TV’s biggest night really ended up just being HBO’s biggest night, which dominated the Emmys, with its Game of Thrones, Veep and Olive Kitteridge winning best drama, comedy and limited series, respectively. (Game Of Thrones had 120 nominations and took home a record 12 awards last night at the 67th Annual Emmy Awards and it was also the series writer, George R.R. Martin’s 67th birthday.)
Host Andy Samberg‘s musical opening professed that he’d locked himself in a bunker and watched “every damn show” that is nominated and in a surprising moment he gave out his HBO user name and password as HBO had said recently that sharing your password wasn’t a bad thing. His info & in case you missed it…
Username: Khaleesifan3@EmmyHost.com
Password: password1
Some of Samberg’s best jokes were really one-liners. (Scroll all the way down for the full monologue);
“Orange Is the New Black is now technically a drama, while Louie is now technically jazz.”
Donald Trump of course is running for president to the delight of uncles everywhere. I’ve gotta say, sure Donald Trump seems racist… What else?”
“Is it just me, or does Bernie Sanders always look like his flight is delayed?”
And the best double whammy of the night…
“Paula Deen is on this season of Dancing With the Stars. But I gotta say, if I wanted to see an intolerant lady dance, I would’ve gone to one of Kim Davis’ four weddings.
It’s so ironic that she came out of jail to Eye of the Tiger, when you consider how many dudes have boned each other to that song.”
There were serious moments as well. Jeffrey Tambor won best actor in a comedy series for his role of a trans woman in Transparent;
“I had a teacher who used to say, ‘When you act, you have to act as if your life depends on it,’ And now I’ve been given the opportunity to act, because people’s lives depend on it.”
And while accepting her first Emmy for directing a comedy series, Transparent director Jill Soloway thanked her “Moppa” (her transgender mother, Mom & Poppa,combined) and encouraged viewers to vote to pass a trans equality bill.
“She could tomorrow try to find an apartment, and in 32 states, it would be legal for the landlord to look her in the eye to say, ‘We don’t rent to trans people’. We don’t have a trans tipping point yet. We have a trans civil-rights problem.”
Many acceptance speeches were earnest and heart-felt, like Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘s, who won her fourth Emmy for playing Selina Meyer on HBO’s Veep, and got in a really good zinger as well;
“I think it would be appropriate at this moment to quote our political satire Veep:
‘What a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight,’
“Oh wait, oh no, no, no, I’m so sorry. Donald Trump said that. It’s getting trickier and trickier to satirize this stuff.”
Near the end of the show, Tracy Morgan got a standing ovation before he presented best drama to GOT. The cast alum is set to host SNL next month, over a year after devastating June 2014 accident that seriously injured him and claimed the life of his friend James McNair.
Offstage, Morgan appeared to be in good spirits while posing for a photo with Hamm.
“Man it feels good to be back!!! Love you all!”
How to Get Away With Murder‘s Viola Davis won for best actress in a drama, and after paraphrasing the words of Harriet Tubman, said;
“Let me tell you something: The only that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.”
It was the most racially diverse night ever for the Emmys, but the struggle IS real, as Samberg joked in his opening monologue;
“The big story this year is diversity. This is the most diverse group of Emmy nominees in history. Congratulations, Hollywood. You did it. Racism is over. Don’t fact check that.”
For me, the biggest injustice of the night was RuPaul’s Drag Race and Ru himself not even being nominated… I’m prejudiced, I know, but I really DO think it’s THE best reality competition series on TV.
