Netflix and Apple take honours at Emmys dominated by streaming companies

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Silicon Valley triumphed on the Emmy Awards on Sunday, as Netflix’s The Crown and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso took prime collection honours and cemented the dominance within the US of programming created for streaming companies.

Netflix’s fourth season of The Crown gained the Emmy for greatest drama, a primary for the streaming pioneer. The present dominated within the performing classes, with wins for Olivia Colman, who performs Queen Elizabeth, and Josh O’Connor, who portrays Prince Charles.

Gillian Anderson gained greatest supporting actress in a drama collection for her portrayal of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, whereas Tobias Menzies gained greatest supporting actor in a drama collection for his flip as Prince Philip.

The Crown gained seven awards in whole whereas Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit gained two prizes, together with greatest restricted collection.

Ted Lasso, a feel-good programme about an American who’s employed to educate a British soccer staff, gained greatest comedy collection, an enormous achievement for Apple’s streaming service, which launched solely two years in the past. Jason Sudeikis, the present’s star, gained the highest award for comedy performing.

A pandemic hit that was promoted with the slogan “Kindness makes a comeback”, Ted Lasso has been Apple’s first bona fide success. The corporate earmarked more than $6bn in 2019 for its streaming effort, a battle chest that allowed it to lure prime expertise.

The competitors might change into even fiercer because the streaming business enters what analysts have dubbed a “land seize” section, following current launches of Disney, Paramount+, HBO Max and others.

This was the second Emmy ceremony disrupted by Covid-19. Worries concerning the Delta variant of coronavirus pressured organisers to maneuver the ceremony to an out of doors tent in downtown Los Angeles.

Whereas a lot of the standard glitzy events had been scrapped, stars nonetheless posed outside on the red carpet. About 500 folks attended the ceremony, the Related Press estimated.