HBO’s Succession wins big at Golden Globes with four awards

HBO’s Succession won four Golden Globes

HBO’s recently concluded drama Succession dominated the TV categories of the Golden Globes last night, winning best drama TV series and three other gongs.

Succession beat 1923, The Crown, The Diplomat, The Last of Us and The Morning Show in the best drama TV series category, the third time it has won the gong.

The drama, which concluded with its fourth season last year, also saw cast members Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen win in the drama best actress, best actor and best supporting actor categories, respectively.

The series followed the Roy family, the owners of global media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo, and their fight for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family’s patriarch.

Elsewhere, FX series The Bear won a trio of awards, including best musical or comedy TV series, beating All the Light We Cannot See, Beef, Daisy Jones & The Six, Fargo, Fellow Travelers and Lessons In Chemistry.

Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White, meanwhile, won in the best actress and best actor in a musical or comedy TV series categories for their performances in The Bear.

Another award-winning duo from the same programme were Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, who won in the best actress and actor in a limited series, anthology series or TV movie categories for their performances in Netflix series Beef.

The award for best supporting actress in a television show went to Elizabeth Debicki, who stars as Princess Diana in Netflix period drama The Crown.

Finally, the award for best stand-up comedian on television went to Ricky Gervais for his recent Netflix special Ricky Gervais: Armageddon, beating Trevor Noah, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman and Wanda Sykes.