The series now has the most Emmy wins of any drama or comedy in history with 38, surpassing the previous record of 37 held by “Frasier”. Jimmy Kimmel takes a dig at Dame Maggie Smith Emmy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel had some choice words for actress Dame Maggie Smith, who seldom appears at the awards show to accept her statuette. Kimmel, 48, observed that this year’s set of Emmy nominees is the most diverse ever, adding that the only thing Hollywood loves more than diversity is congratulating themselves for diversity. Although, Dame was not present there for taking the award at the night. During his opening monologue, Kimmel threatened to revoke all of her Emmys if she did not appear at the September 18 show should she win.
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What followed was Kimmel catching rides with everyone from late night host James Corden to politician Jeb Bush and even a dragon from “Game of Thrones“.
“Sherlock” was named Best Made for TV Movie for its special episode “The Abominable Bride”.
Sherlock writer Steven Moffat brought The Great British Bake Off controversy to a U.S. audience when he received the award, saying: “Thank you to the BBC, who we love above all bakery”.
“Playing a real person, you want to get it right for them”, said Paulson.
But the British-US miniseries did scoop a directing gong, for Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier.
Shortly after John Oliver took home the award for outstanding variety series category for his show Last Week Tonight, Damon sauntered on stage with an apple in his hand. Then we had Ryan Murphy win another Emmy for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story in the Limited Series category.
After winning best comedy actress for a fifth consecutive time for HBO’s “Veep”, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays flawed US president Selina Meyer on the show, said “I want to personally apologize for the current political climate”.
“Game Of Thrones” (GOT), an adaptation of “A Song of Ice and Fire”, George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels, won three honours at the award including the Best Drama Series for the second year in a row, as listed at emmys.com official website. This is the fifth straight time when Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won the award for the best comedian and this, comedian actress dedicated her award to her beloved father who dies on last Friday.
Its victory for best miniseries was widely expected while Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance were rewarded in the lead acting categories for their acclaimed portrayals of sparring attorneys Marcia Clarke and Johnnie Cochran.
“Please give transgender talent a chance”, he said.
Australia’s big win came when Ben Mendelsohn beat the likes of Game of Thrones stars Kit Harrington and Peter Dinklage to take home the best supporting actor in a drama category for his role as a vengeful family member in the USA series Bloodline.
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Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
