Game of Thrones Breaks Emmy Award’s record, Scoops 38 Awards

wellknown television sequence, sport of Thrones broke the document for the perfect number of Emmy Awards received by means of any exhibit. The HBO delusion drama triumphed in 12 categories, including high-quality drama series, taking its all-time Emmy whole to 38.

That suggests it has now surpassed Frasier’s previous record of 37.

This 12 months’s British winners integrated Dame Maggie Smith, who received tremendous supporting actress in a drama sequence for her function in Downton Abbey.

It's the 0.33 time Dame Maggie has received an Emmy for her portrayal of Violet Crawley, however she has certainly not attended the ceremony in person.

Host Jimmy Kimmel joked: “We’re no longer mailing this to her. Maggie, if you wish to have this, it'll be in the lost and found.”
John Oliver won nice style talk sequence for his HBO sequence final Week Tonight, beating fellow British nominee James Corden, who was once nominated for The Late Late exhibit.

BBC One’s Sherlock used to be named high-quality made for television film for its special episode The Abominable Bride. Susanne Bier, the Danish director of the BBC’s secret agent thriller The night time supervisor, received for first-rate directing in a confined sequence.
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photo captionBier directed every episode of The night supervisor


Bier, who was the one feminine nominee within the category, told BBC Breakfast: “this is the sort of normal guys’s world, and i'm hoping the actual fact a lady director has gained this prestigious prize goes to intend that more non-traditional series and movies are going to be directed by way of women.”

Veep received the tremendous comedy sequence award for the 2nd 12 months in a row, at the same time its star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won great lead comedy actress for the fifth time.

In her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus said: “Our exhibit started out as political satire however now feels like a sobering documentary.” She dedicated her award to her father, who died on Friday.

Tony Hale, who plays the president’s personal aide Gary Walsh in Veep, triumphed in the high-quality aiding actor category.
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snapshot captionVeep won fine comedy series and satisfactory comedy actress for Julia Louis-Dreyfus (centre)

The exceptional comedy actor gong went to Jeffrey Tambor, who plays a transgender lady in the Amazon series transparent, for the 2d year in a row.

Accepting the award, Tambor stimulated the enterprise to present extra possibilities to the trans group.

“i'd no longer be unhappy had been I the final cisgender male to play a transgender female on television. Now we have work to do,” he said.

Rami Malek received great lead actor in a drama sequence for his position in Mr robot, even as Tatiana Maslany from Orphan Black gained brilliant main actress.

Different significant winners of the night integrated The persons vs OJ Simpson – a dramatisation of the OJ Simpson trial of the Nineteen Nineties, which used to be broadcast on BBC Two in the UK.
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snapshot captionCourtney B Vance, Sarah Paulson and Sterling k Brown all received acting trophies

The show gained five trophies including terrific restrained series plus acting gongs for Sarah Paulson, Sterling k Brown and Courtney B Vance.

Netflix series master of None scored its first Emmy award, successful remarkable writing for a comedy sequence.

The exhibit’s co-creator Alan Yang known as for higher Asian illustration on screenin his acceptance speech.

Elsewhere, The Voice took dwelling the award for tremendous truth competition sequence, beating venture Runway and Dancing With the stars.

Kimmel made several references to variety for the duration of the ceremony in mild of the”Oscars So White” controversy prior this year.

“right here in Hollywood the one factor we price greater than range is congratulating ourselves on how a lot we price diversity,” he stated in his opening monologue.

“The Emmys are so numerous this 12 months the Oscars are now telling folks we’re one in every of their closest acquaintances.”

last weekend, game of Thrones dominated the creative Emmy Awards, settling on up nine prizes for technical achievement.

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