The show now has 38 trophies, making it the most honoured primetime television programme in the history of the awards.
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Rami Malek took home the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in A Drama Series for his portrayal of Eliott, the delusional schizophrenic master hacker from Mr. Robot who accepted the award with his iconic, fourth-wall breaking dialogue, “Please tell me you are seeing this too”.
“However, Hibberd pointed out, “‘Thrones’ has the advantage of being a lavishly produced drama that’s competitive in so many varied categories, from special effects to costumes to writing to directing to acting”, in contrast to “Frasier” being a traditional sitcom.
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Kate McKinnon, who plays Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, won supporting comedy actress, while Louie Anderson was named best supporting actor for playing the wholesome mother of Zach Galifianakis’ quirky clown in the FX comedy “Baskets”.
“Thrones” nabbed eight awards at last year’s Creative Arts Emmys and four during the Emmys telecast including its first win for Best Drama, and a second prize for Supporting Actor Peter Dinklage, who previously won for his role as Tyrion Lannister in 2011.
In her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus said: “Our show started out as political satire but now feels like a sobering documentary”.
Smith has been nominated multiple times for her role as Violet Crawley in “Downton Abbey” but has not attended the ceremony.
Courtney B. Vance beat out favorite Bryan Cranston to win best actor in a limited series or movie for playing lawyer Johnnie Cochran in “The People v. O.J”.
Tatiana Maslany of BBC America’s “Orphan Black” won the best actress in drama award, beating favorites Claire Danes and last year’s victor Viola Davis.
Jeffrey Tambor, the star of the comedy “Transparent”, said in his speech that there should be more transgender actors.
“Ladies and gentlemen, 4-time Emmy award-winner, Dr Bill Cosby”. The majority went to linear TV broadcasters (two to Adult Swim/Cartoon Network and one to FX Networks).
“The People v. O.J. Simpson” ran away with the night at the 68th Emmy Awards Sunday even as “Game of Thrones” broke a record.
Louie Anderson, victor for best supporting actor for comedy Baskets, credited FX with worrying less than others about initial ratings. Kimmel’s bit featured actors from several shows that were up for bigger awards: “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”, “Modern Family“, “The Late Late Show”, “Veep” and “Game of Thrones”.
“Oh, my God. Please tell me you’re seeing this, too”, said a stunned Malek, who plays an emotionally troubled engineer caught up in a unsafe hacking conspiracy on the USA Network series.
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, who won a statuette for directing, likened the bombastic tycoon to Adolf Hitler and called him a “dangerous monster”. Case in point: Tatiana Maslany didn’t get nominated for “Orphan Black” until Season 3 and she didn’t win until Season 4. Game of Thrones, after winning Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, now holds the record of Most Wins for a Drama Series. Thanks, host Jimmy Kimmel!
There was a certain amount of déjà vu in the number of back-to-back winners, including Jeffrey Tambor for Amazon’s “Transparent” and Regina King for ABC’s “American Crime”. But things got more odd when British writer Steven Moffat, who won for “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”, tried to get into the act.
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“Yeah, I’m a little disappointed”, Kimmel admitted.
