Last year, comedian Tracy Morgan had gone through a serious car wreck with his recovery questionable. At the Emmy award show, late night host Jimmy Kimmel gave a short mention to the comic while presenting the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series saying “We’ll see you next year Tracy Morgan.” This year, as a surprise to many, Tracy Morgan walked on stage to announce the nominees for this year’s Outstanding Drama Series and received a standing ovation at the same time.
That was one of tonight’s better highlights during the Emmy Awards presentation on FOX. Others included John Hamm’s humble speech for winning Outstanding Lead Actor for a Drama Series after he chose to climb on stage instead of using the stairs. This was a nod to Tina Fey who did the same thing a few years ago and Amy Poehler and was the one who read the list of nominees. Uzo Aduba, who won for Outstanding Supporting Actress for Orange Is The New Black, gave a heartfelt thank you to her family as well as her sister who she called her best friend. Andy Sandberg and Seth Myers took a few minutes to honor their former Saturday Night Live boss, Lorne Michaels, with a “Best Boss Ever” coffee mug. And FOX should have received an award for completing the live special within three hours!
The 67th Emmy Awards started well with a song-filled spoof with host Andy Samberg going underground in a bunker not to return until he had seen every episode and of every show that was up for an award. Why Samberg is no Billy Crystal, he did a decent job. Then he came out to do his opening monologue. Ugh. While he did get in a few good jokes, there were too many cringe-inducing ones with shots of those in the audience looking bewildered.
The huge winner of the night belonged to just about everyone involved in the making the limited series/movie, Olive Kitteridge, which won every award in its category except for supporting actress, which went to Regina King for American Crime. Both Veep and Game of Thrones won four awards each (incidentally, Game of Thrones was nominated for 24 awards this year which makes it 83 nominations total to date for those keeping track) with Transparent coming in third with three wins.
And this year’s winners are:
Drama Series: Game of Thrones
Lead Actor, Drama: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Lead Actress, Drama: Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Supporting Actor, Drama: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Supporting Actress, Drama: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Guest Actor, Drama: Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Guest Actress, Drama: Margo Martindale, The Americans
Writing For A Drama Series: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones
Directing For A Drama Series: David Nutter, Game of Thrones
Comedy Series: Veep
Lead Actor, Comedy: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Lead Actress, Comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Allison Janney, Mom
Guest Actor, Comedy: Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Guest Actress, Comedy: Joan Cusack, Shameless
Writing For A Comedy Series: Veep
Directing For A Comedy Series: Jill Soloway, Transparent
Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program: Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Structured Reality Program: Shark Tank
Unstructured Reality Program: Deadliest Catch
Reality-Competition Program: The Voice
Writing For A Variety Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Writing For A Variety Special: Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Variety Talk Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Directing For A Variety Series: Chuck O’Niel, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Directing for a Variety Special: Don Roy King, The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Variety Special: The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Variety Sketch Series: Inside Amy Schumer
Limited Series: Olive Kitteridge
Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or A Movie: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie: Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or A Movie: Regina King, American Crime
Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special: Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge
Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special: Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge
Television Movie: Bessie
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