'The Crown,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'Queen's Gambit' win top Emmy Awards

Netflix’s “The Crown” and “The Queen’s Gambit” combined with Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” win top series honors at the Emmy Awards on September 19, a first for streaming services that cemented their rise to prominence in the television industry. "I’m at a loss for words,” said Peter Morgan, the creator and writer of the British royal saga “The Crown,” which collected acting, writing and directing awards in addition to four acting honors. The record number of nominees of color yielded only two Black winners, including RuPaul for “RuPaul's Drag Race" and Michaela Coel for “I May Destroy You.” “The Crown” stars Olivia Colman and Josh O'Connor won the top drama acting honors, with Jason Sudeikis, star of the warm-hearted “Ted Lasso," and Jean Smart of the generation-gap story “Hacks,” as winners on the comedy side. She also praised their two children as “courageous individuals in their own right.” Earlier in the evening, ebullient “Ted Lasso" castmate Hannah Waddingham, winner of the best supporting actress award for a comedy, said Jason Sudeikis “changed my life with this, and more importantly my baby girl’s." Another lost star was remembered by John Oliver of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” “No one was funnier in the last 20 years than Norm Macdonald on late-night comedy," John Oliver said while accepting the Emmy for best variety talk show, suggesting people spend time checking out clips of Macdonald, as he did after Macdonald died on September 14 aged 61.