Claire Foy wins the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama for her last season on ‘The Crown’
Well, that was a very dull ceremony accompanied by some good winners, at least in terms of my predictions. I was thrilled to see Matthew Rhys (yay!!) win lead actor for The Americans after all these years, and my instincts were right on Claire Foy winning as well. Peter Dinklage picked up his third Emmy for Game of Thrones and the show won yet again in series, despite losing in the writing and directing categories this time. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel really dominated the comedy categories, and since I don’t watch the show I can’t comment on that too much, but Bill Hader AND Henry Winkler both won for Barry, which was awesome! The usual suspects won in the variety categories, aside from RuPaul, who finally won in reality/competition, which was pretty cool. The best moment of the show was probably Glenn Weiss, the director of last years Oscars ceremony, using his acceptance speech to propose to his girlfriend, which brought the house down and livened up a really dead hosting job from Colin Jost and Michael Che. Seriously, never bring those guys back, Emmys. They were every bit as bad and awkward as I thought they’d be.
DRAMA
My beloved Matthew Rhys, the soul of ‘The Americans,’ wins the show its long overdue lead acting Emmy
SERIES: Game of Thrones
LEAD ACTOR: Matthew Rhys, The Americans
LEAD ACTRESS: Claire Foy, The Crown
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Thandie Newton, Westworld
WRITING: The Americans
DIRECTING: The Crown
COMEDY
The Fonz finally wins an Emmy!
SERIES: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
LEAD ACTRESS: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
LEAD ACTOR: Bill Hader, Barry
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Henry Winkler, Barry
WRITING: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
DIRECTING: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
VARIETY/REALITY
Proposing onstage at the Emmys? Their love must be the real deal
TALK SERIES: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
SKETCH SERIES: Saturday Night Live
REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM: RuPaul’s Drag Race
DIRECTING OF A VARIETY SPECIAL: Glenn Weiss, The Oscars
WRITING OF A VARIETY SPECIAL: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
LIMITED SERIES
Darren Criss beats Benedict Cumberbatch
SERIES: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
LEAD ACTOR: Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
LEAD ACTRESS: Regina King, Seven Seconds
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jeff Daniels, Godless
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Merritt Wever, Godless
DIRECTING: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
WRITING: “USS Callister” (Black Mirror)
