The People v OJ Simpson, Game of Thrones, and Veep emerged as the big winners.
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Streaming services did well right out of the gate.
The Emmy broadcast rotates each September among the four biggest broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox – and is created to drum up excitement for the beginning of the fall season. They accounted for four of the 27 awards, and only one for a prime-time scripted series.
Emmy recognition can help bring in bigger audiences, and more advertising dollars, at networks like FX that run commercials.
It’s “changing the landscape of television”. Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang won for writing on a comedy series for the Netflix series “Master of None“. “Give them auditions, give them a story, he said”.
In the battle of the networks, perennial leader HBO finished top with 22 Emmys – six on Sunday to add to its 16 from the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony last weekend.
That gives it a total haul over the years of 38 – more than any other narrative series since the first Television Academy prize-giving in 1949, overtaking the haul of 37 won by long-running comedy “Frasier”.
Rami Malek won for best actor in a drama series for his role in “Mr. Robot”.
This year, however, the series lost in the drama acting categories, which were far from predictable. Victor of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Transparent, Jeffrey Tambor made a heartfelt plea for Hollywood to take a chance on transgender talent.
She had a personal moment at the end of her acceptance speech when she dedicated her win to her father, William Louis Dreyfus, who she said died on Friday.
Sterling K. Brown took home a statuette for his supporting actor role, while D.V. DeVincentis was recognized for the show’s writing. “Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels like a sobering documentary”, she said while accepting the award.
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During his opening monologue, Emmy host Jimmy Kimmel called out producer Mark Burnett, the producer of reality series “The Apprentice” and “Celebrity Apprentice” which Donald Trump hosted, saying “who is to blame for the Trump phenomenon?”
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Kate McKinnon, who plays Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, won supporting comedy actress, and John Oliver’s biting “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won the Emmy for variety talk series. “No, no, no, no, no”, Kimmel said. “I wonder if he’s having a viewing party with the guys”.
Drama Series: “Game of Thrones”.
Ben Mendelsohn of “Bloodline” won as best supporting drama actor and also was a no-show. Acting victor Vance, who sweetly thanked his wife onstage, said he’s ready to hand over his trophy to her.
Perpetual bridesmaid in the series categories, FX has found great Emmy success in the limited series/miniseries arena with a genre it reintroduced to television, anthology drama series, with American Horror Story.
“I’m so glad that he liked Veep because his opinion was the one that really mattered”. That ties the record it set a year ago, when it scored the most Emmy wins for a series in a single season. But the night was not without some disappointment for the comic.
“You must be bummed out”, said Damon, strolling onstage and nonchalantly eating an apple. “I was going to stare at the back of her head and experience happiness in a form that I hadn’t felt”.
Malek is also up against Oscar victor Kevin Spacey, who has never won an Emmy, in his role as manipulative President Frank Underwood in the Netflix Washington drama “House of Cards”. It was her third win for playing the formidable dowager. As became her custom, she didn’t attend the ceremony.
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Holding Smith’s trophy, Kimmel said it would not be mailed to the 81-year-old actress.
