The wins by Malek of USA Network’s “Mr. Robot” and Maslany for BBC America’s “Orphan Black” were for shows with less-than-massive audiences but that have been championed by TV critics and vocal fans.
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“I’d like to dedicate this to my father. who passed away on Friday”, she said. It’s a record breaking win, tying her with Mary Tyler Moore and Candace Bergen for most awards in a comedy series, and the actress’ eighth Emmy win overall.
Netflix won best documentary for Making a Murderer and best comedy writing for Master of None.
“If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for president? No”. Jeffrey Tambor’s trophy as top comedy actor for Transparent was his second.
He called for Hollywood to make him the last non-transgender actor to get such a role.
Anticipation is high for Season 7, and when asked what we can expect from the penultimate year of the show, Weiss wryly said, “it will be bigger, and it will be better, and it will also be worse, but mostly better”. “So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall.and make Mexico pay for it”.
HBO’s Veep, which last year ended the five-year winning streak of ABC comedy Modern Family in the Best Comedy category, again scooped that prize last night. He wasn’t even there to accept his award.
Briton Maggie Smith was again the victor of the Best Supporting Actress award for her part in “Downton Abbey“. It was her third win for playing the formidable dowager.
Host Jimmy Kimmel joked during his opening monologue that the veteran actress should have made an effort to be at the event, having not attended in previous years either.
“We loved “Frasier” and he had a long run”, showrunner David Benioff joked backstage after the show’s Best Drama win.
British comedian John Oliver won the outstanding variety talk series award for Last Week Tonight, beating James Corden’s Late, Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The loss “makes a lot of sense”, Damon said.
The dramatic retelling of the football star’s murder trial was honoured as best limited series and writing, and earned awards for stars Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paul son.
“Obama out, Hillary in”, he said.
Regina King won her second consecutive trophy for supporting actress in a limited series or movie for her work on ABC’s “American Crime Story”. “I haven’t always been a very good man, but I play one hell of a woman”, he said during his acceptance speech.
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The top victor in the streaming space was Netflix, which came in third with a total of nine awards, three of which were awarded during the “68th Primetime Emmys Awards” telecast on Sunday night – Ben Mendelsohn for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for “Bloodline“, Writing in a Comedy series for “Master of None” and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for “Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping”. But she knew who to credit.
