Seth Rogen was the big winner at the Emmy Awards ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles Sunday.
Rogen won the Best Actor in a Comedy prize, as well as the trophies for Best Directing and Writing for a Comedy for The Studio, which was also deemed Best Comedy Series.
Jean Smart earned the honour for Best Actress in a Comedy for Hacks.
These were Rogen’s career-first wins and Smart’s seventh.
Smart’s co-star Hannah Einbinder also picked up her first Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy.
Comedian Nate Bargatze hosted the show, which aired live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
The Emmys honour excellence in television.
Severance and The Penguin led the field with the most nominations — 27 and 24 — going into the competition.
Severance co-stars Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress in a Drama.
Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa picked up the prizes for Best Actor and Supporting Actress in a Drama for The Pitt. The hospital drama also won for Best Drama.
Cristin Milioti took home the Emmy for Best Actress in a TV Movie, Anthology or Miniseries for The Penguin and Jeff Hiller was voted Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for Somebody Somewhere.
Adolescence won the prizes for Best Miniseries or Anthology Series. Co-stars Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper won for Best Actor, Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Anthology Series.
The Traitors was named Best Reality Competition Series, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won for Best Scripted Variety Series and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won for Best Talk Series.
Presenters throughout the event included Jenna Ortega, Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Coolidge, Kathryn Hahn, Elizabeth Banks, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman, Kathy Bates, Kristen Bell, Alexis Bledel, Sterling K. Brown, Stephen Colbert, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, Tina Fey, Tony Goldwyn, Lauren Graham, Justin Hartley, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, James Marsden, Leanne Morgan, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Parker Posey, Jeff Probst, Phylicia Rashad, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Michael Schur, Sydney Sweeney, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Williams and Catherine Zeta-Jones. (UPI)
