{
  "id": 1947903,
  "title": "Jean Smart Brushes Off Her Potential Emmy Record as a ‘Technicality’: ‘I’ve Got to Give It to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/jean-smart-brushes-off-her-potential-emmy-record-as-a-technicality",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T13:56:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/jean-smart-brushes-off-emmy-record-technicality/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jean Smart may break an Emmy record this year if she secures her fifth win for her role on \"Hacks.\" The actress, however, largely dismissed the potential record as \"a technicality\" during an interview on \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" during the finale of the HBO series. Smart, who has won the lead comedy actress award annually since 2021, expressed her gratitude to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for her achievements on \"Veep.\" Louis-Dreyfus won seven Emmys over the show's eight-year run, though she only claimed six due to a loss to Phoebe Waller-Bridge for \"Fleabag\" in 2019.",
  "summary": "The \"Veep\" star won six Emmys across the HBO show's run The post Jean Smart Brushes Off Her Potential Emmy Record as a ‘Technicality’: ‘I’ve Got to Give It to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [
    "Jean Smart may break Emmy record for Hacks.",
    "Smart dismisses record as 'technicality'.",
    "Praises Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Veep achievements."
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}