But presenters and hosts during past award shows have at least tried to even out their biting jokes, making them at the expense of both candidates.
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“A lot of you may not have known who I was but you checked the box”, Brown, who played Christopher Darden said, thanking executive producer Ryan Murphy and others “for giving a brother a chance”. The only truly odd note was a poor attempt at a Bill Cosby joke.
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program went to “The Voice” and Variety Talk Series went to “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, beating out “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”. James Corden also joined Kimmel in the opening act, and the two recreated the Wham! hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”.
Indeed, when your biggest gripe with the results is that Sherlock: The Abominable Bride shouldn’t have won best TV movie – not because it’s not great, since it is, but because it arguably shouldn’t have been classified as a TV movie in the first place – then you know the night has been good.
Cumberbatch had been nominated for his acting role in the special, but went away empty-handed.
Aziz Ansari (who wrote a New York Times op-ed entitled “Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family”) was sarcastic as he presented an award, saying he was endorsing Trump, “which is why I’m recommending we get rid of all Muslim and Hispanic nominees from the ceremony, immediately”.
American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, which earned the second-highest number of nominations, converted five to trophies Sunday.
“Veep” repeated as best comedy series, and its star, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, won a record-breaking sixth Emmy as best comedy actress.
As Americans prepare to vote in November for a new president, “Veep” is also expected to win the coveted comedy series category, which is announced at the end of three-hour ceremony. She also choked up dedicating the honor to her late father William Louis-Dreyfus, who died Friday.
Actor Jeffrey Tambor, victor of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “Transparent”.
“Any moment that I have to call Trump out for being an heir to Hitler, I will”, Soloway said. “Give them auditions. Give them their stories”. Elsewhere on the drama side, Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek won the Oustanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for his performance as “Elliot Alderson” in USA’s breakout cyber thriller “Mr. Robot”.
After Smith’s win, Kimmel said her Emmy would not be mailed to her but would be kept in the Microsoft Theater’s Lost and Found until she shows up to claim it. Former candidate Jeb Bush had a cameo in Kimmel’s opening skit, Emmy victor Courtney B. Vance voiced support for Hillary Clinton and Kimmel jokingly called out producer Mark Burnett, seated in the audience, as the man responsible for Donald Trump.
“It’s a testament to the sheer quality and excellence of their work”.
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“We’re standing up here because George Martin created the world that we all live and play in”, said co-creator Dan Weiss.
