The 2016 Emmy Awards are in the books with ‘Game of Thrones’ wrapping up a second consecutive award for best drama series….
At the start of the 2016 Emmy Awards, ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The People vs. OJ Simpson’ were the two series with the most nominations and ultimately they ruled the night with both winning numerous awards.
For the second consecutive year, “Game of Thrones” wrapped up the show with the award for Best Drama Series with executive producers and show runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss accepting the trophy along with the entire cast and crew.
“Game of Thrones” also took home awards in writing and directing for the penultimate episode from season 6 titled “Battle of the Bastards”.
“The People vs. OJ Simpson” nearly cleaned house in the Limited TV Series or Movie category after winning the Best Show as well as Best Actor for Courtney B. Vance, Best Actress for Sarah Paulson and Best Supporting Actor for Sterling K. Brown.
Rami Malek also picked up his first Emmy Award for his role as Elliot Alderson on ‘Mr. Robot’, which was nominated after an outstanding freshman season on the USA Network.
The full results for the 2016 Emmy Awards along with our play-by-play is below:
The first award of the night goes out for best supporting actor in a comedy series following Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
https://twitter.com/marcbernardin/status/777662638952026113
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
“Master of None” — Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
So far surprise is winning the Emmys
— The Ringer (@ringer) September 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/777666771696259072
DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Transparent” — Jill Soloway
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — “Veep”
This is her fifth consecutive award in the leading actress category.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will win every Emmy until Veep is off the air. And I'm OK with that#Emmys #ShesAlwaysElainetoMe #SeinfeldForever
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) September 19, 2016
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeffrey Tambor — “Transparent”
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/777674317349867520
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
“The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Regina King — “American Crime”
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
“The Night Manager”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Sterling K. Brown — “The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Sarah Paulson — “The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Courtney B. Vance — “The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
Courtney B. Vance: The best performance and, apparently, the best hang!
— Andy Greenwald (@andygreenwald) September 19, 2016
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
“Sherlock”
OUTSTANDING LIMITED TV SERIES
“The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
“Game of Thrones” — David Benioff and DB Weiss
https://twitter.com/HBO/status/777692115346329600
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Maggie Smith — “Downton Abbey”
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES
“Game of Thrones” — Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik wins the #Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama (@GameOfThrones). Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/XolNNMjd2W
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 19, 2016
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ben Mendelsohn — “Bloodline”
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rami Malek — “Mr. Robot”
One person can change the world.@ItsRamiMalek has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. #MrRobot pic.twitter.com/CvHJrHw8G5
— Mr. Robot (@whoismrrobot) September 19, 2016
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tatiana Maslany — “Orphan Black”
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
“Veep”
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
“Game of Thrones”
DRACARYS!#GameofThrones wins "Outstanding Drama Series" at the 2016 #Emmys. pic.twitter.com/9SddL9UdOf
— Game of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) September 19, 2016
