Emmy Award winners include ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Veep’

The awards themselves were also a blow to broadcast TV as the premium channel HBO took the majority of trophies Sunday night, including Emmys for best comedy (“Veep“) and best drama (“Game of Thrones”).

Not only did HBO’s fantasy hit pick up that award, but the series also scooped up honours for outstanding supporting actor (Peter Dinklage), writing (David Benioff and Dan Weiss) and direction (David Nutter). “You cannot win Emmys for roles that are simply not there”. In addition to top comedy series honors, “Veep” – the misadventures of a female USA vice president who rises to the presidency – saw its star Julia Louis-Dreyfus win for the fourth time in a row. Frances McDormand won an acting statuette for her work on the series.

Hamm’s win for the final season of “Mad Men” came after he had been nominated for and lost the award seven times before this year’s ceremony.

Downton, which has previously won 11 Emmys, had two nominations for Joanne Froggatt and Jim Carter as best supporting actress and actor.

The “How to Get Away with Murder” star became the first black woman to win best actress in a drama and used the opportunity to speak out about inequality in Hollywood. “Thank you for making this show, for creating this space, for creating a platform”.

“Bill Murray won outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or a film for his role in the show but was not there to collect the gong”.

“It’s very odd being up there having to think of something to say and I didn’t write anything down”, the 44-year-old actor admitted.

“I’d like to dedicate my performance to the trans community”, Tambor said. Soloway asked the audience to vote to pass a trans-equality measure.

“Game of Thrones ” made Emmy history by winning 12 total awards, the most Emmys any show has ever won in a single year.

The limited series supporting actress Emmy went to Regina King for “American Crime“.

The first stop for everyone after Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards is the Governor’s Ball across the street at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Actor/comedian Andy Samberg – this year’s host – kicked things off with a video that poked fun at the massive number of shows available – how can one possibly keep up?