Sir Elton John completed the awards ceremony on Monday evening, adding an Emmy to his Grammy, Oscar and Tony gongs in a great night for British entertainers at the prestigious US television awards.
Succession won the night's top prizes for best drama, leading actor and leading actress - while Brits Matthew Macfadyen and writer Jesse Armstrong won best supporting actor and outstanding writer for a drama series respectively.
Armstrong said: "This is a show about family, but also about when partisan reporting becomes intertwined with divisive right-wing politics, and after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, this is a problem we have now solved.
"We are so honored, we loved creating this show."
The popular American drama, about siblings who compete for their father's billion-dollar media empire, won a total of six awards.
Kieran Culkin had fatherhood on his mind as he accepted the award for best lead actor in a drama series, using his speech to announce he would like more children with wife Jazz Charton.
"You said if I win, I might love you so much," he said.
Culkin's co-star Sarah Snook also used the moment to celebrate parenthood.
"I think the biggest thank you goes to someone who doesn't understand anything I'm saying right now, but I carried her with me last season and actually it was her who carried me," said the Australian actress, who appeared during the taping the show was pregnant with her daughter.
She joked: "It's very easy to act out when you're pregnant because the hormones are coming at you."
The show's creator and director, British screenwriter Jesse Armstrong, won the award for best writing for a drama series and thanked the "creative community in the US."
"I'm from Britain and the show is about things close to the center of American life and politics and we have always been welcomed with generosity and good faith and that is part of the American tradition of making outsiders very welcome and it's a lot of fun," he said.
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"And for some reason the name of Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch comes to mind. I can't speak for him, but I am very grateful for the generosity shown to me by working in this country - it was a great sadness to end this show, but it was a great pleasure.
Kitchen drama The Bear caused a storm with four major wins, including best comedy. Jeremy Allen White won the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, while co-stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ayo Edebiri won Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Comedy, respectively.
Moss-Bachrach shared a comedic kiss on stage with chef Matty Matheson, who exclaimed, "I just love restaurants."
The Bear's Christopher Storer won two Emmys for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, but was unable to attend the ceremony.
Elton John misses ceremony for knee surgery
Elton Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium won best variety special live at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles - but the British pop icon was unable to take the honor after undergoing knee surgery.
Producer Ben Winston, who accepted the award on his behalf, said: "I'm not Elton John, unfortunately he has had knee surgery. He is definitely doing well, but he wanted to send his love and thanks to the Television Academy for this incredible award.
"We knew this show would be historic as it would be Elton's last show ever on tour in North America. We knew it would be historic because it was Disney's first global livestream.
"We didn't know it would be historic because it would be a man winning - who created the soundtrack to our lives, he has done so many great things for society and who are all our heroes. We didn't know it would get him an EGOT."
The award adds to Sir Elton's five Grammy wins, two Academy Award wins for Can You Feel The Love Tonight from The Lion King and (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again from Rocketman, in addition to his Tony Award for Best Original score for musical Aida.
Beef and White Lotus funny women get serious for a moment
Netflix comedy-drama Beef also took home a lot of success, with stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong winning Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Limited Series respectively.
Wong said: "I wouldn't be standing here without my wonderful parents, my mother and my father, who I so wish were alive to share this moment with me. My hilarious father who loved me unconditionally and taught me the value of failure."
Creator and director Lee Sung Jin gave three speeches, also picking up the best writing and directing of a limited series.
He said: "There's a lot of suicidal ideation in the show, it was based on things that me and some people here have struggled with over the years, so I'm very grateful and humbled for everyone who watched the show. and reached out about their own personal struggles, it's very life affirming.
"I feel like we live in a world that is designed to keep us separated, even here some of us go home with trophies, other people don't, and I think for some of us, if we live in a world like this life, you start to think There is no way anyone can understand you, or like you, much less have no potential to be loved.
"And so the greatest pleasure of working on Beef is working with the people here who I love so unconditionally."
Elsewhere, The White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge won best supporting actress in a drama series, using her speech to thank "all the evil gays" - a reference to the hit show's plot.
"I had a little dream in my town and it finally came true, so don't give up on your dream," she added.
An emotional Niecy Nash-Betts won Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
"Finally, I accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has not been heard by law enforcement - like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor," she said.
"As an artist, my job is to speak truth to power and baby, I'm going to do this until the day I die - Mom, I won!"
The Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series went to Paul Walter Hauser for Black Bird, the actor who rapped his acceptance speech while dedicating the award to his wife who "makes my heart strong and my knees weak."
The ceremony also featured Charlie Puth performing the theme tune for Friends, while the Emmy Awards remembered those who have died in the industry, including star Matthew Perry.
Murder, She Wrote star Dame Angela Lansbury, Euphoria's Angus Cloud and Strictly Come Dancing's Len Goodman were also remembered, alongside Pee Wee Herman star Paul Reubens.
