Saturday’s winners suggest the front-runners for top awards will be HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, which earned nine Emmys Saturday; and FX’s “The People vs. O.J. Simpson”, which collected four. On Saturday, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were the first duo to win a single joint Emmy for their dual SNL hosting appearance. Hamm eventually went on to win his first ever award – Best Drama Actor – for his portrayal of Don Draper in the AMC drama series “Mad Men“. Thus, it is in the Creative Arts Emmy Award as art directors, costume designers, photographers, casting directors and other sound engineers are highlighted.
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What is more incredulous is that Game of Thrones still has the chance to add to its already illustrious tally during the Primetime Emmy awards which will be held on September 18th. Nominated in the category as well were Dancing With the Stars, Grease: Live, Saturday Night Live and The Wiz Live!, which won the award.
The Creative Arts Emmys are taking place Saturday and Sunday at the Microsoft Theatre L.A. He won the outstanding guest actor in a comedy series.
The fact that Amy Poehler has never won an Emmy despite being nominated 17 times over the past eight years is somehow both the most infuriating and comforting thing in the world to me.
Scolari became a contender after another nominee, Peter MacNicol of “Veep”, was found to be ineligible because he had appeared in half of the series’ episodes, more than permitted for the category.
Thrones won in categories including prosthetic make-up, period/fantasy costumes and production design.
A well-deserved win was for Diane Warren’s song “Til it Happens To You” that she wrote for the documentary about College Campus rapes called The Hunting Ground.
Music composition for a series (original dramatic score): “Mr. Robot” (episode one), USA.
Casting for a drama series: “Game of Thrones”, HBO.
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Comedy programming picked up plenty of love for their social and interactive experience components. Game of Thrones emerged a clear victor during this event, bagging a stunning number of awards to propel it into the top spot of all-time victor.
