The favourite to win the Emmy for variety talk is Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which is up against Jerry Seinfeld’s online series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, amongst the regular late night shows.
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Jeffrey Tambor, who plays her transgender ex-spouse and is vying to repeat as best comedy actor, shared serious words about the series.
The first award of the night went to Louie Anderson, for best supporting actor in a comedy for “Baskets”.
A host of stars from Game Of Thrones are also up for acting awards.
Welsh actor Matthew Rhys is in contention for the best drama actor award for his role as a KGB spy in The Americans. The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live Sunday on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Bryan Cranston is also nominated for his role as former U.S. president Lyndon B Johnson in Sky Atlantic’s film All The Way.
Awards pundits say the Golden Globe-winning show, beloved by critics despite an audience of only about one million, could also cause an upset in the drama series race where it is competing against HBO’s medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones”, which dominates with 23 nominations. Meanwhile, the limited series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and “Fargo” received 22 nominations and 18 nods, respectively.
Biting political satire “Veep” is seeking its second consecutive best comedy series award, and bleak political drama “House of Cards” is looking for its first major win, as are its stars, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Masterpiece) and Luther are nominated for outstanding television movie.
“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus is in the hunt for her fifth best comedy actress trophy for her portrayal of vice-president-to-president Selina Meyer.
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LOS ANGELES Television’s biggest stars braved the red carpet heat ahead of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, where the dramatization of O.J. Simpson’s sensational 1995 double murder trial looked set to sweep to victory after an extraordinarily colorful year for US television.
