\n\tWidow\u2019s Bay wins Emmy night!<\/p>\n
\n\tAfter one of the most talked-about Emmy races in recent memory, Katie Dippold\u2019s Apple TV<\/a> comedy about a group of oddballs living on a haunted Massachusetts island has taken home the Emmy for best Comedy Series, making a record-breaking total of 14 wins for the show \u2014 the most of any comedy series in a single year. Last year The Studio held the record with 13 wins, and before that, The Bear with 11 in 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tKatie Dippold, creator of this year\u2019s Outstanding Comedy Series<\/a> said from the winner\u2019s podium, \u201cI have to thank my mom for always making Halloween fun,\u201d before thanking all the cast and creatives and Apple \u201cthey truly just let us do this weird show, we can\u2019t thank you enough,\u201d she said, before also thanking \u201cthe evil entity on the island that trusted us with its story.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDippold, who also won for Writing in a Comedy Series<\/a>, was joined on stage by EP and director Hiro Murai who tonight became the first Asian person to win in the Directing in a Comedy Series category. Beside them was lead actor Matthew Rhys, who won twice this evening<\/a> \u2014 for both Widow\u2019s Bay and in the Lead Actor in a Limited Series category for The Beast in Me \u2014 and by first-time Emmy-winning Widow\u2019s co-stars Kate O\u2019Flynn and Stephen Root.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Matthew Rhys Wins Second Statuette Of The Night With \u2018Widow\u2019s Bay,\u2019 Setting Two Emmys Records<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tIn the show, Rhys plays Mayor Tom Loftis, who tries desperately to boost tourism revenue despite the centuries-old curse that plagues the islanders, including fisherman Wyck (Root), the town hall staffers Patricia (O\u2019Flynn), Dale Dickey (Rosemary), Dale (Jeff Hiller) and Sherriff Bechir (Kevin Carroll).<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s not often that a stealth new series rides in on a late wave to take the win from an existing Emmy favorite \u2014 and one in its fifth and final season, no less. By all accounts, the Comedy Series category was neck and neck in recent weeks between Widow\u2019s Bay and HBO Max\u2019s long-running hit Hacks, starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder as veteran comedian Deborah Vance and her writing partner Ava.<\/p>\n \n\tWidow\u2019s Bay had a total of 19 total nominations, and during last weekend\u2019s Emmy Awards<\/a> ceremonies, formerly known as the Creative Arts Emmys<\/a>, Betty Gilpin won for her guest role on the show, among a total of eight awards over the first two days including Casting, Cinematography, Production Design, Music Composition and Supervision, Sound Editing and Mixing.<\/p>\n