⁍ ‘Succession,’ the wickedly juicy tale of a fractious media family, was named best drama series.

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⁍ HBO’s alternative-reality show ‘Watchmen,’ infused with racial themes, won for best limited series.

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⁍ Schitt’s Creek, a sleeper hit on the small Pop TV network about a wealthy family forced to live in a rundown motel, won a total of nine Emmys.

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– With no red carpet or audience, the Emmy Awards were broadcast from 125 locations around the world, where winners were presented in custom-made hazmat suits—and John Oliver wore a Liverpool soccer shirt to accept his best variety talk series award for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Los Angeles Times reports. The night’s big winners, per Reuters: HBO’s Succession, which took home seven awards, including best drama series, Jeremy Strong won best actor for his role as a downtrodden son, and the dystopian Watchmen won best limited series.Schitt’s Creek, a show about a wealthy family forced to live in a rundown motel, won a total of nine Emmys, including best comedy series. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was named best variety talk series for the fifth consecutive year, and the British comedian accepted wearing a red Liverpool soccer shirt in honor of his favorite British team. The biggest shock of the night came when former Disney Channel actress Zendaya, 24, was named best drama actress for playing a teen drug addict in HBO’s Euphoria, beating presumed favorites Laura Linney (Ozark) and Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show). Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof dedicated his Emmy to the victims and survivors of the 1921 massacre of the Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which partly inspired the series. Several celebrities, including King, presenter Sterling K. Brown, and Mrs. America’s supporting actress winner Uzo Aduba, wore Black Lives Matter-themed t-shirts or urged viewers to vote in the Nov. 3 US elections.