The 69th Emmy Awards held on September 17 and honoured the best TV series and performances that aired between June 2016 and May 2017.
Online platforms like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu took up more than 120 nominations between them, with Netflix’s Stranger Things coming in as one of the most-nominated shows of the year – earned 18 different Emmy nominations, second only to Saturday Night Live and HBO’s Westworld, each of which stood at 22 nominations.
This year’s streaming shows accounted for four of the seven nominees for Outstanding Drama Series, two of the picks for Outstanding Comedy Series, and programs like The Handmaid’s Tale, House of Cards, and Master of None have earned praise in nearly every major category.
However, in winnings, the biggest stories were HBO’s Big Little Lies winning five awards, in the Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress in a Miniseries categories, Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries, and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries categories.
The other huge winner of the night was freshman series and first-time nominee The Handmaid’s Tale. The show won five awards: Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Writing in a Drama series, in addition to Ann Dowd winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Elisabeth Moss winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Combined with Alexis Bledel’s previous win for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama, a cinematography award, and a production design award, which were announced at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys, the show racked up eight Emmys total.
See the full list of winners below:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale – winner
House of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale – winner
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Robin Wright, House of Cards
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us – winner
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Scheiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
Big Little Lies – winner
Fargo
Feud: Bette and Joan
Genius
The Night Of
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
Black Mirror: San Junipero – winner
Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
The Wizard Of Lies
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies – winner
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Carrie Coon, Fargo
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of – winner
John Turturro, The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Robert De Niro, The Wizard Of Lies
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep – winner
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep – winner
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
Donald Glover, Atlanta – winner
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – winner
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, Drunk History – “Hamilton”
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live – “The (RED) Show”
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Multi-Level Marketing”
Jim Hoskinson, The Last Show with Stephen Colbert – “Episode 0179”
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live – “Host: Jimmy Fallon” – winner
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
David E. Kelley, Big Little Lies
Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror: San Junipero – winner
Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, and Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “Pilot”
Richard Price and Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Call of the Wild”
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Vince Gilligan, Better Call Saul – “Witness”
Stephen Daldry, The Crown – “Hyde Park Corner”
Reed Morano, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred” – winner
Kate Dennis, The Handmaid’s Tale – “The Bridge”
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland – “America First”
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – “The Bicameral Mind”
OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice – winner
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.”
Stephen Glover, Atlanta – “Streets on Lock”
Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Master of None – “Thanksgiving” – winner
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley – “Success Failure”
Billy Kimball, Veep – “Georgia”
David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale – winner
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – winner
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Bill Camp, The Night Of
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies – winner
David Thewlis, Fargo
Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan
Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies – winner
Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
Ron Howard, Genius – “Einstein: Chapter One”
James Marsh, The Night Of – “The Art of War”
Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Beach”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live – winner
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
Matt Walsh, Veep
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Americans – “The Soviet Division”
Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul – “Chicanery”
Peter Morgan, The Crown – “Assassins”
Bruce Miller, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred” – winner
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – The Bicameral Mind”
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Billy on the Street
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live – winner
Tracey Ullman’s Show
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.” – winner
Jamie Babbit, Silicon Valley – “Intellectual Property”
Morgan Sackett, Veep – “Blurb”
David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”
Dale Stern, Veep – “Justice”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Judy Davis, Feud
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies – winner
Jackie Hoffman, Feud
Regina King, American Crime
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live – winner
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent
Judith Light, Transparent
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
John Lithgow, The Crown – winner
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
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