The Studio, Apple’s Hollywood satire co-created by and starring Seth Rogen, has completed an extraordinary first run at the Emmys with a win in the category of Outstanding Comedy Series.
“Thank you. It’s getting embarrassing. I really appreciate it,” Rogen said up top. “In all honesty — I’ll do my best attempt at sincerity here — if you watched our show, if you appreciated our show, if you voted for our show especially, thank you very much.”
Rogen said he was “legitimately embarrassed” by how happy he felt at the recognition, “and to be standing up here with all these people, these are the best people I know. And to have them spend their days working with me is truly one of the great honors of my life. So thank you to all these people so much.”
Others shouted out by Rogen and team included Apple’s Tim Cook, Rogen’s co-creator Frida Perez — said to be the first Latina ever to win Outstanding Comedy Series — and all the executives out there like the one he plays on TV. By the end of the speech, host Nate Bargatze’s charity fund counter — tied to the length of all winners’ speech — was in the negative. Unclear what happens with The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which would have taken home $100,000 or more, should tonight’s winners have kept their speeches under 45 seconds a pop. Perhaps The Boys & Girls Clubs now owe Bargatze money?
The win in Outstanding Comedy Series capped off a night in which The Studio won four statuettes, the others being Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Rogen), Directing for a Comedy Series, and Writing for a Comedy Series. Rogen was among the honorees in each case. The show thus broke the all-time records for most wins for a freshman comedy series and most wins for a comedy series, period. Individually, Rogen tied for most Emmys won by a single individual in one night.
In addition to 2024 winner Hacks (HBO Max) and 2023 winner The Bear (FX), the show beat out Comedy Series entrants including Abbott Elementary (ABC), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), What We Do in the Shadows (FX), Shrinking (Apple), and Nobody Wants This (Netflix).
Prior to tonight’s ceremony at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, The Studio had already won nine Emmys at the Creative Arts shows. Those awards, presented at separate ceremonies on September 6 and 7, recognized the show for its costumes, production design, casting, single-camera picture editing, sound editing, sound mixing, music supervision, and cinematography, as well as for the performance of guest actor Bryan Cranston.
Back in July, when this year’s Emmy nominations were announced, The Studio scored 23 — the most for any debut comedy series, ahead of Ted Lasso‘s 20 in 2021. The show also tied The Bear for the most nominations for a single season of a comedy.
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A workplace comedy sending up modern Hollywood, The Studio stars Rogen as Matt Remick, who in being elevated to head of Continental Studios, struggles to reconcile corporate demands with the love of movies that made him chase a show biz career in the first place. Created and exec produced by Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez, the show had a buzzy multi-episode premiere back in March, was renewed for a second season in May, and has continued to be a big part of the cultural conversation ever since.
Other EPs on The Studio include James Weaver, Alex McAtee and Josh Fagen of Rogen and Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures’ which has a first-look TV deal with the show’s producer, Lionsgate Television. Packed with A-list guest appearances, the show’s supporting cast includes Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Kathryn Hahn.
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