The Pitt, a television series centred on the trials and tribulations of American healthcare workers, has been awarded the prize for best drama at the Emmy Awards.

The HBO Max drama, set in a fictional emergency room in Pittsburgh, also took home the prizes for best leading actor and best supporting actress, for Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa, at the 77th edition of the awards show in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Wyle, who portrays the grizzled and overworked emergency physician Michael Robinavitch in the series, paid tribute to healthcare workers in his acceptance speech.

“To anybody who is going on shift tonight, or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job, this is for you,” Wyle said.

The Studio, a comedy about the head of a Hollywood studio trying to balance his artistic

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