Emmy Winners Open Thread
Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 8:25PM 
Veep and Game of Thrones defended their wins in the Comedy and Drama Series categories against first time competitors Black-ish and The Americans as well as the usual suspects in those categories (we can never have more than one fresh player, don'cha know) but the acting wins had some delicious surprises. Here are the winners.
And please also share your takeaways...
SERIES WINNERS
Outstanding Drama Series
Game of Thrones (2nd consecutive win)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Veep (2nd consecutive win)
Outstanding Reality Competition Series
The Voice (3rd win, 2nd consecutive)
Outstanding Limited Series
The People vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
DRAMA WINNERS
Outstanding Lead Actress
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Outstanding Lead Actor
Rami Malek, Mr Robot
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (3rd non-consecutive win for this character)
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Ben Mendehlson, Bloodline
Outstanding Writing
David Benioff & DB Weiss, "Battle of the Bastards" Game of Thrones (2nd consecutive win)
Outstanding Directing
Miguel Sapochnik, "Battle of the Bastards" Game of Thrones
COMEDY WINNERS
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep (5th Consecutive Win... the all time record)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (2nd Consecutive Win)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
TRIVIA ALERT: All principle comedy acting wins went to female characters.
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang, "Parents" Master of None
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Jill Soloway, "Man on the Land" Transparent (2nd Consecutive Win)
LIMITED SERIES WINS
Outstanding Limited Series
The People vs OJ Simpson
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
Sarah Paulson, The People vs OJ Simpson
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series
Courtney B Vance, The People Vs OJ Simpson
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series
Regina King, American Crime (2nd Consecutive Win)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series
Sterling K Brown, The People vs OJ Simpson
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series
"Marcia Marcia Marcia" People vs OJ Simpson
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series
Susanne Bier, The Night Manager (now she has an Oscar and an Emmy. Go Denmark!)
RANDOM OTHER
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Voice (3rd win, 2nd Consecutive)
Outstanding TV Movie
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Outstanding Variety Special
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
Outstanding Variety Talk
Last Week with John Oliver
Outstanding Variety Sketch TV Series
Key & Peele
Directing - Variety Special
Grease Live
"CREATIVE ARTS EMMYS" - HANDED OUT LAST WEEKEND
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Outstanding Special Class Program
Grease: Live
Outstanding Choreography
Quest Crew
Kathryn Burns
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Shark Tank
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Born This Way
Outstanding Cinematography For A Reality Program
Life Below Zero
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
RuPaul's Drag Race - RuPaul Charles
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
Dancing With the Stars
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special
Grease: Live
Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Patrika Darbo
Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
Key & Peele
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera)
Vice • Fighting Isis
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera)
Cartel Land
Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program
Cartel Land
Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Reality Or Reality-Competition Series
Portlandia
Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Event Or Award Special
Grease: Live
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Rob Corddry
Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming
The Wiz Live!
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Or Competition Reality Program
Who Do You Think You Are? • Bryan Cranston
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program
Project Greenlight • Accident Waiting To Happen
Governors Award
American Idol
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi
Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Childrens Hospital
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
Danny Elfman's Music From the Films of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center)
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special
Grease: Live
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
The Voice
Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation - (Juried)
Jason Kolowski - Adventure Time • Bad Jubies
Tom Herpich - Adventure Time • Stakes Pt. 8: The Dark
Jason Carpenter - He Named Me Malala
Chris Tsirgiotis - Long Live the Royals • Punk Show
Scott Daros - Robot Chicken DC Comics Special
Outstanding Animated Program
Archer • The Figgis Agency
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken Christmas Special The X-Mas United
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Seth MacFarlane
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program
Making a Murderer
Outstanding Directing For A Nonfiction Program
Making a Murderer
Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program
Making a Murderer
Outstanding Variety Special
The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
Inside Amy Schumer
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking
Cartel Land
Jim: The James Foley Story
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
Making a Murderer
Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy
Veep
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
Downton Abbey
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
Multiplatform Storytelling
Archer Scavenger Hunt
Original Interactive Program
Henry
Social TV Experience
@Midnight with Chris Hardwick
User Experience and Visual Design
Cartoon Network App Experience
Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
American Horror Story: Hotel
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Outstanding Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series or Movie
American Horror Story: Hotel
Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)
Transparent
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More)
Downton Abbey
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Outstanding Original Main Title Design
The Man in the High Castle
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
Fargo
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
The Man in the High Castle
Governors Award
American Idol
Outstanding Music Direction
Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
The Night Manager
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Mr. Robot
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
The Hunting Ground
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program
Shameless
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Special Visual Effects
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Masterpiece)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Peter Scolari, Girls
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
Black Sails
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
Fargo
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Hank Azaria
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)
Game of Thrones
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Mozart in the Jungle
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Commercial
Love Has No Labels
Outstanding Interactive Program
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Outstanding Narrator
Keith David
Outstanding Children's Program
It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown!
