Today is the television industry’s biggest event, with the67th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted byAndy Samberg, airing live today, starting at 8 PM ET/5 PM ET on Fox. History was made during the telecast, whenViola Davisbecame the first African-American actress ever to win theEmmyfor Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for her role in ABC’sHow to Get Away with Murder, whileMad MenstarJon Hammended his Emmy losing streak by picking up his first ever statuette. The big winner tonight, though, was HBO’sGame of Thrones, which took home fourEmmy Awardstonight, bringing its total to 12, counting theCreative Arts Emmy Awardsthat were held earlier this month (visitEmmys.comfor the full list of winners).
After being nominated for Outstanding Drama Series for its first four seasons on the air,Game of Thronesfinally won the big award tonight, beatingBetter Call Saul,Downton Abbey,Homeland,House of Cards,Mad MenandOrange Is the New Black. Series creatorsDavid BenioffandD.B. Weissalso won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for theSeason 5finale,Mother’s Mercy, withDavid Nutterwinning the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the same episode.Peter Dinklagealso won his second Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In a Drama Series. The show’s 12 awards broke a longstanding record of the most Emmy’s by one show in a year, bestingThe West Wing’s mark of nine Emmy’s in 2000.
It was a huge night for the entire HBO network as a whole, with Olive Kitteridge winning six Emmy’s andVeeptaking home four awards, breakingModern Family’s five-year winning streak for OutstandingComedy Series. Olive Kitteridge won almost every award it was nominated for, except Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or TV movie, which was won byRegina Kingfor American Crime, her first ever Emmy win.Game of Thrones,Olive KitteridgeandVeepwere the top three award winners of the night, and, counting the Creative Emmys, HBO took home a whopping 4 Emmys in total. That tally is just one award shy of an Emmy record of 44 wins by CBS back in 1974, when there were only three networks airing primetime programming. The network’s 14 Primetime wins represented more than half of the entire field, with Comedy Central coming in a distant second place with four awards.
Orange Is the New Blackstar Uzo Aduba pulled off a rare feat by winning Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series, becoming just the second performer to win Emmy’s for the same role, in both Comedy and Drama categories. The actress won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren inOrange Is the New Blacklast year, but this season, the show switched to the Drama category. The only other actor to pull off this feat wasEdward Asner, who won Comedy and Drama Emmy’s for the role of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spinoff Lou Grant.
Amy Schumerwon her first Emmy Award for Inside Amy Schumer in the brand new category Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. In previous years, shows like Inside Amy Schumer were combined in the Outstanding Variety Series category, where late-night shows such asThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which won this year just weeks after the show’s longtime hostJon Stewartleft the show after his iconic 16-year run. You can check out the winners below, and you can also visitEmmys.comfor the full list of the Creative Arts Emmys that were announced earlier this month.
