‘Widow’s Bay’ dominates with 8 Emmys at early ceremony and ‘The Pitt’ takes 4

While "The Pitt" had a solid second-year showing with four of its own and Rob Reiner posthumously won an acting Emmy almost nine months after his killing, LOS ANGELES (AP) – "Widow's Bay" ran away with eight early Emmys for its debut.

What happened

"DTF St. Louis" won major with six awards in the limited series categories, with co-stars and veteran actors David Harbour and Linda Cardellini both becoming first-time Emmy winners.

"Widow's Bay, " the Apple TV horror comedy with Matthew Rhys as the mayor of a small New England town dealing with a centuries-old curse, won categories including cinematography, sound, music and production design.

Betty Gilpin won best guest actress in a comedy for her role on the show, and read a rapid-fire comic poem as her acceptance speech. It included the lines "our business is stupid, but actors are the bomb" and "let's all lean more toward Sam Shepard and less toward Sam Altman."

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around widows Bay dominates with 8 Emmys at early ceremony and The Pitt point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.