2016 Emmy Winners: And the Awards Go To....
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It was a night of firsts and sweeps.
Find out who won their first Emmys and what shows swept the awards, because we have every single winner from all three Emmy ceremonies below!
Jimmy Kimmel did an awesome job hosting, and even managed to point out all of the annoying gluten free stars in the audience after passing out PB&J sandwiches his mom made. And he hoped nobody was allergic to nuts!
Congrats to all the winners. How many surprised you by the way things turned out? FX proved that there may be too much television to choose from, but what they're putting out there is of the great variety.
HBO offered up repeats with Game of Thrones and Veep, Keeping The Americans from a Best Drama win, but Rami Malek got the best actor win, even if we were also cheering heartily for Matthew Rhys. And our girl Tatiana Maslany was finally recognized for playing 397 separate roles on Orphan Black! Way to go!!
And regardless of how many times Julia Louis Dreyfus has won, she reminded us how special any given win can be when she broke down and shared the news that her father passed away this past Friday, dedicating her current award to him.
My favorite sweep of the night was for The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, which walked away with awards for Sarah Paulson (her first win) for portraying her plus one, Marcia Clark, Sterling K. Brown and Courtney B. Vance, as well as best limited series or movie. Good stuff!!
Lead actor in a drama
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot | WINNER
Lead actress in a drama
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black | WINNER
Lead actor in a limited series
Courtney B. Vance, The People vs. O.J. Simpson | WINNER
Lead actress in a limited series
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson | WINNER
Lead actor in a comedy
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent | WINNER
Lead actress in a comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep | WINNER
Comedy series:
Veep | WINNER
Drama series
Game of Thrones | WINNER
Limited series
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
TV movie
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | WINNER
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Louie Anderson, Baskets | WINNER
Supporting actor in a drama series
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline | WINNER
Supporting actor in a limited series or movie
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live | WINNER
Supporting actress in a drama series
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey | WINNER
Supporting actress in a limited series or movie
Regina King, American Crime | WINNER
Guest actor in a comedy series
Peter Scolari, Girls | WINNER
Guest actor in a drama series
Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan | WINNER
Guest actress in a comedy series
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live | WINNER
Guest actress in a drama series
Margo Martindale, The Americans | WINNER
Actor in a short form comedy or drama series
Rob Corddry, Childrens Hospital | WINNER
Actress in a short form comedy or drama series
Patrika Darbo, Acting Dead | WINNER
Character voice-over performance
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy | WINNER
Animated program
Archer | WINNER
Short form animated program
Robot Chicken | WINNER
Production design for a narrative contemporary or fantasy program (one hour or more)
Game of Thrones | WINNER
Production design for a narrative period program (one hour or more)
Downton Abbey | WINNER
Production design for a narrative program (half-hour or less)
Transparent | WINNER
Production design for a variety, nonfiction, reality or reality-competition series
Portlandia | WINNER
Narrator
Keith David, Jackie Robinson | WINNER
Host for a reality or reality-competition program
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul's Drag Race | Interview | WINNER
Production design for a variety, nonfiction, event or award special
Grease: Live | WINNER
Casting for a comedy series
Veep | WINNER
Casting for a drama series
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Casting for a limited series, movie or special
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Choreography
America's Best Dance Crew - Routines: Runaway Baby/Take U There/Summer Thing | WINNER
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Routines: I'm So Good at Yoga/A Boy Band Made Up of Four Joshes/SettleFor Me | WINNER
Cinematography for a multi-camera series
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | WINNER
Cinematography for a single-camera series
The Man In The High Castle | WINNER
Cinematography for a limited series or movie
Fargo | WINNER
Cinematography for a nonfiction program
Cartel Land | WINNER
Cinematography for a reality program
Life Below Zero | WINNER
Commercial
Love Has No Labels - Ad Council | WINNER
Costumes for a period/fantasy series, limited series or movie
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Costumes for a contemporary series, limited series or movie
American Horror Story: Hotel | WINNER
Costumes for a variety, nonfiction or reality program
The Wiz Live! | WINNER
Directing for a comedy series
Jill Soloway, Transparent | WINNER
Directing for a drama series
Miguel Sapochnik, Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special
