Other winning programs were Beef with five wins, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver with two awards, and Abbott Elementary, Black Bird, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium, RuPaul's Drag Race and The White Lotus with one each.

[8] At age 20, for her performance in Wednesday, Jenna Ortega became the second-youngest nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series after Patty Duke for her role on her eponymous show.

[9] For his work on The Last of Us, Saturday Night Live, and Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World, Pedro Pascal's three nominations made him the most-nominated Latino in a single year.

[15] Combined with its four Creative Arts Emmys, The Bear was the most awarded comedy in a single year with ten wins, breaking Schitt's Creek's record of nine from 2020.

[18] For her role on Abbott Elementary, Quinta Brunson became the first Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series since 1981 when Isabel Sanford won for The Jeffersons.

GLAAD's president and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis, accepted the honor on the organization's behalf during the Primetime Emmy telecast.

[61] Due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike that began on May 2, 2023, the Television Academy allowed companies to cancel scheduled For Your Consideration events without penalty.

[73] Instead of utilizing play-off music, Anderson's mother, Doris Bowman, reminded award recipients when their time was up to end their acceptance speeches.

[74] Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker made an appearance during the telecast's opening segment playing Phil Collins's song "In the Air Tonight".

[75] In honor of the Emmys' 75th anniversary, producers Collins, Harmon, and Rouzan-Clay announced that the ceremony would feature cast reunions or recreations of memorable moments from popular television series throughout history.

In previous years, episodes that aired after the May 31 eligibility deadline but before nominations voting began could be placed on a Television Academy platform for viewing.

The move was seen as an attempt to resolve the dwindling number of variety sketch series and to separate news-focused programs from more variety-focused talk shows; the existing categories were initially merged in late 2020 before being split again a few months later.

"[89] The Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert quipped, "It was a relief to get an old-fashioned Emmy Awards show, one not straining to be snarkier than thou or heavily meme-able."

"[91] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone was more critical of the ceremony, noting that some of the segments honoring past television shows did not work and saying, "Putting Anderson into the rubber suit from American Horror Story Season One was sweaty on multiple levels, and Peter Dinklage looked miserable paraphrasing some of his Game of Thrones finale dialogue while presenting the night's final award to Succession.

[93] Columnist Ben Travers of IndieWire reserved praise for host Anderson and the winners' emotional acceptance speeches, but criticized some production decisions writing, "Why did the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme serve as a lead-in for the Cheers reunion?

Why am I expecting to see David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on stage after The X-Files music hits, only to then hear Don Draper cracking jokes?

[95] Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers introduced the annual In Memoriam segment, which included a special tribute to All in the Family creator Norman Lear, and featured Charlie Puth and The War and Treaty performing a medley of "See You Again" and "I'll Be There for You".