Louie Anderson won the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series on Sunday night for his performance in Baskets.
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The HBO series picked up 12 total Emmys this season – nine awards in technical categories and three top prizes at the glitzy ceremony in downtown Los Angeles – television’s equivalent of the Oscars.
John Oliver captured the best variety talk series award for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, besting competitors including Jerry Seinfeld and host Jimmy Kimmel – who received barbed consolation on stage from Matt Damon, his longtime faux nemesis.
ABC will broadcast the Emmy Awards live starting at 8 p.m. EST. In accepting the award, Louis-Dreyfus said she’d like to apologize for the current state of American politics.
An image of late actor Anton Yelchin is shown during the In Memoriam segment at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 16, 2016.
Regina King claimed the award for supporting actress in a limited series for “American Crime”, her second trophy for the program.
Peter Dinklage missed out on a supporting actor trophy, as did co-star Kit Harington, the category’s favorite, with Ben Mendelsohn picking up the prize for “Bloodline”.
Leading the charge is FX’s 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.
Jeffrey Tambor won his second Emmy in a row for best comedy actor for his role in “Transparent”.
When asked how he thought Trump reacted to Kimmel’s comments during his monologue, Burnett was equally upbeat. “I have not always been a good man but I play one hell of a woman”.
“Because everyone in L.A. knows if you want to win, sit next to Marcia Clark”, Kimmel said.
“If you run a positive campaign, the voters will ultimately make the right choice”, Bush deadpanned before adding, “Jimmy, that was a joke, and shave that wig off your face you godless Hollywood hippie”.
Russell is running third in the betting for tightest race of the night, with Robin Wright (House of Cards) expected possibly to squeak past last year’s victor Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder).
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Joyce Eng, senior editor at TV Guide Online, tweeted that after winning his award, Anderson went backstage and said, “These are so much heavier than they look … but, then, so am I”.
