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Matthew Rhys reported to make Emmy history as Widow’s Bay wins 14 awards

France 24 reported that Matthew Rhys won two lead acting awards on the same night that Widow’s Bay took 14 Emmys, though the supplied report does not identify the categories or explain the record.

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Matthew Rhys reportedly won two lead acting awards at the Emmys on the same night that Widow’s Bay swept the comedy categories and collected 14 awards, according to France 24.

The report described the result as an Emmy first for Rhys and said Widow’s Bay had set a new record. It did not specify the two acting categories won by Rhys, the comedy categories taken by the programme or how the record was calculated.

France 24’s review of television’s major awards also discussed wins for The Pitt, Hacks and Stephen Colbert.

The programme further previewed the return of Israeli series Fauda for a politically charged fifth season, alongside coverage of the Australian thriller Last Seen and Brothers, featuring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

The Emmy claims have not been independently corroborated in the supplied source material.

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