Oh, it's good to be a nerd. Last night's Emmy Awards was not only a night where laughs were shared and history was made, but it also saw many fan-favorite shows walking away with gold. The HBO sensation GAME OF THRONES walked away with top honors giving it 38 total awards, making it the most awarded show in history, topping FRASIER which had 37. As well, shows like ORPHAN BLACK, SHERLOCK and ARCHER (the latter during last week's Creative Arts ceremony) walked away with premium prizes, while comedy vets Louie Anderson and Patton Oswalt won their first awards (for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special).
Other winners included Julia Louis-Dreyfus taking home her FIFTH consecutive Lead Actress statue (comedy), while THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON cleaned house in the Limited Series category. Though this ceremony was as fast-paced as a three hour awards ceremony can go, and was quite humorous thanks to the hosting job by Jimmy Kimmel, I can't say I was totally happy with all of the results. I mean, come on, how can GAME OF THRONES not win even one of its five (that's right, five!) Supporting Actor/Actress nominations. Damn you, Maggie Smith!
Check out last night's winners below!
Outstanding Drama Series
Mr. Robot
House of Cards
Game of Thrones
Downton Abbey
Better Call Saul
The Americans
Homeland
Outstanding Comedy Series
Transparent
Modern Family
Black-ish
Silicon Valley
Veep
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Master of None
Outstanding Limited Series
Fargo
American Crime
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Roots
The Night Manager
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kyle Chandler (Bloodline)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder)
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Taraji P. Henson (Empire)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Laurie Metcalf (Getting On)
Tracee Ellis-Ross (black-ish)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Andre Braugher, (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Niecy Nash (Getting On)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Judith Light (Transparent)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Bryan Cranston (All the Way)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Abominable Bride)
Idris Elba (Luther)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager)
Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Kirsten Dunst (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Audra McDonald (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill)
Sarah Paulson (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Lili Taylor (American Crime)
Kerry Washington (Confirmation)
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Voice
The Amazing Race
Top Chef
Project Runway
Dancing With the Stars
American Ninja Warrior
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Television Movie
All the Way
Confirmation
Luther
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
A Very Murray Christmas
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)
Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)
Maura Tierney (The Affair)
Constance Zimmer (UnREAL)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Hugh Laurie (The Night Manager)
Jesse Plemons (Fargo)
David Schwimmer (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
John Travolta (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Hotel)
Olivia Colman (The Night Manager)
Regina King (American Crime)
Melissa Leo (All the Way)
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Hotel)
Jean Smart (Fargo)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Downton Abbey, “Episode 8” (Julian Fellowes)
Mr. Robot, “eps1.0_hellofriend.mov” (Sam Esmail)
The Americans, “Persona Non Grata” (Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg)
Game of Thrones, “Battle of the Bastards” (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
The Good Wife, “End” (Robert King and Michelle King)
UnREAL, “Return” (Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Catastrophe, “Episode 1” (Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan)
Silicon Valley, “Founder Friendly” (Dan O’Keefe)
Silicon Valley, “The Uptick” (Alec Berg)
Veep, “Morning After” (David Mandel)
Master of None, “Parents” (Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang)
Veep, “Mother” (Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck)
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie
Fargo, “Palindrome” (Noah Hawley)
Fargo, “Loplop” (Bob DeLaurentis)
The Night Manager (David Farr)
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” (D.V. DeVincentis)
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “From the Ashes of Tragedy” (Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski)
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “The Race Card” (Joe Robert Cole)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid
Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted
Triumph’s Election Special 2016
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Michael Engler (Downton Abbey, “Episode 9”)
Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones, “Battle of the Bastards”)
Jack Bender (Game of Thrones, “The Door”)
Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, “The Tradition of Hospitality”)
Steven Soderbergh (The Knick, “This Is All We Are”)
David Hollander (Ray Donovan, “Exsuscito”)
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Aziz Ansari (Master of None, “Parents”)
Mike Judge (Silicon Valley, “Founder Friendly”)
Alec Berg (Silicon Valley, “Daily Active Users”)
Jill Solloway (Transparent, “Man on the Land”)
David Mandel (Veep, “Kissing Your Sister”)
Chris Addison (Veep, “Morning After”)
Dale Stern (Veep, “Mother”)
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie
Jay Roach (All the Way)
Noah Hawley (Fargo, “Before the Law”)
Susanne Bier (The Night Manager)
Anthony Hemingway (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “Manna From Heaven”)
Ryan Murphy (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “From the Ashes of Tragedy”)
John Singleton (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “The Race Card”)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Louis J. Horvitz (58th Grammy Awards)
Beth McCarthy-Miller (Adele Live in New York City)
Chris Rock (Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo)
Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski (Grease: Live)
Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles (Lemonade)
Glenn Weiss (The Kennedy Center Honors)
In case you missed the festivities check out the opening sketch, and the night's funniest moment.