“Adolescence” was the big winner at the Gotham Television Awards, taking home three prizes, including breakthrough limited series, on Monday night.
Seth Rogen’s “The Studio” won breakthrough comedy series, and “The Pitt” won best drama.
The actors, directors, writers and producers feted at the ceremony, hosted at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street, emphasized the need to preserve and protect the entertainment industry amid geopolitical strife and AI fears.
“We love this business,” said Amy Sherman-Palladino, accepting the Creator Tribute alongside her husband Daniel Palladino. “God please help everybody. Let’s make it survive.”
“Let’s keep the arts alive!” shouted an enthusiastic Parker Posey. “Let’s turn this business into entertainment that everyone can love. That old people and young people and even babies laugh at!”
Posey, who was honored with the Legend Tribute, was introduced by her “White Lotus” co-stars Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell, who took great joy in imitating her character, Victoria Ratliff with a few much-memed phrases. “Tsunami! Piper, no! Buddhism!” Rockwell and Bibb said in that exaggerated Southern drawl.
“Thank you Mike White for writing this character for me, for believing in a middle-aged woman, and believing in a legend,” Posey said, eliciting big laughs from the audience. “Thank you HBO for believing in a legend!”
Brian Tyree Henry also played to the crowd by involving the sign-language interpreter in his speech accepting the Performer Tribute.
“I want to apologize to the sign interpreter right now, because I’m going to say a lot of things that I just want to see you sign,” Henry said. “Like ‘pussybow,’ ‘SKIMS’ and ‘circumcision.’”
As per usual, Sheryl Lee Ralph brought down the house with an emotional speech honoring Sidney Poitier. The “Abbott Elementary” Emmy winner recalled being directed by Poitier in her first film, “A Piece of the Action.”
“Mr. Poitier looked at me and said, ‘Sheryl Lee Ralph I expect great things from you … I am sorry that the industry doesn’t have more to offer you, because you deserve it.’ He planted a seed in me that represented the great possibility,” Ralph said. “And because I believed in great possibility, I kept at it and never gave up. I kept honing my craft. I kept on keeping on. And I wish that he were here tonight to be able see the seed that he planted in me and how it’s grown.”
Fighting tears, Ralph added, “I have worked, I have endured, I have overcome and I never gave up,” she said. “I kept going because Sidney Poitier believed in me.”
See the winners list below.
—Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
*Poorna Jagannathan, “Deli Boys” (Hulu)*
Linda Lavin, “Mid-Century Modern” (Hulu)
Sean Patton, “English Teacher” (FX / Hulu)
Timothy Simons, “Nobody Wants This “(Netflix)
Chase Sui Wonders, “The Studio” (Apple TV+)
—Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside” (Netflix)
Anna Lambe,” North of North “(Netflix)
Saagar Shaikh, “Deli Boys “(Hulu)
Benito Skinner, “Overcompensating” (Amazon Prime Video)
*Julio Torres, “Fantasmas” (HBO | Max)*
—Breakthrough Comedy Series
“#1 Happy Family USA” – Pam Brady, Ramy Youssef, creators; Pam Brady, Andy Campagna, Mona Chalabi, Ravi Nandan, Josh Rabinowitz, Alli Reich, Hallie Sekoff, Ramy Youssef, executive producers (Amazon Prime Video)
“English Teacher” – Brian Jordan Alvarez, creator; Brian Jordan Alvarez, Dave King, Jonathan Krisel, Paul Simms, executive producers (FX / Hulu)
“Fantasmas ” – Julio Torres, creator; Alex Bach, Olivia Gerke, Dave McCary, Daniel Powell, Emma Stone, Julio Torres, executive producers (HBO | Max)
“Overcompensating” – Benito Skinner, creator; Josh Bachove, Matt Dines, Sam French, Alison Goodwin, Jonah Hill, Scott King, Daniel Gray Longino, Alli Reich, Benito Skinner, Charli XCX, executive producers (Amazon Prime Video)
*“The Studio” – Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen, creators; Josh Fagan, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Alex McAtee, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen, James Weaver, executive producers (Apple TV+)*
—Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
“Conbody Vs Everybody” – Debra Granik, creator; Joslyn Barnes, Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Diane Weyermann, executive producers; (Self-distributed)
“Hollywood Black” – Justin Simien, creator; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jill Burkhart, Shayla Harris, Jon Kamen, Amy Goodman Kass, Kyle Laursen, Stacey Reiss, Jeffrey Schwarz, Justin Simien, Dave Sirulnick, Forest Whitaker, Michael Wright, executive producers (MGM+)
“Omnivore” – Cary Joji Fukunaga, Matt Goulding, René Redzepi, creators; Michael Antinoro, Matt Goulding, Ben Liebmann, Collin Orcutt, René Redzepi, Chris Rice, Max Wagner, Mateo Willis, executive producers (Apple TV+)
