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”.
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Ben Mendelsohn of “Bloodline” won best supporting drama actor. Overall it won 12 Emmys this year, out of 23 total nominations. If you want an Emmy, you better hop on a plane right now and get your dowager count-ass over here.
The FX anthology show, which revisited the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, almost swept its nominated categories with awards for best limited series, outstanding writing and acting (for Sterling K. Brown, Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance).
– Sarah Paulson, who won an Emmy for portraying Clark in The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, apologizing to the prosecutor who she brought to the gala for misjudging her.
Rami Malek was named best lead actor in a drama series for his role in Mr. Robot, while Tatiana Maslany won best actress in a drama series for her performance in BBC America series Orphan Black.
In his breezy monologue, Kimmel scolded multi-honored Maggie Smith for never attending the Emmy ceremony: “She shows up at the Oscars”.
I think that “Veep” has torn down the wall between comedy and politics.
The award gala also honoured Indian-origin actor-writer-director Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, who received the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy series honour for “Master of None”.
Emmy victor Sarah Paulson, who played Marcia Clark in the celebrated show, actually brought the head prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial as her plus-one to the awards. Oh, and there was a second-straight win for Veep – a good show, but not so good that it needed to repeat. Jeffrey Tambor captured his second consecutive best comedy actor trophy for “Transparent”, in which he plays a transgender character. You must be present to win.
It is the fifth time in a row Louis-Dreyfus has won the award for her role in the United States version of BBC comedy The Thick Of It.
The 38 Emmys won by Game of Thrones includes the nine trophies the series picked up at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.
Jimmy Kimmel watched someone else walk away with an Emmy for Best Variety Talk Series last night.
Fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” made television history at the 68th Emmys on Sunday, becoming the most decorated fictional show since the awards began almost seven decades ago. Lena Headey, Maisie Williams and Emilia Clarke had all been nominated for best supporting actress, while Kit Harington and former Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage were in the running for best supporting actor. “Hillary in!” and Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon, who has played Clinton on the NBC show during this election season and won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, thanked the candidate in her acceptance speech (and Clinton thanked her back on Twitter).
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Slightly less tongue in cheek was Transparent creator Jill Soloway’s comments on the Republican nominee. “Of course, he was referring to the “#Game of Thrones” and the “People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”, both of which shows were the big winners last night. She thanked her father, who died Friday. That ties the record it set previous year, when it scored the most Emmy wins for a series in a single season. Kimmel asked. “That guy”, he said, pointing to Burnett.
