Last night saw the 72nd Primetime Emmy awards.
This ceremony was very different to previous years – due to the coronavirus pandemic, much of the Emmys was virtual. Presenters handed out awards in hazmat tuxedos, and upwards of 130 camera crews were sent all over the world to film the winners receiving their awards.
So what were the highlights from the ceremony?
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show from the near-empty Staples Center in LA (briefly joined by Jason Bateman attempting to sneak in as his own cardboard cut-out).
The pandemic is impossible to ignore, which the Emmys recognised – and turned into comedy. Jennifer Anniston and Kimmel attempted to sanitize a winner’s envelope together, Kimmel at one point pumped some sanitizer from a dispenser balanced on an Emmy award, and Jason Sudeikis even seemed to undergo a COVID-19 test on air.
The ceremony also honored essential workers, with those vital to the fight against the pandemic presenting several awards – including delivery workers and doctors.
As for the winners, Zendaya became the youngest person ever to win an Emmy for Oustanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. HBO scored 30 awards (beating Netflix), and Schitt’s Creek, Watchmen and Succession all won big.
We got to see the winners at home, with their families and friends, which provided some much-needed relatability to what’s usually a glitzy, glamor filled show.
Check out the list of nominees winners below:
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
- Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
- Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me)
- Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
- Issa Rae (Insecure)
- Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
- Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
- Ted Danson (The Good Place)
- Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
- Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
- Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Michael Schur (“Whenever You’re Ready,” The Good Place)
- Tony McNamara (“The Great,” The Great)
- Daniel Levy (“Happy Ending,” Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
- David West Read (“The Presidential Suite,” Schitt’s Creek)
- Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil (“Collaboration,” What We Do in the Shadows)
- Paul Simms (“Ghost,” What We Do in the Shadows)
- Stefani Robinson (“On the Run,” What We Do in the Shadows)
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Matt Shakman (“The Great,” The Great)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino (“It’s Comedy or Cabbage,” The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
- Daniel Palladino (“Marvelous Radio,” The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
- Gail Mancuso (“Finale, Part 2,” Modern Family)
- Ramy Youssef (“Miakhalifa.mov,” Ramy)
- Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy (“Happy Ending,” Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
- James Burrows (“We Love Lucy,” Will & Grace)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
- Mahershala Ali (Ramy)
- Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
- Daniel Levy (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
- William Jackson Harper (The Good Place)
- Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
- Sterling K. Brown (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
- Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
- Yvonne Orji (Insecure)
- Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
- Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
- Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
- D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
- Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
- Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Dead to Me
- Insecure
- Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- The Good Place
- The Kominsky Method
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- TheDaily Show with Trevor Noah
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – WINNER
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
- Cate Blanchett ( America)
- Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
- Regina King (Watchmen) – WINNER
- Octavia Spencer (Self Made)
- Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
- Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
- Hugh Jackman (Bad Education)
- Paul Mescal (Normal People)
- Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
- Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True) – WINNER
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
- Tanya Barfield (“Shirley,” America)
- Sally Rooney and Alice Birch (“Episode 3,” Normal People)
- Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman (“Episode 1,” Unbelievable)
- Anna Winger (“Part 1,” Unorthodox)
- Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (“This Extraordinary Being,” Watchmen) – WINNER
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
- Lynn Shelton (“Find a Way,” Little Fires Everywhere)
- Lenny Abrahamson (“Episode 5,” Normal People)
- Maria Schrader (Unorthodox) – WINNER
- Nicole Kassell (“It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice,” Watchmen)
- Steph Green (“Little Fear of Lightning,” Watchmen)
- Stephen Williams (“This Extraordinary Being,” Watchmen)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
- Dylan McDermott (Hollywood)
- Jim Parsons (Hollywood)
- Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend)
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen) – WINNER
- Jovan Adepo (Watchmen)
- Louis Gossett Jr. (Watchmen)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
- Holland Taylor (Hollywood)
- Uzo Aduba ( America) – WINNER
- Margo Martindale ( America)
- Tracey Ullman ( America)
- Toni Collette (Unbelievable)
- Jean Smart (Watchmen)
Outstanding Limited Series
- Little Fires Everywhere
- America
- Unbelievable
- Unorthodox
- Watchmen – WINNER
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
- TheMasked Singer
- Nailed It!
- RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Jason Bateman (Ozark)
- Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
- Steve Carell (The Morning Show)
- Brian Cox (Succession)
- Billy Porter (Pose)
- Jeremy Strong (Succession) – WINNER
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
- Olivia Colman (The Crown)
- Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
- Laura Linney (Ozark)
- Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
- Zendaya (Euphoria) – WINNER
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Thomas Schnauz (“Bad Choice Road,” Better Call Saul)
- Gordon Smith (“Bagman,” Better Call Saul)
- Peter Morgan (“Aberfan,” The Crown)
- Chris Mundy (“All In,” Ozark)
- John Shiban (“Boss Fight,” Ozark)
- Miki Johnson (“Fire Pink,” Ozark)
- Jesse Armstrong (“This is Not for Tears,” Succession) – WINNER
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Benjamin Caron (“Aberfan,” The Crown)
- Jessica Hobbs (“Cri de Coeur,” The Crown)
- Lesli Linka Glatter (“Prisoners of War,” Homeland)
- Mimi Leder (“The Interview,” The Morning Show)
- Alik Sakharov (“Fire Pink,” Ozark)
- Ben Semanoff (“Su Casa Es Mi Casa,” Ozark)
- Andrij Parekh (“Hunting,” Succession) – WINNER
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)
- Nicholas Braun (Succession)
- Kieran Culkin (Succession)
- Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
- Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale)
- Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) – WINNER
- Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
- Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
- Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)
- Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)
- Julia Garner (Ozark) – WINNER
- Sarah Snook (Succession)
- Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
- Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
- Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Outstanding Drama Series
- Better Call Saul
- The Crown
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Killing Eve
- The Mandalorian
- Ozark
- Stranger Things
- Succession – WINNER
The Emmys aired on ABC, which you can stream with a 7 day free trial from fuboTV.
