Overview
- The series collected 14 Primetime Emmy awards, the most ever for a single comedy season, including Outstanding Comedy Series, writing, and directing.
- Matthew Rhys won Outstanding Lead Actor for Widow’s Bay and also secured a separate lead-acting Emmy the same night, becoming the first male performer to win two lead acting Emmys in one year.
- Katie Dippold and director Hiro Murai were among the creative winners, and Dippold said backstage that season two was in its seventh week of production.
- Boston Casting co-owners Angela Peri and Lisa Lobel won an Emmy for casting, reflecting the show’s use of Massachusetts locations such as Rockport, Gloucester, Berlin, Sudbury and Cape Ann.
- The wins have raised expectations for season two and strengthened Apple TV’s awards profile, with the show’s genre mix, strong campaigning, and local production craft cited as key drivers of its rapid rise.