Jeremy Allen White won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in The Bear for the second year in a row at the 2024 Emmys.

“Thank you so much,” the two-time Emmy winner began his speech. “My heart is just beating out of my chest. Thank you. Thank you to the Academy, my fellow nominees. I’m honored to be in your company.”

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White thanked The Bear creator Christopher Storer for choosing him to lead the hit FX series. He added that he is so grateful and fortunate, but also specifically mentioned his co-stars.

“Thank you, my beautiful cast. I love you forever. I love working with you and I want us to be in each other’s lives forever. I love you so much,” he continued. “This show has changed my life. It has instilled in me the belief that change is possible if you can reach out. You are truly, truly, never truly alone.”

Ebon Moss-Bachrach also won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for The Bear.

When creator Christopher Storer later won the award for Best Comedy Director, the series set a new record for most wins in a single season for a comedy with 11, surpassing its own total from the previous year, when it won 10.

The 2024 Emmys will be the second to be awarded this year. The 2023 Emmys have been postponed due to last year’s strikes by both writers and actors.

This year’s biggest night on TV includes Kristen Wiig, Viola Davis, Lily Gladstone, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Matt Bomer, Colin Farrell, Mindy Kaling, Jimmy Kimmel, Greta Lee, John Leguizamo, George Lopez, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jean Smart.

This year’s nominees were led by FX’s Shogun (with 25 nominations) and The Bear (23, a record for a comedy series), Hulu’s Only murders in the building (21), HBO/Max’s Real Detective: Nightland (19) and Netflix’s The Crown (18).

Netflix topped the list of nominees with 107 total nominations, followed by FX with 93, HBO with 91 and Apple TV+ with 72. Disney as a whole, including projects from FX, ABC, Hulu and Disney+, had a personal best of 183 Emmy nominations this year.

The 76th Annual Emmy Awards, hosted by father and son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, will air live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET.