You just hope you’ll also get amusing.
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According to Deadline, the three-hour telecast on ABC drew a 3.6 in the key 18-49 demo and 11.9 million total viewers, setting a new viewership low for television’s biggest night. Winter has come to Westeros but that might be the best thing possible for Harrington’s chances at collecting an Emmy before the series is over. “Wow, what’s that like?” “Our show started out as a political satire”, she said, “but it now feels more like a sobering documentary”. His best bits were the short quips between presenters as opposed to the more scripted moments. When Maggie Smith hears she’s nominated for an Emmy, she has the same reaction the rest of us have when we get one of those 20 per cent off Bed Bath and Beyond (store) coupons in the mail.
Rami Malek won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Mr Robot, while Tatiana Maslany from Orphan Black won Outstanding Leading Actress.
Sky Atlantic fantasy Game Of Thrones was named best drama series and picked up gongs for outstanding writing and directing at the event in Los Angeles, although there was disappointment for British heartthrob Kit Harington as well as Headey, Clarke and Williams.
SNL’s McKinnon, who has portrayed Clinton on the show, won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. I’m not sure how anyone is supposed to compare work in a sketch show to a sitcom or, in Transparent’s case, a show that is closer to a drama than a comedy. When Smith won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in “Downton Abbey“, Kimmel intercepted the award and, since Smith was not in attendance, joked that it would be placed in the lost and found.
“I’d like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday”. Later in the night, after The Voice won the best reality show, Burnett, a producer for that show as well, shot back, saying Kimmel gave “another five minutes of free publicity” to Trump.
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American Crime Story, a dramatisation of the 1995 murder trial of the United States football star, won nine Emmys, including the award for best limited series. The best television movie honour was given to “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”. “We all now play and live in that world”. Still, overall, you got some surprises, some coronations, some well-earned repeats, and some amusing moments from a strong host.
