“The White Lotus,” HBO’s hit anthology series that distorted the entitled behavior of wealthy vacationers during the season of pandemic travel restrictions, was voted Monday’s Best TV Movie, Limited, or Anthology Series. It won five Primetime Emmy Awards, including
Created by Mike White, the series struck a chord with its timely and sharp satire on Hawaii resort privilege and liberal hypocrisy, and took home the award for best limited series after receiving 20 nominations overall. “The White Lotus” was one of the most hotly contested categories on television, along with Hulu’s “Dopesick” about the opioid crisis and Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” about the opioid crisis. Some have beaten the field in a series of similarly topical topics. socialite swindler Anna Sorokin;
The series was also a triumph in the major acting departments. Playing a grieving hotel guest desperate for her love, Jennifer Coolidge beat out four co-stars, including Connie Britton, Alexandra Daddario, Natasha Rothwell and Sydney Sweeney, for Best Supporting Actress. Awarded. Murray Bartlett, who plays the methodical resort manager, won Best Supporting Actor, beating out co-stars Jake Lacy and Steve Zahn.
Mike White, who wrote and directed all six episodes of Season 1, is a back-to-back Emmy Award-winning writer and director. He compared his writing wins to his increased threat level on the competitive show Survivor, where he once competed.
“I just want to stay in the game,” White said. “The awards are great, I love writing, I love doing what I do. Don’t come for me. Don’t banish me from the island.”
“White Lotus” also won five Creative Arts Emmy Awards announced over Labor Day weekend in categories such as composition, casting and camera editing.
Season 2 of ‘White Lotus’ is set to debut in October with a new self-contained plot set in Sicily and an almost entirely new cast including Tom Hollander, Theo James and Aubrey Plaza. Coolidge will be the only returning cast member to reprise her role as Tanya.
Coolidge’s return raised questions about whether ‘White Lotus’ should be Compete in TV Movie, Anthology and Limited Series categoriesThe Emmy-awarding Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Decided in March Having a single returning character didn’t make the series out of eligibility.