Backstage, “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, who won best directing for a comedy series, criticized Trump for “other-izing people”.
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Sterling K. Brown also won for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series for his role as Christopher Darden in the “People v. O.J”.
“Thanks to Mark Burnett, we don’t have to watch reality shows anymore, because we’re living them”, Kimmel said.
But while it’s true that Thrones was a sentimental favorite to win the writing, directing, and best drama categories, the bigger question centered on the acting categories.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus paid a heartfelt tribute to her father who died on Friday as she won an Emmy for her role in the political satire Veep, which was named best comedy series. He advised Kimmel that “if you run a positive campaign, the voters will ultimately make the right choice”- then told Kimmel curtly that it was a joke.
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fifth straight Emmy on Sunday for her role in the satirical White House comedy on a night when politics played large in the midst of an extraordinary 2016 US election campaign.
There will be more than ego tallies at the awards, with diversity in Hollywood an ongoing issue.
Courtney B. Vance accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at.
Louie Anderson, victor for best supporting actor for comedy “Baskets“, credited FX with worrying less than others about initial ratings.
If the prize-giving goes as expected, “Game of Thrones” would be the most-awarded narrative series since the first Television Academy prize-giving in 1949.
Boosted substantially by piles and piles of technical Emmys and after winning three awards Sunday night, the HBO series has beaten Frasier for the most Emmy wins for a scripted TV series.
Perpetual bridesmaid in the series categories, FX has found great Emmy success in the limited series/miniseries arena with a genre it reintroduced to television, anthology drama series, with American Horror Story. Jeffrey Tambor got to be the butt of a joke in Kimmel’s monologue, got the win everybody predicted and also made a plea on behalf of transgendered performers.
“Topple the patriarchy”, yelled repeat victor Jill Soloway at the end of her acceptance speech as outstanding comedy director for Transparent, and that felt like a running theme in the show.
After being skewered by Mr. Kimmel for not showing up at previous ceremonies, an absent Maggie Smith won her third supporting-actress Emmy for her role in “Downton Abbey”.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES: Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”, NBC.
One of them, Sara Paulson, won for outstanding lead actress in a limited series.
A sitcom that has aggressively taken on issues including use of the “N-word” and police brutality, “black-ish” is up against “Veep” for top comedy honors in a field that also includes “Master of None”, “Modern Family”, “Silicon Valley”, “Transparent” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt“.
The Night Manager director Susanne Bier, who is Danish, won for best directing in a limited series.
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WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL: Patton Oswalt, “Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping”, Netflix.
