Will Succession Repeat Its Golden Globes Victories at the Emmys

It’s been more than half a year and two strikes since Succession ended its run on HBO. But the Roy family was back on top at the Golden Globes 2024, with victories for best drama series and for stars Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen, and Kieran Culkin. The show had won best drama series twice before, which made its victories on Sunday no surprise. But because last year’s strikes delayed the Emmys broadcast from its traditional September slot to January 16, the Globes were the first televised awards show that had an opportunity to celebrate the Roy family’s final bow. 

So now that the Emmys have to follow suit, will they take the exact same path? Emmy voting concluded back in August, believe it or not, with the voting period continuing as normal even after the broadcast was officially postponed in late July. So technically, you can say the Globes are still following the Emmys, even if the results of that long-ago Emmy vote haven’t yet been revealed. Either way, though, the writing was on the wall long before Tom and Shiv took that fateful final car ride. Succession has been the dominant drama series of the past few years, and it would have been crazy for any awards shows not to recognize that.

That said…. repeat wins for Succession at the Emmys might not be as smooth a path as we might have predicted even a few days ago. At the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday night, the first of two ceremonies that precede the main broadcast, Succession went home winless, missing out in categories including costumes, casting, and even for Nicholas Brittell’s iconic score. In the guest acting categories it faced particular competition from its HBO sibling The Last of Us, which won both awards on the drama side. 

Does that necessarily mean that Pedro Pascal could edge out Kieran Culkin or Jeremy Strong in the Emmy category for best actor in a drama series? Maybe not. But The Last of Us may be stronger than many might have expected — one of many reasons the Emmys, despite their delay, remain appointment viewing. 

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