Like every year since we have lived immersed in what we could well call the “streaming wars”, the cast of the Emmy awards invites us to take out the calculator and scrutinize what the results of the different platforms have been —and networks, let’s not forget them—. Be very careful, because this 2022 has brought under its arm an epic comeback after a 2021 —almost— of a record.
Sweeping the main categories
Last year we saw a real display of muscle and power from a Netflix that equaled the milestone achieved by CBS in 1974 after winning 44 awards, completely eclipsing its competitors. To get an idea of the blow of authority, we only have to verify that HBO and HBO Max, his immediate pursuers, “only” added a total of 19 awards.
Well, last night, the subsidiary of WarnerMedia and its streaming platform managed to flip the tortilla after kneading a total of 37 Emmys, 12 in the “primetime” categories and another 25 in the technical and creative categories. A not insignificant amount driven by the resounding triumph of ‘The White Lotus’ with 10 statuettes, and by productions such as ‘Succession’ —4—, ‘Euphoria’ —6— or ‘Hacks’ —3—.
In second place we find Netflix, awarded 26 times, of which 23 were in technical and creative categories. The remaining three, in main categories, came from the victories of ‘The Squid Game’ —with Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Dong-hyuk honored as best actor and best drama director respectively— and ‘Ozark ‘ —Emmy for Best Supporting Actress.
Once the first two positions have been overcome, the middle part of the table is quite tight, with Hulu and Apple TV + technically tied with 8 and 7 awards respectively. However, the apple platform wins in the “primetime” categories, with four statuettes —courtesy of ‘Ted Lasso’ and compared to the two from Hulu —for ‘Dopesick’ and ‘The Dropout’ in interpretive categories—.
Finally, and after NBC’s seven victories —one in primetime and six in technical and creative—, they are shocking the poor results of Disney +, which only scratched six awards in the technical and creative sectionand those of an Amazon Prime that won a “primetime” award among its six total victories.