Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum, from left, host Jimmy Kimmel, producer Don Mischer and Guillermo Rodriguez roll out the red carpet at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards Press Preview Day at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles. From the best lead actor/actress to the most outstanding hairstyling and sound, the Emmys cover it all, leaving no televised stone unturned.
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Louis-Dreyfus used her victory to take a dig at GOP contender Donald Trump in a ceremony loaded with election-year asides.
Britons Idris Elba, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston are all nominated for best lead actor in a limited series or movie, while James Corden’s Late, Late Show is up for the outstanding variety talk series prize.
Writing for a Drama Series: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss “Game of Thrones”.
For her part, Kate McKinnon thanked Hillary Clinton when she accepted her best supporting actress in a comedy series award for her work on “Saturday Night Live”. It can claim both momentum, with this year’s Golden Globe for best drama series in hand, and thematic timeliness.
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.
Award-winning shows like “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” will be well represented at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, but some new names may collect statuettes.
A shaking Louis-Dreyfus ended her speech by dedicating the trophy to her father, who she said died Friday. Veep has amassed critical acclaim and several awards already, and is already set to start filming for season seven. “This show was better than ever this year and it has no serious competition”.
The darkly humorous crime drama anthology Fargo, which follows a different set of characters through the odd dangers of midwest America each season, has earned 18 nominations for their latest iteration of the series, which stars Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, among others.
Presidential politics wasn’t far from mind at the Emmy Awards. Mr. Robot, House of Cards, Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones will all be vying for Outstanding Drama. He was nominated in the same category in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The show depicts a fictionalized version of the cut-throat political environment in the United States, as President Frank Underwood (Spacey) and his equally opportunistic wife (Wright) fight to remain in power by any means necessary.
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“Downton Abbey”, which picked up eight nominations previous year but won only for hairstyling, marks its final season with a fourth nomination in the prestigious outstanding drama category among others. Dinklage’s main competition for the trophy could be from fellow Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington, receiving an Emmy nomination for the first time. (Everyone in the Television Academy, which organizes the Emmys, can now vote in the top categories, instead of just members of a closed-off committee.) But the question looming over Sunday’s selections is whether their victories usher in a new era of unpredictability, or whether Emmy voters have simply found new thoroughbreds to ride.
