‘The White Lotus’ wins an Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series in 2022

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The White Lotus won outstanding limited series at the 74th Prime Emmy Awards. Other nominees included Dopesick, Inventing Anna, Pam & Tommy, and The Dropout

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards selected HBO’s The White Lotus the best-limited series of 2022!

On Monday night, the other finalists included Michael Keaton’s addiction thriller Dopesick, Netflix’s adaptation of Anna Delvey’s story Inventing Anna, Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, and Amanda Seyfried’s Theranos story The Dropout (also on Hulu).

As the series’ crew and the cast took the stage to accept the Emmy from presenters Juliette Lewis and RuPaul, series creator Mike White — who also won two Emmys for best writing and directing for a limited series — expressed gratitude to HBO for its assistance in making the 2021 miniseries.

US director and writer Mike White accepts the award for Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series Or Anthology Series Or Movie for "The White Lotus" onstage during the 74th <a href="https://people.com/tag/emmy-awards/" data-inlink="true">Emmy Awards</a> at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 12, 2022.

Executive producer Nick Hall stated that he and White “had been talking about this project for over 15 years” and thanked HBO executives Casey Bloys and Francesca, Orsi, and Nora Skinner for helping bring The White Lotus to fruition.

“To all the other incredibly talented people at HBO, we are so lucky to be a part of your family. To our exceptional cast and crew. You showed up every day, in the midst of global uncertainty, away from loved ones, and gave your heart and soul and passion to this show,” Hall said, referring to the series’ shoot in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We came together as a community to try and make something special, and it’s through this collective effort that we are standing here today,” Hall continued.
 
“We share this with the entire White Lotus family, and to my mom and dad — my mom is here as my date, my dad’s watching at home,” he added. “Thank you for your unconditional love and a lifetime of sacrifice, and I hope you can finally forgive me for not being a doctor. Thank you.”

The Hulu limited series, released in October 2021 and based on Beth Macy’s Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, examined how Purdue Pharma’s leadership decisions fueled a fatal opioid epidemic in the United States.

The plot revolved around Dr. Samuel Finnix, a physician who became engulfed by misinformation regarding the highly addictive nature of OxyContin – a part for which Keaton received an Emmy nomination for outstanding lead actor in a limited series.

Will Poulter was also nominated for best supporting actor in a limited series for his work on the show. Both Kaitlyn Dever and Mare Winningham were nominated for best-supporting actress.

The White Lotus, an HBO original film, was critically lauded for its darkly funny depiction of an unexpectedly twisting (and twisted!) few days at a Hawaiian luxury resort.

Stars Steve Zahn, Murray Bartlett, Jake Lacy, Connie Britton, Sydney Sweeney, Alexandra Daddario, Jennifer Coolidge, and Natasha Rothwell received acting nominations for the series, which trailed only Succession in 2022 nominations.

Season 2 is set to premiere in October and will follow Coolidge’s Tanya McQuoid as she meets a new ensemble of characters in Italy.

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards are being televised live on NBC from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.