“Ren Faire ” – Nancy Abraham, Dani Bernfeld, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Lisa Heller, David Gauvey Herbert, Lance Oppenheim, Sara Rodriguez,Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, executive producers (HBO | Max)
*“Social Studies”- Lauren Greenfield, creator; Frank Evers, Lauren Greenfield, executive producers (FX/Hulu)*
—Outstanding Performance in an Original Film
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat “(Searchlight Pictures/Hulu)
Dylan O’Brien,” Caddo Lake “(HBO | Max)
*Aaron Pierre, “Rebel Ridge” (Netflix)*
Phoebe-Rae Taylor, “Out of My Mind” (Disney+)
Renée Zellweger, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” (Peacock)
—Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” – Michael Morris, director; Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, producers (Peacock)
“Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music” – Oz Rodriguez, Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, directors; Oz Rodriguez, producer (NBC)
*“Pee-wee as Himself” – Matt Wolf, director; Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producer (HBO | Max)*
“Rebel Ridge” – Jeremy Saulnier, director; Neil Kopp, Jeremy Saulnier, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, producers (Netflix)
“Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” – Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, director; Eric Macdonald, Derik Murray, Joseph Patel, Stephen Sawchuk, producers (Hulu)
—Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt” (HBO | Max)
James Marsden, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Skye P. Marshall, “Matlock “(CBS)
*Ben Whishaw, “Black Doves” (Netflix)*
Olivia Williams, “Dune: Prophecy” (HBO | Max)
—Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
*Kathy Bates, “Matlock “(CBS)*
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Aldis Hodge, “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
Lovie Simone, “Forever “(Netflix)
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” (HBO | Max)
—Breakthrough Drama Series
“Black Doves” – Joe Barton, creator; Joe Barton, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry, Keira Knightley, executive producers (Netflix)
“Forever” – Mara Brock Akil, creator; Mara Brock Akil, Judy Blume, Susie Fitzgerald, Erika Harrison, Anthony Hemingway, Regina King, Reina King, Shana C. Waterman, Sara White, executive producers (Netflix)
“Matlock” – Jennie Snyder Urman, creator; Kathy Bates, Kat Coiro, Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, Frank Siracusa, Jennie Snyder Urman, John Weber, John Will, executive producers (CBS)
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” – Josep Amorós, Gonzalo García Barcha, Carolina Caicedo, Andrés Calderón, Rodrigo García, Alex García López, Juliana Flórez Luna, Laura Mora, José Rivera, Diego Ramírez Schrempp, executive producers (Netflix)
*“The Pitt” – R. Scott Gemmill, creator; Simran Baidwan, R. Scott Gemmill, Michael Hissrich, Erin Jontow, John Wells, Noah Wyle, executive producers (HBO | Max)*
—Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series
*Owen Cooper, “Adolescence” (Netflix)*
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence” (Netflix)
Taraji P. Henson, “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Diego Luna, “La Maquina” (Hulu)
*Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex” (FX / Hulu)*
—Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series
*Stephen Graham,” Adolescence” (Netflix)*
Brian Tyree Henry, “Dope Thief” (Apple TV+)
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin” (HBO | Max)
Megan Stott, “Penelope” (Netflix)
Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex” (FX / Hulu)
—Breakthrough Limited Series
*“Adolescence” – Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, creators; Philip Barantini, Emily Feller, Dede Gardner, Stephen Graham, Mark Herbert, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Jack Thorne, Hannah Walters, Nina Wolarsky, executive producers (Netflix)*
“Dying for Sex” – Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether, creators; Nikki Boyer, Kathy Ciric, Elizabeth Meriwether, Shannon Murphy, Katherine Pope, Kim Rosenstock, Michelle Williams, executive producers (FX / Hulu)
“Get Millie Back” – Marlon James, creator; Marlon James, Leopoldo Gout, Simon Maxwell, Jami O’Brien, executive producers (HBO | Max)
“Penelope ” – Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, creators; Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Shuli Harel, executive producers; (Netflix)
“Say Nothing ” – Joshua Zetumer, creator; Nina Jacobson, Patrick Radden Keefe, Michael Lennox, Monica Levinson, Edward L. McDonnell, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, executive producers; (FX/Hulu)
