving on stage as the nominations are read out to the crowd. Blair announces that the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series goes to HBO’s Succession for the second year in a row – heavy trend throughout the night. Jesse Armstrong drops some dark humor comparing the show to the current situation in the UK this past week. Kenan Thompson gets on the mic and wraps up the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.

List of Nominees and Winners (Bolded):

Outstanding Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Barry (HBO)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

Hacks (HBO)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Euphoria (HBO)

Ozark (Netflix)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Succession (HBO)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series 

Dopesick (Hulu)

The Dropout (Hulu)

Inventing Anna (Netflix)

Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

The White Lotus (HBO)

Outstanding Competition Program

The Amazing Race (CBS)

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)

Nailed It! (Netflix)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

Top Chef (Bravo)

The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series 

A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 

Donald Glover – Atlanta

Bill Hader – Barry

Nicholas Hoult – The Great

Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building

Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning – The Great

Issa Rae – Insecure

Jean Smart – Hacks

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman – Ozarks

Brian Cox – Succession

Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul

Adam Scott – Severance

Jeremy Strong – Succession

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 

Jodie Comer – Killing Eve

Laura Linney – Ozark

Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets

Sandra Oh – Killing Eve

Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show

Zendaya – Euphoria

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Colin Firth – The Staircase

Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven

Oscar Isaac – Scenes from a Marriage

Michael Keaton – Dopesick

Himesh Patel – Station Eleven

Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Toni Collette – The Staircase

Julia Garner – Inventing Anna

Lily James – Pam & Tommy 

Sarah Paulson – Impeachment: American Crime Story

Margaret Qualley – Maid

Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Carrigan – Barry

Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso

Toheeb Jimoh – Ted Lasso

Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso

Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Henry Winkler – Barry

Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

Janelle James – Abbott Elementary

Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live

Sarah Niles – Ted Lasso

Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary

Juno Temple – Ted Lasso

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nicholas Braun – Succession

Billy Crudup – The Morning Show

Kieran Culkin – Succession

Matthew Macfadyen – Succession

O Yeong-su – Squid Game

Park Hae-soo – Squid Game

John Turturro – Severance

Christopher Walken – Severance

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Patricia Arquette – Severance

Julia Garner – Ozark

HoYeon Jung – Squid Game

Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets

Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul

J. Smith-Cameron – Succession

Sarah Snook – Succession

Sydney Sweeney – Euphoria

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series

Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus

Jake Lacy – The White Lotus

Will Poulter – Dopesick

Seth Rogen – Pam & Tommy

Peter Sarsgaard – Dopesick

Michael Stuhlbarg – Dopesick

Steve Zahn – The White Lotus

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series

Connie Britton – The White Lotus

Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus

Alexandra Daddario – The White Lotus

Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick

Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus

Sydney Sweeney – The White Lotus

Mare Winningham – Dopesick

Outstanding Directing for Comedy Series

Hiro Murai – Atlanta

Bill Hader – Barry

Lucia Aniello – Hacks

Mary Lou Belli – The Ms. Pat Show

Cherien Dabis – Only Murders in the Building

Jamie Babbit – Only Murders in the Building

MJ Delaney – Ted Lasso

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Jason Bateman – Ozark

Ben Stiller – Severance

Hwang Dong-hyuk – Squid Game

Mark Mylod – Succession

Cathy Yan – Succession

Lorene Scafaria – Succession

Karyn Kusama – Yellowjackets

Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Danny Strong – Dopesick

Michael Showalter – The Dropout

Francesca Gregorini – The Dropout

John Wells – Maid 

Hiro Murai – Station Eleven

Mike White – The White Lotus

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Duffy Boudreau – Barry

Alec Berg and Bill Hader – Barry

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky – Hacks

Steven Martin and John Hoffman – Only Murders in the Building

Jane Becker – Ted Lasso

Sarah Naftalis – What We Do in the Shadows

Stefani Robinson – What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series 

Thomas Schnauz – Better Call Saul

Chris Mundy – Ozark

Dan Erickson – Severance

Hwang Dong-hyuk – Squid Game

Jesse Armstrong – Succession

Ashley, Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Jonathan Lisco – Yellowjackets

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Ali Wong – Ali Wong: Don Wong

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Globe – Hungary for Democracy

Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel

Nicole Byer – Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo)

Norm Macdonald – Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Danny Strong – Dopesick

Elizabeth Meriwether – The Dropout

Sarah Burgess – Impeachment: American Crime Story

Molly Smith Metzler – Maid

Patrick Somerville – Station Eleven

Mike White – The White Lotus

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