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Two Rutgers alumni took home Primetime Emmy awards Monday night, including one whose series set a historic record.

Katie Dippold, a 2002 graduate of Rutgers' School of Communication and Information, won Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the Apple TV+ horror-comedy series "Widow's Bay."

Dippold also accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series as the show's creator. The series made history by setting a single-season record for a comedy with 14 wins.

"Thank you, Apple, for letting us take this crazy, creative swing," Dippold said while accepting the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. "They truly just let us do this weird show."

Tom Pelphrey, a member of Mason Gross School of the Arts' Class of 2004, won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Robbie Prendergast in the HBO crime drama "Task."

Pelphrey joins James Gandolfini and Sheryl Lee Ralph among Rutgers alumni who have won Primetime Emmys in acting categories.

Dippold joins Mike Sweeney and Christopher Markus among Rutgers alumni who have won in writing categories, according to a post shared by the university on Facebook.

Three other Rutgers alumni were nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards.

Bennett Kerr, a 2015 graduate of the Rutgers School of Engineering, was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special for his work on Amazon Prime Video's "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War."

Larry W. Brown, a 1998 graduate of the Mason Gross School of the Arts, was nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program for HBO’s “The Gilded Age.”

Mike Sweeney, a 1979 graduate of the School of Arts and Sciences-Newark, was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for Conan O’Brien’s 2026 Oscars monologue.

The awards ceremony was held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.