The comedians won an award for co-hosting Saturday Night Live in December a year ago (15).
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“Making a Murderer”, a Netflix documentary series sensation that became talk of the town earlier this year, also earned well, winning a total of four Emmy Awards 2016.
The Creative Arts Emmys, which took place on Saturday and Sunday night, marked a historic event for two artists.
A coronation! While you cannot explain yesterday why Game of Thrones will sweep the Emmy, it’s no surprise that we have witnessed the beginning of the coronation of the HBO series.
The other nominees were Michael J. Fox, who was nominated for the fifth time for his portrayal of a ruthless attorney diagnosed with tardive dyskinesia, a condition which causes erratic body movements, on “The Good Wife”; and Max von Sydow, for playing the Three-eyed Raven on “Game Of Thrones”. Tonight Mr. Robot series composer Mac Quayle won Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) for the episode “eps1.0_ hellofriend. mov”, one of two nominations tonight with another Creative Emmy nomination tomorrow.
The biggest victor was “Game of Thrones” with a solid nine victories across several technical categories, while “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” also took home four.
Hank Azaria was top dramatic guest actor for Showtime’s “Ray Donovan“, and Peter Scolari was top comedic guest actor for HBO’s “Girls“. While Poehler was technically a joint victor with her long-time friend and collaborator Tina Fey, the two were awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for their dual-hosting of Saturday Night Live’s Christmas episode.
The Primetime Emmy Awards 2016 will be broadcasted live on ABC on Sunday, September 18, at 9 pm ET.
Poehler was part of the cast of “Saturday Night Live” from 2001 to 2008.
Game of Thrones was the biggest individual series victor by a wide margin.
“ Social TV experience: “@Midnight with Chris Hardwick”, Comedy Central. This included Outstanding Special Visual effects, Outstanding sound mixing, Outstanding Makeup for a single camera series and Outstanding single-camera picture editing for a drama series.
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