Susanne Bier, The Night Manager | WINNER
Directing for a variety series
Thomas Kail, Alex Rudzinski, Grease: Live | WINNER
Directing for a nonfiction program
Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos, Making A Murderer | WINNER
Single-camera picture editing for a drama series
Tim Porter, Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Single-camera picture editing for a comedy series
Kabir Akhtar, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | WINNER
Multi-camera picture editing for a comedy series
Peter Chakos, The Big Bang Theory | WINNER
Single-camera picture editing for a comedy series
C. Chi-Yoon Chung, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Picture editing for variety programming
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | WINNER
Picture editing for a nonfiction program
Making A Murderer | WINNER
Picture editing for a structured or competition reality program
Who Do You Think You Are? | WINNER
Picture editing for an unstructured reality program
Project Greenlight | WINNER
Hairstyling for a single-camera series
Downton Abbey | WINNER
Hairstyling for a multi-camera series or special
Saturday Night Live | WINNER
Hairstyling for a limited series or movie
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Interactive program
The Late Late Show With James Corden | Interview | WINNER
Lighting design/lighting direction for a variety series
The Voice | WINNER
Lighting design/lighting direction for a variety special
Grease: Live | WINNER
Main title design
The Man In The High Castle | WINNER
Makeup for a single-camera series (non-prosthetic)
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Makeup for a multi-camera series or special (non-prosthetic)
Key & Peele | WINNER
Sound editing for a series
Black Sails | WINNER
Sound editing for a limited series, movie or special
Fargo | WINNER
Sound editing for a Nonfiction program (single or multi-camera)
Cartel Land | WINNER
Sound mixing for a comedy or drama series (one hour)
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Sound mixing for a limited series or movie
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Sound mixing for a comedy or drama series (half-hour) and animation
Mozart In The Jungle | WINNER
Sound mixing for a variety series or special
Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center) | WINNER
Makeup for a limited series or movie (non-prosthetic)
American Horror Story: Hotel | WINNER
Prosthetic makeup for a series, limited series, movie or special
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Music composition for a series (original dramatic score)
Mr. Robot | Interview | WINNER
Music composition for a limited series, movie or special (original dramatic score)
The Night Manager | WINNER
Music direction
Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center) | WINNER
Original music and lyrics
The Hunting Ground • Song Title: "'Til It Happens To You" | WINNER
Original main title theme music
Marvel's Jessica Jones | WINNER
Variety talk series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | WINNER
Variety sketch series
Key & Peele | WINNER
Variety special
The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time special | WINNER
Special class program
Grease: Live | WINNER
Short form comedy or drama series
Childrens Hospital | WINNER
Short form variety series
Park Bench With Steve Buscemi | WINNER
Short form nonfiction or reality series
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Children's program
It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown! | WINNER
Documentary or nonfiction special
What Happened, Miss Simone? | WINNER
Documentary or nonfiction series
Making A Murderer | WINNER
Informational series or special
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | WINNER
Exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking
Cartel Land | WINNER
Jim: The James Foley Story | WINNER
Structured reality program
Shark Tank | WINNER
Unstructured reality program
Born This Way | WINNER
Reality-competition program
The Voice | WINNER
Sound mixing for a nonfiction program (Single or Multi-Camera)
Vice | WINNER
Special visual effects
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Special visual effects in a supporting role
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Masterpiece) | WINNER
Stunt coordination for a comedy series or variety program
Shameless | WINNER
Stunt coordination for a drama series, limited series or movie
Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Technical direction, camerawork, video control for a series
Dancing With The Stars | WINNER
Technical direction, camerawork, video control for a limited series, movie or special
Grease: Live | WINNER
Writing for a comedy series
Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang, Master Of None | WINNER
Writing for a drama series
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Game Of Thrones | WINNER
Writing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special
D.V. DeVincentis, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | WINNER
Writing for a variety series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | WINNER
Writing for a variety special
Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping | WINNER
Writing for a nonfiction program
Making A Murderer | WINNER
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