It went down to the wire in the end, with “Thrones” drawing a blank in the acting categories, despite being a hot favorite and having multiple nominees, and only set the record with the last prize of the night.
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The three-hour ceremony honoring the best in television and broadcast live on ABC television scored an 8.4 overnight rating in the biggest US cities, preliminary Nielsen data showed.
Brown took home the Emmy for best supporting actor in a limited series/movie for The People v. O.J. Simpson, and praised his wife: “Contrary to popular belief, I got the hottest chick in the game rockin’ my chain”, he said, referencing Jay Z’s “Public Service Announcement” from The Black Album.
Sunday’s ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, was broadcast against NBC’s popular “Sunday Night Football”, which generally draws the largest TV audience of the week.
Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang took the Emmy stage to accept their award for Comedy writing on Sunday night.
The show, based on George RR Martin’s novels, has now scooped 38 Emmys, beating Frasier’s record of 37 to become the most-awarded narrative show in Emmy history.
“Mom, we did it!”, Anderson shouted, hoisting his trophy and dedicating the award to his late mother, Ora Zella Anderson.
“Did you know you could make $12 an hour working for Uber?” a game Bush said, smiling.
Rami Malek melted out hearts with an endearing acceptance speech for his lead role in Mr. Robot. “He’s responsible if Donald Trump gets elected and he builds that wall”, Kimmel said.
When her name was announced as victor, he walked on to the stage to take Dame Maggie’s trophy, saying: “No, no, no, no, no”. In this exclusive audio byte I talked to fierce LGBT allies Judith Light & Jeffrey Tambor at the GLAAD Media Awards about their hit Amazon series Transparent. After an awkward silence, Kimmel said it was a joke-the TV star embroiled in decades-old accusations of sexual assault wasn’t invited. It revised how votes are cast and counted, switching from a ranking and points system to letting voters simply check off their top choice.
Kimmel lost the trophy to British star John Oliver and his show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.
In another revision, this one implemented past year, voting was expanded from blue-ribbon panels to-depending on the award-giving substantially more or all of the academy’s 20,000-plus members the chance to vote for finalists.
It is the fifth time in a row Louis-Dreyfus has won the award for her role in the United States version of BBC comedy The Thick Of It.
Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama: Susanne Bier, “The Night Manager”.
“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” also glittered, picking up a total of nine awards this season, including the prize for best limited series.
Variety Sketch Series: “Key & Peele”. Twitter users reacted with GIFs and outrage, some calling out the Emmys for awarding two white men (Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski) over Queen Bey.
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“Jews were other-ized in Nazi Germany to gain political power for Hitler, and right now Donald Trump is doing the same thing”, Soloway said as she accepted her Emmy in Directing for a Comedy Series for “Transparent”.