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Reader Comments (49)
Louis Anderson won for Baskets, not Louis CK.
I need Julia Louis-Dreyfus to take her name out of contention from here forward because this is getting ridiculous.
n/a -lol brain fart
Troy h -- right? but that category was just fucking beautiful
JLD is truly iconic in Veep, but there are better choices for Emmy at this point.
JLD's win is absurd. She simply cannot be judged the best when you have this lineup.
Dayum, Julie Bowen looks cute!
And people compain about Streep fatigue?..Even Streep can't win 5 times for playing the same role
I know the emmys are a different animal then the Oscars but every time I watch the emmys- I just keep thinking the Emmy voters are lazy :(
Maybe now that she is the winningest woman in the lead actress, comedy category (with six total), she'll bow out.
BD -- it's been a VERY long time since Actors did that. I don't think it's in the modern awards character/business conscious celebrity
Get it Sterling K Brown with the standing O!
Last mention for a minute, since my night is basically compete... Sarah Paulsen's win was undeniable and the biggest slam dunk for Emmy tonight. She elevated Ryan Murphy's material to master class status. And she looked stunning--congrats to her!
Didn't Candace Bergen step out since she won so many for Murphy Brown?
Holy crap, anyone heard about this upcoming project?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1984119/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
Jamie -- yea, the last two actors (from my recall) who bowed out after multiple wins: (Bill Cosby and Candace Bergen)
I think John Larroquette bowed out, too, but it was during the same era.
Courtney B. Vance,
Sterling K. Brown
Sarah Paulson
for American Crime Story
were the only three I cared about winning -
and if they hadn't won, it wouldv'e been a travesty - the three of them were so phenomenal it's not even funny.
Now Courtney B. Vance needs to win an Oscar to complete the acting triple crown.
Maggie Smith wins...lmao! Does she even care?
Suzanne --good to know.
Everyone -- maggie smith. lol.
Maggie Smith has 7 triple crown awards. She's the first to do so.
Hard to think Maggie Smith doesn't care. Don't they all have to give consent to be put into consideration?
Yaaas Tatianna! Although I don't think the fourth season is as strong, I don't know what she was nominated for. I'm really surprised and pleased for her. Surely a result of the rules change..?
Tatiana!!!!!! Even though that was a great category with almost everyone being worthy, I am so excited Tatiana won! That was definitely NOT a sure thing and very much deserved.
So happy for Rami, too. He's fantastic as well.
Yay! Maslany an Emmy winner at last! I really would have loved to see Mtthew Rhys with an Emmy but Malek was worthy too. Back to Maslany, does anyone know what episode she submitted?
YAS QUEEN JLD AND PAULSON! They deserved it so much it hurts.
But the "Mother" episode is totally snubbed. And I legit think hat Spacey and Wright should have won. Jon Snow and Cersei are ROBBED!
Congrats to Veep and GoT..
I believe Tat submitted episode 7, which is the episode where Cosima tried to implant a bug into her mouth and Sarah had a threesome before talking to ghost Beth, so can't say Emmys haven't broadened their view lol!
I am so happy that Abby, I mean Sarah Paulson, won an Emmy.
