Netflix’s harrowing limited series Adolescence was one of the biggest stories of this year’s Emmys. The show was up for six awards on Sunday night and won them all.

The winning streak started when Philip Barantini was awarded for his direction on the show, which told its story in four carefully choreographed hourlong shots. Cocreators Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham then won best writing in a limited series.

Adolescence captured three acting awards as well. Owen Cooper, who made his acting debut in the show, was named Outstanding Supporting Actor. At 15, he is the youngest male performer to win in the category. His scene partner in the show’s riveting third episode, Erin Doherty, was named Outstanding Supporting Actress. Graham also took home an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor.

Given its success throughout the evening, there was little doubt that the show would cap off its night by winning Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

Adolescence was also awarded Emmys for cinematography and casting at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys. It collected eight Emmys overall.

The Studio, the inside-Hollywood comedy from Apple TV+, took home a total of 13 Emmys, breaking the record of 10 set by The Bear in 2023. Its cocreator and lead actor Seth Rogen also tied the record for most Emmys by an individual in a single year, with four wins altogether. The Studio collected nine awards at last week’s Creative Arts ceremony, with Bryan Cranston receiving the 11th Emmy in his career for his guest appearance on the show.

By the end of the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, host Nate Bargatze was forced to admit defeat. His plan to keep speeches short — start with $100,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of America, then subtract or add $1,000 for every second a speaker went under or over their allotted time — had failed.

The last time the running tally of donations appeared onscreen, it was well into negative territory (around -$60,000). It never appeared again.

“The number — I’ll be honest with you: It was embarrassing,” Bargatze said in the show’s final moments. “It went way down. I can’t imagine ever doing this again.”

But then, Bargatze announced that he would be wiping the slate clean. CBS, he said, would be donating $100,000. He would personally be giving $250,000.

“It takes us to $350,000 for the Boys & Girls Club,” he said, as the stars in attendance smiled and clapped. “Thank you guys so much for being out here.”

Accepting his award for Outstanding Talk Series, the host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, an outspoken critic of President Trump, made reference to Paramount’s controversial decision earlier this year to cancel the long-running CBS program for reasons that many construed as political.

“I want to thank CBS for giving us the privilege to be part of the late-night tradition,” Colbert said, “which I hope continues long after we’re no longer doing this show.”

Colbert then told a story that obliquely — but unmistakably — touched on Trump.

“Ten years ago, in September of 2015, Spike Jonze stopped by my office and said, ‘Hey, what do you want this show to be about?’” Colbert recalled. “And I said, ‘Ah, Spike, I don’t know how you’d do it, but I’d kind of like to do a late-night comedy show that was about love.”

Colbert paused before continuing. “I don’t know if I ever figured that out, but at a certain point — and you can guess what that point was — I realized that we were, in some ways, doing a late-night comedy show about loss.”

“And that’s related to love,” Colbert went on, “because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it.”

“Ten years later, in September of 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately,” he concluded. “God bless America. Stay strong, be brave — and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor.”

The audience responded with a standing ovation.