McKinnon, a tearful victor of a supporting actress award in comedy for her work on “Saturday Night Live”, thanked Clinton upon accepting.
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Limited Series: “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”.
SURPRISE: Regina King. It should not be a surprise to see a repeat victor (any repeat winner) at the Emmys, and King’s work on ABC’s American Crime was certainly solid in season two.
Several took home Emmys, many for the first time.
Coming to even more grander things, Game of Thrones won the Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row.
“Oh, my God. Please tell me you’re seeing this too”, said a stunned Malek, who participates in a hacking conspiracy in a series where it’s never quite sure what’s real and what’s imagined.
“I’d like to dedicate this to my father William Louis-Dreyfus who passed away on Friday”, she said. “He’s responsible if Donald Trump gets elected and he builds that wall”, Kimmel said.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series went to “Downtown Abbey’s” Maggie Smith, who Kimmel refused to award, since she didn’t show up.
Jeffrey Tambor won best lead actor in a comedy series for his role in the Amazon series Transparent and urged the TV industry to provide more opportunities for transgender actors. The loss “makes a lot of sense”, Damon said. As became her custom, she didn’t attend the ceremony.
Actor Courtney B. Vance accepts Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” onstage during the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. But she knew who to credit.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series went to Louie Anderson from “Baskets”. Apart from this, Veep took up the award for Outstanding Comedy Series surprisingly edging out a hilarious season 3 of HBO’s Silicon Valley and Aziz Ansari’s Netflix exclusive Master of None.
“I’m happy to be able to stand with this in my hand for the team, happy that there was no one from ‘People vs. O.J.’ in my category”, she said. He began with a video montage that saw him hitching a ride to the Emmys with the cast of “Modern Family”, sharing a “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden, a limo carrying Julia Louis-Dreyfus with Jeb Bush as the driver and ultimately getting dropped off by Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen atop her hulking dragon.
In another revision, this one implemented previous year, voting was expanded from blue-ribbon panels to – depending on the award – giving substantially more or all of the academy’s 20,000-plus members the chance to vote for finalists.
Tom Hiddleston, who starred in The Night Manager, presented the award for outstanding directing in a limited series or movie to the show’s director Susanne Bier. Two critical darlings earned major hardware, with surprise wins for Mr. Robot’s Malek and Orphan Black’s Maslany for outstanding lead actor and actress in a drama series, respectively.
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John Oliver captured the top variety talk series award for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, besting competitors including Jerry Seinfeld and host Kimmel-who received barbed consolation on stage from Matt Damon, his longtime faux nemesis.
