The Netflix Inc. logo is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone 5s for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
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The night solidified the industry’s prevailing view that cable and streaming services are at the vanguard of creativity in television.
Shows like “Daredevil”, “House of Cards” and “Stranger Things” have taken smartphones and living rooms by storm gluing in viewers onto their screens like never before. The Voice was named outstanding reality-competition program.
This was the second consecutive year that Game of Thrones came out on top in the drama category.
“That was a little weird earlier, I just wanted to thank my parents who inspired the episode and acted in the show too”, he later said when he appeared to give the award for best writing for a variety special.
Mr Robot’s Rami Malek, who plays the series’ socially awkward protagonist Elliot Alderson, was handed a surprise win for lead actor in a drama, while Tatiana Maslany won best actress for Orphan Black where she plays a number of characters – a feat that dominated discussions on Twitter and Facebook.
According to Entertainment weekly Ansari and Yang created the story after collaborating on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”.
The issue regarding diversity in Hollywood was constantly raised. Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele” earned a win for variety sketch series. Jeffrey Tambor was honored for his work in Transparent with the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy.
HBO’s hit fantasy show has now won a total of 38 Emmys since 2011.
While hosting the Emmy Awards on Sunday, the late night fixture pointed out that history had repeated itself, and once again, the acting icon was not in attendance.
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is one of the most-watched dramas on cable both in the USA and overseas, adding thousands of new viewers with each new season.
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After being absent during Sunday night’s awards show, the Downton Abbey star and outstanding supporting actress in a drama series victor took to Twitter to accept the honor and respond to host Jimmy Kimmel, who made her the butt of his longest opening-monologue joke.
