With ‘Game of Thrones’ out of the running for 2017, a crop of new shows shined at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night…
The 2017 Emmy Awards are officially a wrap and it’s safe to say the night largely belonged to the Hulu series ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ with the show picking up numerous awards including best drama and best actress for Elizabeth Moss.
The series based on the 1985 novel of the same name takes place in a dystopian future where fertility is nearly extinct thanks to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution, a new state class has risen to power in what once was the United States. Now women are brutally subjugated and in a place known as Gilead, girls are raised as “handmaids” where they must submit to masters who will attempt to impregnate them as many times as possible to bear children for them.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” was a critical and commercial hit for Hulu and that came through on awards night as well with the series picking up numerous trophies including best drama, best actress, best writing, best supporting actress and best directing.
In the limited series side of the awards, HBO’s “Big Little Lies” also dominated with numerous awards including best series and best actress for Nicole Kidman.
Sadly freshman hits such as “Stranger Things” and “Westworld” were completely shut out during the Emmy Awards with only a few categories going to any series other than “The Handmaid’s Tale” in the drama categories.
Here’s a full list of the winners from the 2017 Emmy Awards:
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama — John Lithgow “The Crown”
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy — Kate McKinnon “Saturday Night Live”
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie — Laura Dern “Big Little Lies”
Best Directing in a Comedy Series — Donald Glover “Atlanta”
Best Variety Sketch Series — “Saturday Night Live”
Best Writing in a Drama Series — Bruce Miller “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — Alec Baldwin “Saturday Night Live”
Best Directing in a Limited Series or Movie — Jean-Marc Vallee “Big Little Lies”
Best Supporting Actor in a.Limited Series or Movie — Alexander Skarsgard “Big Little Lies”
Best Writing for a Variety Series — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — Ann Dowd “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Best Writing in a Comedy Series — Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe “Master of None”
Best Reality Competition Series — “The Voice”
Best Directing in a Drama Series — Reed Moreno “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Best Writing in a Limited Series or Movie — Charlie Brooker “Black Mirror: San Junipero”
Best Director in a Variety Series — Don Roy King “Saturday Night Live”
Best Variety Talk Series — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
Best Actor in a Comedy Series — Donald Glover “Atlanta”
Best Actress in a Comedy Series — Julia Louis-Dreyfus “Veep”
Best Comedy Series — “Veep”
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie — Riz Ahmed “The Night Of”
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie — Nicole Kidman “Big Little Lies”
Best Television Movie — “Black Mirror – San Junipero”
Best Limited Series — “Big Little Lies”
Best Actor in a Drama Series — Sterling K Brown “This is Us”
Best Actress in a Drama Series — Elizabeth Moss “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Best Drama Series — “The Handmaid’s Tale”
