Davis took home the award for Lead Actress in a Drama for her work on “How to Get Away With Murder” and followed with a speech for the ages. The chief executive of the Television Academy, Bruce Rosenblum, said last month that there had been a 40 percent increase in submissions for the best drama category this year.
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For sure. now the star of the Fox comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine“, Samberg is an alumnus of “Saturday Night Live” with its live-ness.
The show, on its fifth nomination for best drama, has yet to win top honours.
Amazon Studios could be in for a big night with transgender comedy “Transparent“, whose star Jeffrey Tambor plays a divorced dad who decides to transition as a woman.
In downtown Los Angeles – where stars flocked to the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater – the mercury rose to 96 degrees during the afternoon. To accommodate the increasingly crowded field, the number of nominees for the best drama and comedy series categories expanded to seven from six.
“So many shows and so little time”, he sang.
Louis-Dreyfus, who had just picked up her fourth straight lead actress win for HBO’s “Veep“, obliged.
AMC was hopeful that the Emmys would be a coronation for “Mad Men“. Aduba won a guest actress award previous year for her portrayal of “Crazy Eyes” in the series. That show has won the outstanding drama award four times, but it has never received an Emmy in an acting category.
Mad Men would also seem the likely favourite for best drama series, but Breaking Bad spin-off series Better Call Saul and critically acclaimed prison drama Orange Is The New Black could be announced the surprise winners.
HBO’s Washington political comedy “Veep”, and its tech series “Silicon Valley“, FX’s “Louie,”, NBC’s “Parks and Recreation“, and Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt“, are also in the running.
Frances McDormand won as best actress in a limited series, Richard Jenkins won as best actor and Jane Anderson won for her writing. Stewart proclaimed, as it was his last season on the show.
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They include Tatiana Maslany for her multiple clone characters in BBC America’s “Orphan Black“, Anthony Anderson in ABC’s African-American family comedy “black-ish“, and comedian Amy Schumer for her Comedy Central sketch show “Inside Amy Schumer“. “Fox NFL Sunday” is broadcasting from the red carpet and the Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys telecast precedes the awards. During E!’s red carpet pre-show, actress Allison Janney said that the sweltering heat made this year’s ceremony like a session of hot yoga, joking that it was “Bikram Emmys”.
