{
  "id": 7472605,
  "title": "'Widow's Bay' breaks Emmys record with 14 wins including best comedy series, 'Pitt' wins best drama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/widows-bay-breaks-emmys-record-with-14-wins-including-best-comedy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:47:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260915/widows-bay-breaks-emmys-record-with-14-wins-including-best-comedy-series-pitt-wins-best-drama"
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  "account": "The Emmy Awards on Monday night were dominated by \"Widow's Bay,\" an Apple TV+ show that shattered expectations and set a new record. The comedy series claimed an impressive 14 wins, including the prestigious best comedy series and best actor awards for star Matthew Rhys, who also collected three trophies. Rhys expressed his delight backstage, looking forward to an extended celebration. The series, which is the second season of its first, outshone other contenders and broke the previous record held by \"The Studio.\"\n\nIn the drama category, \"The Pitt\" claimed its second consecutive best drama series award. Noah Wyle, who starred in the HBO Max series, repeated as best actor in a drama, bringing home his third Emmy. However, \"The Pitt\" fell short in other categories, failing to secure any additional Emmys and underperforming relative to its expectations. Rhea Seehorn claimed the best actress in a drama award for the HBOMax series \"Pluribus,\" while Jean Smart won her fifth best actress in a comedy award for her fifth and final season on the show \"Hacks.\" Smart became the first actor to win Emmys for more than three consecutive seasons on a single series.",
  "summary": "LOS ANGELES — A “Widow’s Bay” wave slammed into the Emmy Awards on Monday night as the Apple TV show set a single-season record for a comedy with 14 wins, including best comedy series and best actor for star Matthew Rhys, who personally took home three trophies. “The Pitt” won best drama series for the second straight year, and star Noah Wyle repeated as best actor in a drama, but the HBO Max…",
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Emmys 2026 key moments: Widow's Bay takes six awards and Hacks star makes history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/emmys-2026-key-moments-widows-bay-takes-six-awards-and-hacks-star",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:47:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "'Widow's Bay' breaks Emmys record with 14 wins including best comedy series, 'Pitt' wins best drama",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/widows-bay-breaks-emmys-record-with-14-wins-including-best-comedy-7474628",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:57:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "'Widow's Bay' scores big and 'The Pitt' wins again at TV's Emmy Awards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/widows-bay-scores-big-and-the-pitt-wins-again-at-tvs-emmy-awards-7489004",
        "published": "2026-09-15T06:21:09.000Z"
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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."
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