(The HBO series also took home its second straight Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.). In her speech, she told Sterling K. Brown, “I am holding this because of you”.
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Game of Thrones has a record number of Emmys wins, huge ratings, and a fanbase that’s begging the show to go on past the planned final two seasons on HBO. The award goes to Aziz Ansari for his Netflix show “Master of None”.
“Veep” ended a five-year winning streak by “Modern Family” in the outstanding comedy series category last year, and is in a strong position to repeat. Jeffrey Tambor scored his second consecutive win for best actor in a comedy series for his role as a transgender character in Amazon’s “Transparent”.
He called for Hollywood to make him the last non-transgender actor to get such a role. Before that, she honed in on Trump’s Republican presidential campaign. “I’d like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday”, she said. “I think that “Veep” has torn down the wall between comedy and politics”.
She promised to “rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”.
“I’m so glad he liked Veep because his opinion was the one that really mattered”, she said. Mr. Robot, House of Cards, Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones will all be vying for Outstanding Drama. It was her third win for playing the formidable dowager.
Up for outstanding variety talk series are “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, “The Late Late Show with James Corden”, “Real Time with Bill Maher” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.
“You must be bummed out”, said Damon, strolling onstage and nonchalantly eating an apple.
“Obama out, Hillary in”, Vance said as he wrapped his victory speech. T he pair hugged after Paulson was named outstanding lead actress in a limited series for her performance.
Louie Anderson, supporting actor in a comedy for playing the mom on FX’s “Baskets“.
He later added, “I am not always been a very good man, but I play one hell of a woman”.
Kate McKinnon, supporting actress in a comedy for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”.
Thanks to O.J. Simpson, the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards partied like it was 1995.
“If your show doesn’t have a dragon or a white bronco in it, go home right now”, host Jimmy Kimmel joked, a reference to “Thrones” and the infamous auto Simpson was in when he went on a wild ride through Los Angeles before his arrest.
In his opening monologue, the host said he was holding “Celebrity Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett responsible for the “Donald Trump phenomenon”.
Hiddleston will bring the evening to a close, taking the stage to announce the best drama series.
Saying he was “between jobs”, Bush appeared just in time to whisk a running late Jimmy Kimmel on the way to the award show.
The festivities will begin in the late afternoon – under clear, sunny skies – with the usual red-carpet parade by the stars.
Sarah Paulson, who played former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark, brought Clark to the Emmys and apologized to her in front of millions for not being kind in the past.
The show also acknowledged the diverse and changing landscape on television, not only in the presenters but in the range of winners. – Gaten Matarazzo said, “Yeah, uh, I went to this place and got this tux”.
The wins by Malek of USA Network’s “Mr. Robot” and Maslany for BBC America’s “Orphan Black” were for shows with less-than-massive audiences but that have been championed by TV critics and vocal fans. Co-creator and showrunner David Benioff credits the team both on and off the screen for the drama’s success.
Directing, Comedy Series: Jill Soloway, “Transparent”.
Ellie Kemper, nominated as lead actress in a comedy, lost to five-time victor Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “Veep”.
The FX limited series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”, chronicling the Trial of the Century, will likely garner the most attention at the Emmy ceremony.
The Night Manager director Susanne Bier, who is Danish, won for best directing in a limited series.
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The Emmys for “The People v. O.J. Simpson” helped boost FX, the 21st Century Fox-owned cable network that has positioned itself as a sanctuary for creative freedom on an ad-supported TV platform.
