The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel dominated the comedy categories, Game of Thrones reclaimed the Outstanding Drama Series crown, and The Handmaid’s Tale went home empty-handed.
On Monday, the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards honored the past year’s greatest achievements in television. The night crowned a new comedy queen and reminded us that the show with the dragons is still pretty good.
Headed into the ceremony, one big question was which show would replace Veep as the winner of the Outstanding Comedy Series trophy. Veep, which has won the award since 2015, was not eligible this year as its production was delayed while star Julia Louis-Dreyfus underwent treatment for breast cancer.
Enter The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Mrs. Maisel began the night with Alex Bornstein’s win in the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category, then saw Amy Sherman-Palladino win for both writing and directing, and closed out the evening with Rachel Brosnahan winning Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and the show winning Outstanding Comedy Series. Mrs. Maisel’s triumph made history for Amazon, which celebrated its first series Emmy win. The series took home five Emmys on Monday for a total of seven overall, as it was recognized for casting and single-camera editing at the previously awarded Creative Arts Emmys.
Elsewhere in the comedy field Henry Winkler and Bill Hader took home the Supporting Actor in a Comedy and Lead Actor in a Comedy Emmys, respectively, for their performances on HBO’s dark comedy Barry. Winkler’s win was especially notable because it was his first, and it came 42 years after his very first Emmy nomination, which he received in 1976 for playing Fonzie on Happy Days.
In the drama categories, there was a comeback story of sorts. Game of Thrones, which went into the night as the most-nominated drama with 22 nods, won Outstanding Drama Series after sitting out 2017 for eligibility reasons. Peter Dinklage was also recognized for the show, winning Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Game of Thrones won nine awards in total, including seven trophies from the previously awarded Creative Arts Emmys.
The other drama winners were more spread out, with Matthew Rhys winning Lead Actor in a Drama for The Americans, Thandie Newton taking home Supporting Actress in a Drama for Westworld, and Claire Foy winning Lead Actress in a Drama for The Crown. Additionally, The Crown’s Stephen Daldry won for directing, and The Americans’ Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg won for writing.
Here’s the full list of the night’s televised winners:
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
WINNER: Henry Winkler, Barry
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
WINNER: Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
WINNER: Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Pilot”
Donald Glover, Atlanta, “Alligator Man”
Stefani Robinson, Atlanta, “Barbershop”
Alec Berg and Bill Hader, Barry, “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”
Liz Sarnoff, Barry, “Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going”
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley, “Fifty One Percent”
WINNER: Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Pilot”
Donald Glover, Atlanta, “Fubu”
Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory, “The Bow Tie Asymmetry”
Jesse Peretz, GLOW, “Pilot”
Hiro Murai, Atlanta, “Teddy Perkins”
Mike Judge, Silicon Valley, “Initial Coin Offering”
Bill Hader, Barry, “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”
Pamala Adlon, Better Things
WINNER: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Ms, Maisel
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
WINNER: Bill Hader, Barry
William H. Macy, Shameless
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Letitia Wright, Black Museum: Black Mirror”
WINNER: Merritt Wever, Godless
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
Penélope Cruz, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Judith Light, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
WINNER: Jeff Daniels, Godless
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert
Ricky Martin, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Edgar Ramírez, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower
John Leguizamo, Waco
Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus, American Vandal (“Clean Up”)
Scott Frank, Godless
David Nicholls, Patrick Melrose
Tom Rob Smith, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“House By The Lake”)
David Lynch and Mark Frost, Twin Peaks
WINNER: William Bridges and Charlie Brooker, “USS Callister: Black Mirror”
Scott Frank, Godless
David Leveaux (director) and Alex Rudzinski (Live Television Director), Jesus Christ Superstar: Live In Concert
Barry Levinson, Paterno
Edward Berger, Patrick Melrose
WINNER: Ryan Murphy, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“The Man Who Would Be Vogue”)
Craig Zisk, The Looming Tower (“9/11”)
David Lynch, Twin Peaks
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michele Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers
WINNER: Regina King, Seven Seconds
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
WINNER: Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister
WINNER: John Mulaney, Kid Gorgeous
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Before Seinfeld
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake
WINNER: Glenn Weiss, The Oscars
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
WINNER: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Matt Smith, The Crown
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
WINNER: Thandie Newton, Westworld
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones (“The Dragon and the Wolf”)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Killing Eve (“Nice Face”)
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things (“Chapter Nine: The Gate”)
WINNER: Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Americans (“Start”)
Peter Morgan, The Crown (“Mystery Man”)
Bruce Miller, The Handmaid’s Tale (“June”)
Alan Taylor, Game Of Thrones (“Beyond The Wall”)
Jeremy Podeswa, Game Of Thrones (“The Dragon And The Wolf”)
Jason Bateman, Ozark (“The Toll”)
Daniel Sackheim, Ozark (“Tonight We Improvise”)
The Duffer brothers, Stranger Things (“Chapter Nine: The Gate”)
WINNER: Stephen Daldry, The Crown (“Paterfamilias”)
Kari Skogland, The Handmaid’s Tale (“After”)
Jason Bateman, Ozark
WINNER: Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Keri Russell, The Americans
WINNER: Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
WINNER: RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You America with Sarah Silverman
Portlandia
WINNER: Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Show
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Alienist
WINNER: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
WINNER: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Americans
The Crown
WINNER: Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Author: Alex Abad-Santos
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