Saturday night (10Sep16) saw James win his first ever Emmy Award, with his show taking home the Outstanding Interactive Program gong, before the second night of the awards on Sunday saw his Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special winning the Variety Special category – beating Beyonce’s visual album Lemonade in the process.
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Both RuPaul and Amy Poehler got their first Emmy win this year.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 10: Costume designer Michele Clapton attends the 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Awards pundits are especially excited for Sarah Paulson to win Best Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie for her stellar portrayal of lawyer Marcia Clark on the show after years of being overlooked for her performance in multiple seasons of “American Horror Story”. Now, with last night’s 2016 Creative Arts Emmys Awards, the show has set yet another record-and is poised to break another as well.
Hank Azaria beat the likes of Michael J. Fox (who appeared in The Good Wife) for “Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series” for his work on Ray Donovan. This was Fey’s ninth Emmy to date, but Poehler’s first Emmy win. “I really wanted it”.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler won for outstanding guest actress in a comedy for co-hosting the December 19 episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”.
See the full list of winners announced Saturday night below.
The 27-year-old actress was joined at the awards show by her Grease Live! co-stars Julianne Hough and Kether Donohue.
“Well, I’d just talked myself out of it, too”, Scolari said in his acceptance speech.
“The Emmy went to Diane Warren for writing the music and lyrics for “‘Til It Happens To You” from the documentary on sexual assault on college campuses, “The Hunting Ground” that aired on CNN.
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie: Game of Thrones.
The fantasy drama series won 9 out of 11 Emmys scored by cable network HBO.
Other British interests included Downton Abbey, which took two awards for hairdressing and production design.
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Comedy programming picked up plenty of love for their social and interactive experience components.
