Donald Trump was a featured player at the Emmys.
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Speaking of the awards, Game Of Thrones did end up taking home a bunch of them (including Best Drama Series), with “Battle Of The Bastards” being honored presumably for how expensive it was and for how satisfying it was to finally see Ramsay Bolton get ripped apart by hungry dogs. Fellow HBO series “Veep” was named top comedy for the second straight year and that show’s star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won best comedy actress for the fifth straight time and a record-setting sixth time in her career.
In total, HBO won 22 trophies and FX took 18.
Fox and Comcast Corp’s NBC led broadcasters with six Emmys each. But among primetime scripted series, Thrones is now the undisputed king. “CBS was shut out altogether”.
It’s “changing the landscape of television”.
The Emmy for Writing in a Comedy Series went to Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang for “Masters of None“. “I feel so lucky to be on a show that puts women at the center”, she said. She said Trump is “the most risky monster of our time”.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”.
Rami Malek accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Mr.
The top comedy acting awards were more predictable. Now, Lead Actor in a Comedy Series was a competitive race, but it was Jeffrey Tambor who picked up his second consecutive win for “Transparent“.
Louis-Dreyfus ended her speech by dedicating the trophy to her father, who she said died Friday.
Speaking to CBC News on the red carpet before the award show began, Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, said she couldn’t believe the show might break a record considering its humble beginnings.
Jimmy Kimmel, the Emmys host, joked: “The only thing we value more than diversity is congratulating ourselves on how much we value diversity”.
Burnett cast Mr Trump in The Apprentice, the hit series which gave him the catchphrase “you’re fired” and a larger public profile.
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. Here’s a recap of the most memorable moments from television’s biggest night. “I wonder if he’s having a viewing party with the guys”.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Louie Anderson, “Baskets”.
“If your show doesn’t have a dragon or a white Bronco in it, go home right now”, host Jimmy Kimmel joked at the start of the three-hour broadcast, a reference to “Thrones” and the infamous auto Simpson was in when he went on a wild ride through Los Angeles before his arrest. “I’m sorry”, she said.
“Here’s what I know: If you run a positive campaign, the voters will make the right choice”, the former Republican presidential candidate told Kimmel.
John Oliver was a victor for his weekly comedic news commentary program “Last Week Tonight”, giving HBO its first Emmy in the variety talk series category since “Tracey Takes On.” was honored in 1997. “I was going to stare at the back of her head and experience happiness in a form that I hadn’t felt”. It broke its tie with Hill Street Blues as the biggest drama series Emmy victor in history, and needed just three more Emmys to surpass Frasier as the most honored fictional series ever.
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It is the third time Dame Maggie has won an Emmy for her portrayal of Violet Crawley, but she has never attended the ceremony in person. Jones’s Twitter account was hacked in August after her tweets became heavily looked at during her Olympic coverage. “I’m so honored to be in this category with these artistic killers”, he said in recognition of his co-nominees.
