HBO reclaimed its crown at this year’s Primetime Emmy awards on Sunday (September 22) night, with Game Of Thrones taking the best drama series award as expected but adding only one other prize to its haul on the night.
Fleabag, from Amazon and the BBC, provided most of the surprises and was the biggest winner on the night. It earned four prizes including comedy series, lead actress and writing for Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and directing for Harry Bradbeer. Veep, a frequent Emmy winner in previous years, was completely shut out.
Six months into the impasse between the Writers Guild of America and the major agencies, most of the winning writers did not thank their agents. Besides that, the host-less 71st Primetime Emmy Awards show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles was free of controversy.
Patricia Arquette, winner of the supporting actress in a limited series for The Act, made a plea for more employment for transgender talents and Jharrel Jerome, who took the lead actor in a limited series prize for When They See Us, drew applause for introducing the ‘Exonerated Five,’ subjects of the series, who are sometimes known as the Central Park Five.
HBO shows won nine awards on the last of this year’s three Emmy ceremonies (the two Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies were held last weekend), giving the network a total for this year of 34. Netflix, which started with the second-highest nomination tally, took four awards on the night for 27 overall. And Amazon benefited from Fleabag’s success by taking seven awards on the night, for an overall tally of 15.
In smaller Emmy night surprises, HBO’s Chernobyl beat Netflix’s When They See Us for the best limited series award and Netflix’s interactive Black Mirror instalment Bandersnatch pipped HBO’s Deadwood: The Movie for the television movie prize.
Celebrated during the awards ceremony for its record-breaking final season, Game Of Thrones came out of the night with a total of 12 Emmys over the three ceremonies, equalling but not beating the record it set in 2015 for the biggest haul for a single season. Besides its best drama prize, the series brought Peter Dinklage his fourth supporting actor in a drama series statuette.
Fleabag’s four awards complement the two it won last weekend in the Creative Arts ceremonies, and Chernobyl added three prizes to the seven it took last weekend.
Key winners (in bold) and nominees.
DRAMA SERIES
- Better Call Saul
- Bodyguard
- Game Of Thrones
- Killing Eve
- Ozark Netflix
- Pose
- Succession
- This Is Us
COMEDY SERIES
- Barry
- Fleabag
- The Good Place
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Russian Doll
- Schitt’s Creek
- Veep
LIMITED SERIES
- Chernobyl
- Escape At Dannemora
- Fosse/Verdon
- Sharp Objects
- When They See Us
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
- Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones
- Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
- Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
- Laura Linney, Ozark
- Mandy Moore, This Is Us
- Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
- Robin Wright, House Of Cards
LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
- Jason Bateman, Ozark
- Sterling K Brown, This Is Us
- Kit Harington, Game Of Thrones
- Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
- Billy Porter, Pose
- Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
- Christina Applegate, Dead To Me
- Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
- Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
- Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
- Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
- Don Cheadle, Black Monday
- Ted Danson, The Good Place
- Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
- Bill Hader, Barry
- Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
- Patricia Arquette, Escape At Dannemora
- Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
- Joey King, The Act
- Niecy Nash, When They See Us
- Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Mahershala Ali, True Detective
- Benicio del Toro, Escape At Dannemora
- Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
- Jared Harris, Chernobyl
- Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
- Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
- Gwendoline Christie, Game Of Thrones
- Julia Garner, Ozark
- Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
- Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
- Sophie Turner, Game Of Thrones
- Maisie Williams, Game Of Thrones
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
- Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones
- Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
- Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
- Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
- Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones
- Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
- Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep
- Sian Clifford, Fleabag
- Olivia Colman, Fleabag
- Betty Gilpin, GLOW
- Sarah Goldberg, Barry
- Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
- Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
- Anthony Carrigan, Barry
- Tony Hale, Veep
- Stephen Root, Barry
- Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Henry Winkler, Barry
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Patricia Arquette, The Act
- Emily Watson, Chernobyl
- Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
- Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
- Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
- Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
- Paul Dano, Escape At Dannemora
- Michael Kenneth Williams, When They See Us
- Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
- John Leguizamo, When They See Us
- Asante Blackk, When They See Us
DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- David Benioff, D B Weiss, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Iron Throne’
- David Nutter, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Last Of The Starks’
- Miguel Sapochnik, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Long Night’
- Daina Reid, The Handmaid’s Tale, ‘Holly’
- Lisa Brühlmann, Killing Eve, ‘Desperate Times’
- Jason Bateman, Ozark, ‘Reparations’
- Adam McKay, Succession, ‘Celebration’
DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
- Alec Berg, Barry, ‘The Audition’
- Bill Hader, Barry ‘Ronny/Lily’
- Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory, ‘The Stockholm Syndrome’
- Harry Bradbeer, Fleabag, Episode 1
- Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ‘All Alone’
- Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ‘We’re Going To The Catskills!’
DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
- Johan Renck, Chernobyl
- Ben Stiller, Escape At Dannemora
- Jessica Yu, Fosse/Verdon
- Thomas Kail, Fosse/Verdon
- Stephen Frears, A Very English Scandal
- Ava DuVernay, When They See Us
WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul , ‘Winner’
- Jed Mercurio, Bodyguard, Episode 1
- David Benioff, D B Weiss, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Iron Throne’
- Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Holly’
- Emerald Fennell, Killing Eve, ‘Nice And Neat’
- Jesse Armstrong, Succession, ‘Nobody Is Ever Missing’
WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
- Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Barry, ‘Ronny/Lily’
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Episode 1
- Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, The Good Place, ‘Janet(s)’
- Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, PEN15, ‘Anna Ishii-Peters’
- Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Russian Doll, ‘Nothing In This World Is Easy’
- Allison Silverman, Russian Doll, ‘A Warm Body’
- David Mandel, Veep, ‘Veep’
WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
- Craig Mazin, Chernobyl
- Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Jerry Stahl, Escape At Dannemora, Episode 6
- Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Escape At Dannemora, Episode 7
- Steven Levenson, Joel Fields, Fosse/Verdon, ‘Providence’
- Russell T Davies, A Very English Scandal
- Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury, When They See Us, Part Four.
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