Widow’s Bay Dominates 78th Emmy Awards, The Pitt Wins Best Drama

Widow’s Bay was a massive winner at the 78th annual Emmy Awards, with the comedy dominating the comedy awards while The Pitt won best drama. The Primetime Emmy Awards took place on Monday night and aired on NBC, during which the new Apple TV horror comedy took home six awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor In a Comedy Series (Matthew Rhys), Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Stephen Root), Supporting Actress in a Comedy (Kate O’Flynn), Writing in a Comedy (Hiro Murai), and Directing in a Comedy (Katie Dippold).

It was a breakaway night for the hit series, with the only Comedy category it didn’t win going to Jean Smart for Hacks. Notably, it was the only category Widow’s Bay wasn’t nominated for as well. Only two other shows won more than one award, as The Pitt won Outstanding Drama and Lead Actor in a Drama (Noah Wyle) and Pluribus won Lead Actress in a Drama (Rhea Seehorn) and Writing for a Drama (Vince Gilligan).

Matthew Rhys picked up extra gold on the night, as he also won Outstanding Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for The Beast In Me. The Netflix series lost out to DTF St. Louis in the overall Limited or Anthology Series category.

Apple TV lead the way among networks with eight awards, followed by HBO/HBO/HBO Max with 5 and Netflix with three. You can see the full list of winners below:

TOTALS BY SHOW:

Widow’s Bay: 6
The Pitt: 2
Pluribus: 2
The Beast in Me: 1
The Diplomat: 1
DTF St. Louis: 1
Hacks: 1
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: 1
Remarkably Bright Creatures: 1
Slow Horses: 1
Task: 1
The Traitors: 1

TOTALS BY NETWORK:

Apple TV: 8
HBO/HBO Max: 5
Netflix: 3
CBS: 1
Peacock: 1

WINNERS:

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kate O’Flynn – Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart – Hacks
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Allison Janney – The Diplomat
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Stephen Root – Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Reality Competition Program: The Traitors
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Noah Wyle – The Pitt
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Tom Pelphrey – Task
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: – Sally Field – Remarkably Bright Creatures
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Matthew Rhys – Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Katie Dippold – Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Saul Metzstein – Slow Horses
Outstanding Variety Series: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: Hiro Murai – Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Vince Gilligan – Pluribus
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: DTF St. Louis
Outstanding Drama Series: The Pitt
Outstanding Comedy Series: Widow’s Bay