For the most part, the winners were REALLY good tonight. Some deserved repeat winners and lots of really exciting first-time winners. Great night!
I really don't know how you could have picked in the Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series category -- Sterling was great, yet my mom and I were leaning toward Schwimmer. I wish they would have done a special Ensemble award for that show.
@broooke - LOL, I remember that episode. It was a good one! One good thing this season did was really dive into the backstory of Beth which really gave some great meat for Tatiana. Some real haunting stuff.
Has anyone any idea why 'Transparent' is still labelled as a comedy? Is it only the fact that it has half-hour episodes rather than full-hour episodes?
I mean, I can see how it originally got there, considering the first thing many people saw from the show was the promotional image of Jeffrey Tambor in a wig, which made it somewhat look like "Let's see what shenanigans George senior is up to now" - having become the awards magnet is obviously is now, however, must mean that people (and thus voting bodies) are actually watching it. And anyone who watches this series must be aware that its tone fits much better into the same category as, say 'Better Call Saul', 'Downton Abbey' or 'House of Cards' rather than 'Modern Family', 'Master of None' or 'Unbreakable Jimmy Schmidt'.
Is anyone else convinced that Maggie Smith could put herself in contention for Downton next year even without the show on and still get a nomination?
Say what you want about the absurd number of times JLD has won the Emmy, but she deserves it. Seriously, her acting in Veep is just stunning. That 'Mother' episode alone, whew.
Also disappointed that Lemonade didn't sweep its categories. Can anyone say that Carpool Karaoke was really that good in comparison to the arguably most important album of the millennium?
While I get that JLD's multiple wins cause fatigue, it's really hard to deny the quality of her work. If her submission episode was the one where Selina's mother dies -- truly career peak work -- it's hard to fault the Emmy voters. I think she has been over rewarded for weaker seasons of Veep, but I would have voted for her this year, regardless of how many Emmys she may already have.
I was screaming with delight when Ben Mendelsohn won Best Supporting Actor!! I wasn't sure it would happen but I was hopeful it would. Agh, it's wonderful to see his talent finally get more recognition. Kate McKinnon winning also had me screaming in delight.
It's amazing that Rami and Tatiana won. It would have been impossible a few years ago.
I'm also very happy for Regina King. American Crime is great.
Obviously no one needs 5 Emmys, but I must say that Julia probably did her best work this season. The hospital and the funeral scene or the visit of the Chinese leader were hilarious.
P.S. Dame Maggie, we love you, but it was Maura's trophy.
Happy for Kate McKinnon but I find it weird she's nominated in that category , it's like comparing apples with oranges with the other nominees who play one character and she does dozens maybe more in a season
My biggest problem with McKinnon's win is that Kristen Wiig never did
Why should JLD take herself out of contention? She did not personally break the Emmy system. If the TV Academy plays favorites, at least their current "favorite" is an actress in her 50s whose career has spanned decades and rode multiple winds of success. Whose show is consistently among the best on TV, and whose performance totally anchors that show.
If you don't think "Veep" is deserving of the acclaim it receives from the Emmys, then congratulations—your opinion is out-of-step with critics, viewers, and the TV Academy. It's your right to feel that way, but you've picked a tough road to hoe that will only lead to disappointment.
Rami - But doesn't Tatiana Maslany also play many characters in her series? I like Niecy Nash a lot, but I was thrilled for McKinnon's win. I think she provided many of the funniest moments on tv this year.
I was really impressed with the Emmy winners this year. Even the repeat winners you can't say were undeserving (JLD probably should take herself out of the running next year, though, just to let the wealth get spread around, and because she's just operating on such a higher level than everyone else on TV right now that it's simply unfair)... mostly. I mean. MAGGIE SMITH?!? That' win was every single one of the TV Academy's worst tendencies (big celebrity, movie star, British, farewell to a beloved series/character. multiple wins, etc.) in a single win. But pretty much everything else you can quibble with, but can't really deny, especially since a lot of the wins were SO different from where they usually go. It was a pretty good show, too.