Here’s what else won;
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
“Game of Thrones”
“Better Call Saul”
“Downton Abbey”
“Homeland”
“House of Cards”
“Mad Men”
“Orange is the New Black”
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
“Veep”
“Louie”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”
“Silicon Valley”
“Transparent”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
LIMITED SERIES
“Olive Kitteridge”
“American Crime”
“American Horror Story: Freak Show”
“The Honorable Woman”
“Wolf Hall”
VARIETY TALK SERIES
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”
“The Colbert Report”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
“Late Show With David Letterman”
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”
VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
“Inside Amy Schumer”
“Drunk History”
“Key & Peele”
“Portlandia”
“Saturday Night Live”
LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Viola Davis, “How to Get Away with Murder”
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Kyle Chandler, “Bloodline”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace And Frankie”
Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Amy Poehler, “Parks And Recreation”
LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Will Forte, “The Last Man On Earth”
Louis C.K., “Louie”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is The New Black”
Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”
Lena Headey, “Game Of Thrones”
Emilia Clarke, “Game Of Thrones”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”
Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”
SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Peter Dinklage, “Game Of Thrones”
Jonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”
Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”
Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”
Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife”
Michael Kelly, “House Of Cards”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Allison Janney, “Mom”
Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”
Niecy Nash, “Getting On”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Kate McKinnon “Saturday Night Live”
Gaby Hoffmann, “Transparent”
Jane Krakowski, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”
SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Tony Hale, “Veep”
Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Adam Driver, “Girls”
Keegan-Michael Key, “Key & Peele”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Francis McDormand & Richard Jenkins in “Olive Kitterage”
LEAD ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Frances McDormand, “Olive Kitteridge”
Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story”
Queen Latifah, “Bessie”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Honorable Woman”
Emma Thompson, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street”
LEAD ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Richard Jenkins, “Olive Kitteridge”
Timothy Hutton, “American Crime”
Ricky Gervais, “Derek Special”
Adrien Brody, “Houdini”
David Oyelowo, “Nightingale”
Mark Rylance, “Wolf Hall”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Regina King, “American Crime”
Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Angela Bassett, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Kathy Bates, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Mo’Nique, “Bessie”
Zoe Kazan, “Olive Kitteridge”
SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Bill Murray, “Olive Kitteridge”
Richard Cabral, “American Crime”
Denis O’Hare, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Finn Wittrock, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Michael Kenneth Williams, “Bessie”
Damian Lewis, “Wolf Hall”
GUEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Margo Martindale, “The Americans”
Diana Rigg, “Game of Thrones”
Rachel Brosnahan, “House Of Cards”
Cicely Tyson, “How To Get Away With Murder”
Allison Janney, “Masters Of Sex”
Khandi Alexander, “Scandal”
GUEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Reg E. Cathey, “House of Cards”
Alan Alda, “The Blacklist”
Michael J. Fox, “The Good Wife”
F. Murray Abraham, “Homeland”
Beau Bridges, “Masters Of Sex”
Pablo Schreiber, “Orange Is The New Black”
GUEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Bradley Whitford, “Transparent”
Mel Brooks, “The Comedians”
Paul Giamatti, “Inside Amy Schumer”
Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”
Louis C.K., “Saturday Night Live”
Jon Hamm, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
GUEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Joan Cusack, “Shameless”
Christine Baranski, “The Big Bang Theory”
Gaby Hoffmann, “Girls”
Pamela Adlon, “Louie”
Elizabeth Banks, “Modern Family”
Tina Fey, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
REALITY-COMPETITION SERIES
“The Voice”
“The Amazing Race”
“Dancing With The Stars”
“Project Runway”
“So You Think You Can Dance”
“Top Chef”
WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”
“The Colbert Report”
“Inside Amy Schumer”
“Key & Peele”
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
TELEVISION MOVIE
“Bessie”
“Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case”
“Grace of Monaco”
“Hello Ladies: The Movie”
“Killing Jesus”
“Nightingale”
HOST, REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Jane Lynch, “Hollywood Game Night”
Tom Bergeron, “Dancing with the Stars”
Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, “Project Runway”
Cat Deeley, “So You Think You Can Dance”
Anthony Bourdain, “The Taste”
STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“Shark Tank”
“Antiques Roadshow”
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”
“MythBusters”
“Property Brothers”
“Undercover Boss”
UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“Deadliest Catch”
“Alaska: The Last Frontier”
“Intervention”
“Million Dollar Listing New York”
“Naked And Afraid”
“Wahlburgers”
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