Prepare your outrage, friends and fellow TV obsessives. The fodder for your Monday mid-commute arguments is here.
The 2015 Emmy Awards have been given out today, inside a Microsoft Theatre where the air-con was blasted up to 11 to combat the ungodly Los Angeles heat outside that was hovering around the 40 degree mark for the Red Carpet arrivals.
All your favourite shows were more than likely up for a gong, and – among other things – this year’s awards featured a long-overdue breakthrough for Game of Thrones.
Here, with no editorialising, are the quick & dirty results for all the major categories.
67th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Game of Thrones (HBO)
Better Caul Saul (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Veep (HBO)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Parks & Recreation (NBC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Kyle Chandler, “Bloodline”
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Liev Schriber, “Ray Donovan”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Viola Davis, “How To Get Away With Murder”
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Louis C.K., “Louie”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Will Forte, “Last Man on Earth”
Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”
Amy Poehler, “Parks & Recreation”
Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace & Frankie”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”
Jonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”
Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”
Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”
Michael Kelly, “House of Cards”
Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black”
Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”
Lena Headey, “Game of Thrones”
Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones”
Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Allison Janney, “Mom”
Niecy Nash, “Getting On”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”
Gaby Hoffmann, “Transparent”
Jane Krakowski, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Tony Hale, “Veep”
Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Adam Driver, “Girls”
Keegan Michael-Key, “Key & Peele”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
WINNER: Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
American Crime (ABC)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
The Honorable Woman (Sundance)
Wolf Hall (PBS)
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
WINNER: Bessie (HBO)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case (Acorn TV)
Grace of Monaco (Lifetime)
Hello Ladies: The Movie (HBO)
Killing Jesus (National Geographic)
Nightingale (HBO)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
WINNER: Richard Jenkins, “Olive Kitteridge”
Timothy Hutton, “American Crime”
Ricky Gervais, “Derek Special”
Adrien Brody, “Houdini”
David Oyelowo, “Nightingale”
Mark Rylance, “Wolf Hall”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
WINNER: Frances McDormand, “Olive Kitteridge”
Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Queen Latifah, “Bessie”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Honorable Woman”
Emma Thompson, “Sweeney Todd”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
WINNER: Bill Murray, “Olive Kitteridge”
Richard Cabral, “American Crime”
Denis O’Hare, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Finn Wittrock, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Michael Kenneth Williams, “Bessie”
Damian Lewis, “Wolf Hall”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINSERIES OR A MOVIE
WINNER: 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”
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES
WINNER: The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
WINNER: The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
WINNER: The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
WINNER: Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
WINNER: The Voice (NBC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
Top Chef (Bravo)
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
WINNER: Shark Tank (ABC)
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food)
MythBusters (Discovery)
Property Brothers (HGTV)
Undercover Boss (CBS)
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
WINNER: Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery)
Intervention (A&E)
Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo)
Naked and Afraid (Discovery)
Wahlburgers (A&E)
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
WINNER: Jane Lynch, “Hollywood Game Night”
Tom Bergeron, “Dancing with the Stars”
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, “Project Runway”
Cat Deeley, “So You Think You Can Dance”
Anthony Bourdain, “The Taste”
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL
WINNER: The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Bill Maher: Live From D.C. (HBO)
The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (LouisCK.net)
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen (HBO)
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! (PBS)
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Reg E. Cathey, “House of Cards”
Alan Alda, “The Blacklist”
Michael J. Fox, “The Good Wife”
F. Murray Abraham, “Homeland”
Beau Bridges, “Masters of Sex”
Pablo Schreiber, “Orange is the New Black”
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: 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”
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Bradley Whitford, “Transparent”
Mel Brooks, “The Comedians”
Paul Giamatti, “Inside Amy Schumer”
Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”
Louis C.K., “Saturday Night Live”
Jon Hamm, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Joan Cusack, “Shameless”
Christine Baranski, “The Big Bang Theory”
Gaby Hoffman, “Girls”
Pamela Adlon, “Louie”
Elizabeth Banks, “Modern Family”
Tina Fey, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy” (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
The Americans – “Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep?” (Joshua Brand)
Better Call Saul – “Five-O” (Gordon Smith)
Mad Men – “Lost Horizon” (Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner)
Mad Men – “Person to Person” (Matthew Weiner)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Veep – “Election Night” (Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche)
Episodes – “Episode 409” (David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik)
The Last Man on Earth – “Alive in Tucson (Pilot)” (Will Forte)
Louie – “Bobby’s House” (Louis C.K.)
Silicon Valley – “Two Days of the Condor” (Alec Berg)
Transparent – “Pilot” (Jill Soloway)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy” (David Nutter)
Boardwalk Empire – “Eldorado” (Tim Van Patten)
Game of Thrones – “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” (Jeremy Podeswa)
Homeland – From A to B and Back Again” (Lesli Linka Glatter)
The Knick – “Method and Madness” (Steven Soderbergh)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Transparent – “Best New Girl” (Jill Soloway)
The Last Man on Earth – “Alive in Tucson (Pilot)” (Phil Lord and Christopher Miller)
Louie – “Sleepover” (Louis C.K.)
Silicon Valley – “Sand Hill Shuffle” (Mike Judge)
Veep – “Testimony” (Armando Iannucci)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE, OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
WINNER: Olive Kitteridge (Jane Anderson)
American Crime – “Episode One” (John Ridley)
Bessie (Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, Horton Foote)
Hello Ladies: The Movie (Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg)
The Honorable Woman (Hugo Blick)
Wolf Hall (Peter Straughan)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE, OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
WINNER: Olive Kitteridge (Lisa Cholodenko)
Wolf Hall (Peter Kosminsky)
Houdini (Uli Edel)
Bessie (Dee Rees)
Bessie (Dee Rees)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Ryan Murphy)
The Honorable Woman (Hugo Blick)
Photo: Jason LaVeris via Getty Images.
via CNN.com.
