The series also picked up the outstanding drama award. – Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel, joking in his opening monologue about the dominance of Game of Thrones and The People vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, which became reality as the night proceeded.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for Veep, her fifth win. Courtney B. Vance won Outstanding Lead Actor for his portrayal of defence lawyer Johnny Cochran, exiting the stage with thanks to his wife, the unbelievable Angela Bassett, and saying, “Obama out; Hillary in!”.
In the middle, as it turns out, we have Jimmy Kimmel: an Emmy host who can keep our attention over a long, stuffy awards show and make it all look effortless.
British actress Maggie Smith was honoured as best supporting actress in a drama series for the final season of Downton Abbey.
Indian-American Aziz Ansari shared a writing Emmy with Asian-American Alan Yang for their comedy series “Master of None”, while black actress Regina King won for her role in “American Crime” and African-American comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were honored for their sketch series “Key & Peele”. The series won the best drama series award for the second year in a row.
Along “O.J. Simpson” winners Brown and Vance, Egyptian-American Rami Malek beat veterans Kevin Spacey and Liev Schreiber to scoop his first Emmy for playing a socially inept computer hacker in “Mr. Robot”. “We are so glad to know that people enjoy the show nearly as much as we enjoy making it”.
John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” won the Emmy for top variety talk series. She turned sober soon after to dedicate her latest award (she has won the past five consecutive years) to her father, who passed away just days ago.
Jeffrey Tambor won best lead actor in a comedy series for his role in the Amazon series Transparent and urged the television industry to provide more opportunities for transgender actors. Kimmel joked of the latter: “I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes when Kanye realizes they beat Beyoncé!”
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, who won a statuette for directing, likened the bombastic tycoon to Adolf Hitler and called him a “dangerous monster”.
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, the much-anticipated Victorian era-set special featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, which left some viewers puzzled when it was broadcast on New Year’s Day, received the television movie award.
He says, “I know a lot of you haven’t eaten since Labor Day”.
The HBO fantasy drama triumphed in three categories at Sunday night’s ceremony, including outstanding drama series.
“The victor of tonight’s plus-one contest: Sarah Paulson who plays Marcia Clarke and who brought Marcia Clarke with her”.
Jane will be more than happy to know that her Dad did an excellent job hosting the show last night.
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Kimmel also went after Trump, wondering: “If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for President?” Kimmel, 48, observed that this year’s set of Emmy nominees is the most diverse ever, adding that the only thing Hollywood loves more than diversity is congratulating themselves for diversity.
