How do you spell good television? Well, according to the 67th Primetime Emmys, it’s just three little letters: H-B-O. Last night, the premium cable network (which used to boast its separation from television) dominated the small screen award show taking home the top prizes for Best Drama (Game of Thrones), Best Comedy (Veep), and Best Limited Series (Olive Kitteridge). At least Jon Stewart said good-bye to the Emmys with his incarnation of The Daily Show taking home the top Variety Series honors.
While HBO swept the series categories, the acting races were, by far, the most exciting. Jon Hamm literally climbed onto the stage to accept his first (first!) Emmy for being Don Draper and (maybe even more surprisingly) Mad Men‘s first acting win ever. Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) made history as the first woman to win a comedic and dramatic Emmy for the same role—a feat that previously only credited to Ed Asner—and Viola Davis took home the top dramatic acting honor (the first black woman to win Outstanding Actress in a Drama series), making one of the most eloquent speeches in award show history.
Even with a rocky start, Andy Samberg kept the (actually on-time) broadcast moving with a healthy mix of dad jokes and pretaped bits. Viewers did feel betrayed though when, after doing us a solid and giving us free HBO Go (email: [email protected], password: password1), Samberg showed a huge spoiler-filled montage of shows that ended this year. But, by the time that Tracy Morgan hit the stage to present the Best Drama award, all scorn was forgotten and the entire audience was on their feet, holding back tears.
Check out the full list of winners below.
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange is the New Black
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSl-SPyHtg
LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards
LEAD ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
Adrien Brody, Houdini
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
LEAD ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth
Louis C.K., Louie
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
REALITY-COMPETITION SERIES
The Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
VARIETY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIMITED SERIES
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
TELEVISION MOVIE
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale
SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
GUEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Alan Alda, “The Blacklist”
Michael J. Fox, “The Good Wife”
F. Murray Abraham, “Homeland”
Reg E. Cathey, “House of Cards”
Beau Bridges, “Masters Of Sex”
Pablo Schreiber, “Orange Is The New Black”
GUEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Rachel Brosnahan, House Of Cards
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Allison Janney, Masters Of Sex
Khandi Alexander, Scandal
SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
GUEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
GUEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IT21Lzh8ug
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Regina King, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Americans, “Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep?”
Better Call Saul, “Five-O”
Game Of Thrones, “Mother’s Mercy”
Mad Men, “Lost Horizon”
Mad Men, “Person To Person”
DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire, “Eldorado”
Game Of Thrones, “Mother’s Mercy”
Game Of Thrones, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
Homeland, “From A To B And Back Again”
The Knick, “Method And Madness”
WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Episodes, “Episode 409”
The Last Man On Earth, “Alive In Tucson (Pilot)”
Louie, “Bobby’s House”
Silicon Valley, “Two Days Of The Condor”
Transparent, “Pilot”
Veep, “Election Night”
DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
The Last Man On Earth, “Alive In Tucson (Pilot)”
Louie, “Sleepover”
Silicon Valley, “Sand Hill Shuffle”
Transparent, “Best New Girl”
Veep, “Testimony”
