The show now also holds the record as the scripted primetime series with the most wins (38 in total), beating “Frasier”, which had 37.
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FX’s dramatic retelling of the football star’s murder trial was honored as best limited series and for writing, and earned awards for stars Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paulson. Sherlock has a history of pulling off upset wins at the Emmys, but few expected the one-off holiday special Abominable Bride to topple HBO’s heavyweight LBJ bio-pic All the Way. So when Kimmel lost outstanding variety talk series to John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, Damon kept the row alive when he walked out onstage munching an apple.
While sometimes attending award shows can make you a target for some mean-spirited hosts, the 2016 Emmy Awards audience was in safe hands with Jimmy Kimmel. “So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”.
The Emmy Awards had its share of surprises, sure things and Donald Trump jokes. It was her third win for playing the formidable dowager.
Bush portrayed the limo driver for Louis-Dreyfus. Maslany, who plays multiple roles on BBC America’s clone drama, gushed that she feels “so lucky to be on a show that puts women at the center”. She also choked up dedicating the honor to her late father William Louis-Dreyfus, who died Friday.
But just when you think the Television Academy got it right, there was a questionable case of mistaken identity posted on Twitter just before the show.
Amy Schumer received a fan letter from Jimmy’s mom (in the brown paper bag with her PBJ) going on about how much she wished Amy had hosted the award show and going on and on… but she was talking about Amy Poehler, not Amy Schumer.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her sixth Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, pushing her out in front of what was a three-way tie between her, Candice Bergen, and Mary Tyler Moore.
Netflix series Master of None scored its first Emmy award, winning outstanding writing for a comedy series.
Do that. I would not be unhappy were I the last cisgender male to play a female transgender on television.
While “Baskets” actor Louie Anderson and Kate McKinnon of “Saturday Night Live” won the Best Supporting Actor and Actress Award respectively. From what I’ve read from others in-the-know, it was between her and Keri Russell from “The Americans“.
Then Kimmel used his opening monologue to pick on “Apprentice” creator and co-producer Mark Burnett, saying he was the reason Trump was running.
“Any moment that I have to call Trump out for being an heir to Hitler, I will”, Soloway said.
Kimmel rushed out after Smith won for outstanding actress in a drama series.
Emmy victor Jill Soloway, creator of “Transparent”, told reporters backstage that Trump was a unsafe monster.
Other big winners of the night included “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story”. He wasted a lot of time on goofy jokes that weren’t all that amusing, but for the most part, he kept things moving along.
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“Hollywood is doing good, but I’ll tell you women of color are doing even better”, nominee Viola Davis said on the red carpet.
