Apple TV+'s "Widow's Bay" swept the comedy categories at the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 14, taking home 14 trophies and breaking the single-season record for a comedy series.

The haul at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live topped the 13 wins "The Studio" collected last year, according to the Los Angeles Times. The horror-comedy about a cursed New England island and its beleaguered mayor won Outstanding Comedy Series, lead actor for star Matthew Rhys, supporting actor for Stephen Root, supporting actress for Kate O'Flynn, directing for Hiro Murai and writing for creator Katie Dippold.

Dippold, a first-time Emmy nominee and winner, thanked her collaborators and joked onstage about the show's fictional evil entity during her acceptance speech, the Times reported.

Rhys made history twice over. The Welsh actor became the first person to win two lead acting Emmys in a single night, adding a trophy for Netflix's "The Beast in Me" to his comedy win, the BBC reported. Combined with his 2018 drama win for "The Americans," Rhys is the first actor to claim lead acting Emmys across all three genres.

"Everyone's more than ready for it and thirsty for it in a real way," Rhys said backstage, calling on Hollywood to invest in original material. "I really hope this does something in the Hollywood psyche, where they go, 'Let's put away the remakes and let's just get after new challenging, original material.'"

Root, 74, became the oldest winner of the comedy supporting actor category, breaking Henry Winkler's record, according to Gold Derby. He thanked fellow nominee Harrison Ford from the stage for "many years of great, great, great acting," Al Jazeera reported.

Jean Smart won her fifth consecutive lead comedy actress Emmy for "Hacks," tying the all-time acting record of eight wins shared by Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Variety reported. Smart, 75, became the first performer to win an acting Emmy for every season of a show longer than three seasons. Allison Janney also reached eight career Emmys the same night with her supporting drama win for "The Diplomat."

HBO Max's "The Pitt" repeated as Outstanding Drama Series. Star Noah Wyle won lead drama actor for the second straight year. Rhea Seehorn won lead drama actress for Apple TV+'s "Pluribus," her first Emmy after earlier nominations for "Better Call Saul."

The ceremony, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, marked the first time a woman emceed the Emmys in 15 years. Sally Field, 79, became the oldest woman to win lead actress in a limited series for Netflix's "Remarkably Bright Creatures." "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" won Outstanding Variety Series in its final season after CBS ended the show in 2025.

Michael J. Fox received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for his Parkinson's disease research advocacy. Fox, 65, appeared in a wheelchair and drew a standing ovation.

"Widow's Bay," which premiered in late April and has been renewed for a second season, earned 19 nominations total. No Season 2 premiere date has been announced.