Suzanne - point taken, and what Maslany does is incredible, but still that's a scripted drama vs a sketch show. I don't begrudge her the win, I like her a lot and think she's great but I find the category placement a bit odd. Didn't they use to nominate SNL performers in the variety category?
Speaking of Maslany, how great is that win, that's a strong line up she beat.
"TRIVIA ALERT: All principle comedy acting wins went to female characters"
Well, mostly. Due to the absurd number of characters Kate McKinnon plays on SNL, you know a couple of men are going to be in the mix-- like Justin Bieber.
The American Crime Story wins were all I needed, but I loved the Louie Anderson surprised for "Baskets."
While JLD's fifth win is ridiculous, I was happy to see that Emmys really chose based on the episodes this year. Say what you will, but JLD's episode submission ("Mother") was the best performance of the nominated episodes, especially with Ellie Kemper and Tracee Ellis Ross not submitting their best possible episodes. It felt less like a popularity contest and more like a passion vote.
Ben Mendelsohn yay! Wow that he beat Peter Dinklage. That was pretty gutsy of the Emmy voters. Tatiana yay! Battle of the Bastards yay! Love Maggie Smith but I would have given that one to Lena or Maisie. Haven't seen Maura Tierney's performance but plan to catch up with that one day as I'm a big fan of hers from her ER days. The Thrones girls cancelled each other out and anyway why is Lena supporting? Come to think of it all of the three are major players. I don't get these categories? Agree that Transparent is not a comedy but Jeffrey Tambour deserves the win. Hard to categorise these half hour dramadies. Are they drama or black comedy and is black comedy even comedy? Never saw the OJ Trial mini-series (I'm an Aussie so it wasn't as much event television Downunder ) but Since Sarah Paulson is consistently the best thing about AHS, I was pleased to see her win. As an Aussie its always been a little frustrating watching the Emmy's because often we haven't had exposure to the network shows that were winning awards. These days with Netflix and Foxtel, shows such as GoT, Bloodline, OItNB, Transparent, Kimmy Smidt, AHS, Orphan Black (picked up this year by SBS) Mr Robot (on my to watch list) I was invested and glad to see some of my favs received the love. Btw the some great Aussies shows that could make it out into the big wide world. If you get a chance to catch the Kettering Incident then give it go đź‘Ť
Strongly agree with Hayden re: JLD. Although it may be monotonous to watch her take five in a row, I'm certain those wins will age well. Although the other nominees are strong and I wouldn't begrudge them a win (particularly Ross or Metcalf), and although the Television Academy does have a habit of returning to familiar favourites long after the well has run dry, it's impossible to watch Veep and not see that JLD is doing titanically impressive work in every single episode.
The amazing thing about JLD's wins is that she won under three different voting systems. She won three times under the tape submission/blue ribbon panel system, she won last year under the popular vote via preferential ballot, now she wins the popular ballot again but under the single/passion vote That's a remarkable statement about both her talent and her stature in the industry.
The change from preferential ballot to single vote was a major improvement, overall. I think the change in voting system is probably the main reason behind so many of the surprising wins (like Maslany winning Lead Drama Actress, and McKinnon beating Alison Janney in supporting comedy), the same way the tape submission system would every now and then reward unexpected people, like Merritt Wever.
Last year's system of preferential ballot + popular vote lead to one of the most predictable and boring emmy results ever.
I wish Lena Headey had won her category. That was the only result that truly disappointed me.
I was pleasantly surprised overall, based on everything from Rupaul to just the variety of winners this year that were different from before. For the Emmys it was pretty impressive.
AGREED @ Peggy Sue. It felt dirty to me when Kate McKinnon won...not that she's not a fun choice, but she's the first SNL member to win in the supporting category, and in my opinion, the fact that Kristen Wiig never won, even for her final season of SNL, was blasphemy.
Cash: sorry to sound school-marmish, but "All principle comedy..." should be "All principal comedy..."
If it is a synonym of "main", then that should be PRINCIPAL. "Principles" are basic convictions or ideas that guide you. :)