Rami Malek is shocked at his Best Actor win for 'Mr. Robot'
All of my series predictions came true, but if you watched the show you will know what my absolute favorite moment of the night was. That's right people, Tatiana Maslany WON!!!!!! After all these years on Orphan Black, she finally gets her Emmy and it was amazing! Not only that, but Rami Malek won for Mr. Robot, which means that the two lead acting winners in a drama series went to millennials who carry their bizarre, cult, ultra surreal and pulpy sci-fi shows entirely on their shoulders...which I think is the coolest thing I have ever seen the Emmys do. Never in a million years would I have thought those two shows would be taken seriously at an awards ceremony. All of that, plus the predictable yet deserved love for People v. OJ Simpson (including Sterling K. Brown, who I loved on that show) and Kate McKinnon for SNL!!! Yes, she did it, she becomes the first SNL-er was to win an acting Emmy since Dana Carvey in 1993 (and that was back when they still gave out the Individual Performance in a Variety Series award, which doesn't exist anymore). These were very possibly my favorite Emmy wins of all time, tonight.
2016 EMMY WINNERS
COMEDY
Kate McKinnon becomes the first SNL cast member in 23 years to win an Emmy
- Series: Veep
- Lead Actor: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
- Lead Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
- Supporting Actor: Louie Anderson, Baskets
- Supporting Actress: Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Writing: Master of None
- Directing: Transparent
DRAMA
Tatiana Maslany finally wins for playing more than 11 characters on 'Orphan Black'
- Series: Game of Thrones
- Lead Actor: Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
- Lead Actress: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
- Supporting Actor: Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
- Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
- Writing: Game of Thrones
- Directing: Game of Thrones
LIMITED/TV MOVIE
Sterling K. Brown helps 'People vs. OJ' complete the sweep in limited series
- Series: The People v. OJ Simpson
- Lead Actor: Courtney B. Vance, The People v. OJ Simpson
- Lead Actress: Sarah Paulson, The People v. OJ Simpson
- Supporting Actor: Sterling K. Brown, The People v. OJ Simpson
- Supporting Actress: Regina King, American Crime
- Writing: The People v. OJ Simpson
- Directing: The Night Manager
- TV Movie: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
VARIETY/REALITY
- Talk Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Sketch Series: Key & Peele
- Reality-Competition Series: The Voice
- Writing for Variety Special: Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
- Directing for Variety Special: Grease Live!
Some other very cool choices were things like Louie Anderson for Baskets (!), Key & Peele taking it home for their last season, Master of None winning for writing, and Patton Oswalt winning an Emmy, any Emmy for anything (love him). Emmys, you did good this year. Real good. I don't even care if I only went 11 for 19, because the actual winners were so terrific in the ones I missed. It makes up for the fact that The Americans was totally shut out, because now I feel more confident than ever that that show will come back while Game of Thrones is off the air next season, probably to clean up in the lead acting and series categories eventually in its own right. All is well in the TV world- the Academy is starting to pay some real attention.
All the lawyers took home the gold for 'OJ Simpson' as Sarah Paulson finally wins her first Emmy
