Fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” made television history at the 68th Emmys on Sunday, becoming the most decorated fictional show since the awards began almost seven decades ago. And it was one of the submissions for the drama series win and was part of the season overall that won casting and stunts.
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The HBO series which was up for 24 awards, won a total of 12 at the Emmy awards, which held on Sunday, September 18, 2016.
“We love “Frasier” and he had a long run and we’re sure someone will come along and take it from us”. The top prizes in these categories, however, went to Dame Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey and Bloodline’s Ben Mendelsohn.
“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” also glittered, picking up a total of nine awards this season, including the prize for best limited series.
“Jimmy, that was a joke”, Bush said.
True crime was also a big victor.
It was a night of recognition for old hands in the comedy categories, while the drama awards went to relative newcomers.
Louis-Dreyfus, who won of the Emmy Award for best comedy actress for her role as U.S. president Selina Meyer in “Veep”, apologised for what she called “the current political climate”.
“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”.
First-time victor Tatiana Maslany received the lead actress in a drama award for playing multiple human clones in the BBC America series “Orphan Black”.
“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.
After asking Kimmel if he was nominated (“Wow, what’s that like?”), Bush assured the late-night host that he had a shot at winning.
Several stars took aim at divisive Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, either in prepared jokes or in acceptance speeches.
“The more I learned about the real Marcia Clark. the more I had to recognize that I along with the rest of the world had been superficial and careless in my judgment”, said Paulson, accepting her first Emmy.
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“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway compared Trump to Adolf Hitler during the awards ceremony, which was filled with references to the usa election. Birmingham-born John Oliver won best variety talk series for his HBO show Last Week Tonight, beating fellow Brit James Corden, who was nominated for The Late Late Show.
