“Games of Thrones”, the fantasy saga based on George R.R. Martin’s novels, received a total of 12 awards Sunday and at last weekend’s technical arts ceremony for a cumulative 38, besting “Frasier” by one to claim most prime-time series awards ever.
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“Game of Thrones“, TV’s most nominated and celebrated series, continued its winning streak Sunday night, earning its second straight Emmy for best drama.
The show also won the best drama award previous year.
“Here in Hollywood, the only thing we value more than diversity, is congratulation ourselves on how much we value diversity”.
The highlight of the Emmy speeches came early: The Transparent creator and victor of Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series noted, “When you take women, POC, trans people, queer people, and put them at the center of the story…you change the world”. The fact that Dame Maggie Smith won again for Downton Abbey was, in fact, am enduring source of comedy for Kimmel for much of the broadcast.
Leading the charge is FX’s behind-the-scenes “The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story“, which won 22 nominations on the wave of a true crime trend in television coupled with a contemporary backdrop of racial tension. Showrunner David Mandel honored her in his acceptance speech: “I know it sounds like we work a lot of hours, but this should be an easy job because I get to work with Julie Louis-Dreyfus, who just makes it easy”.
We’re at the Emmys, folks, but look: it’s an election year, and I want everyone to know that after careful consideration, I’ve decided I’m going with Trump, which is why I’m also recommending we get rid of all Muslim and Hispanic nominees from the ceremony immediately.
“Many have asked who is to blame for the Donald Trump phenomenon and I’ll tell you who”, he said before pinpointing The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett. “No, no, no, no, no”, Kimmel said. After a few back-and-forth quips to one another, Damon turned to leave the stage with some saucy parting words.
“America Ferrera”, he said to the actress. He told Kimmel that if he ran a positive campaign, the voters will ultimately make the right choice.
“Saturday Night Live” star Kate McKinnon won best supporting comedy actress and thanked Clinton, one of the people she plays on the NBC sketch series, and got a loud cheer from the crowd. “How many times do you think she’s showed up to win?”
There were plenty of O.J. jokes in Kimmel’s monologue.
“I can’t walk, but thanks”, the actress, nominated for her role in a comedy series for Amazon’s “Transparent“, said as she responded to shouts and cheers from fans in the red-carpet bleachers.
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Emmy victor Jill Soloway, creator of “Transparent“, told reporters backstage that Trump was a unsafe monster. Aziz Ansari was the first victim, when the music started playing as soon as his Master of None co-writer Alan Yang finished his empowering speech, leaving the Parks & Rec alum with no time to talk; he was able to thank his parents later as he presented an award.
