69th Primetime Emmy Awards Winners List

The 69th Emmy Awards recently honored primetime television series in various categories, including programming, acting, directing, and writing. Stephen Colbert kicked off the event at Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles with a hilarious show. Westworld (HBO) and Saturday Night Live (NBC) led the pack with 22 nominations apiece. Stranger Things (Netflix) followed close behind with 19 nominations.

Streaming Platforms Win Big

This year proved to be the year of online streaming platforms. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon all boasted over 120 nominations between them, proving themselves to be serious contenders. Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale also came out on top as the winner of the Outstanding Drama Series category – the first web series to take the award.

Other notable winners include Riz Ahmed, whose performance in The Night Of beat out favorite Robert DeNiro in the Wizard of Lies Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category. Donald Glover and Lena Waithe also made history to be the first African-Americans to win in their respective categories. But at the end of the night, Saturday Night Live and Veep stood out as the big winners with a handful of awards apiece.

Complete List of Winners:

Programs

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Veep
• Atlanta
• Black-ish
• Master of None
• Modern Family
• Silicon Valley
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – The Handmaid’s Tale
• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• House of Cards
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us
• Westworld

OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES

• WINNER – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• The Late Late Show with James Corden
• Real Time with Bill Maher
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

• WINNER – Saturday Night Live
• Billy on the Street
• Documentary Now!
• Drunk History
• Portlandia
• Tracey Ullman’s Show

OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES

• WINNER – Big Little Lies
• Fargo
• Feud: Bette and Joan
• Genius
• The Night Of

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE

• WINNER – Black Mirror: San Junipero
• Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love
• The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
• Sherlock: The Lying Detective
• The Wizard Of Lies

OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION SERIES

• WINNER – The Voice
• The Amazing Race
• American Ninja Warrior
• Project Runway
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef

Acting

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
• Pamela Adlon, Better Things
• Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
• Allison Janney, Mom
• Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
• Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Donald Glover, Atlanta
• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Aziz Ansari, Master of None
• Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
• William H. Macy, Shameless
• Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
• Claire Foy, The Crown
• Keri Russell, The Americans
• Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
• Robin Wright, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
• Matthew Rhys, The Americans
• Liev Scheiber, Ray Donovan
• Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
• Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

• WINNER – Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
• Felicity Huffman, American Crime
• Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
• Carrie Coon, Fargo
• Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
• Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

• WINNER – Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
• Ewan McGregor, Fargo
• Geoffrey Rush, Genius
• John Turturro, The Night Of
• Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
• Robert De Niro, The Wizard Of Lies

Supporting Performances

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
• Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live
• Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
• Kathryn Hahn, Transparent
• Judith Light, Transparent
• Anna Chlumsky, Veep

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
• Louie Anderson, Baskets
• Ty Burrell, Modern Family
• Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Tony Hale, Veep
• Matt Walsh, Veep

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
• Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
• Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
• Thandie Newton, Westworld
• Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – John Lithgow, The Crown
• Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
• Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
• David Harbour, Stranger Things
• Michael Kelly, House of Cards
• Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
• Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

• WINNER – Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
• Judy Davis, Feud
• Jackie Hoffman, Feud
• Regina King, American Crime
• Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
• Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

• WINNER – Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
• Bill Camp, The Night Of
• Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
• David Thewlis, Fargo
• Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan
• Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of

Directing

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.”
• Jamie Babbit, Silicon Valley – “Intellectual Property”
• Morgan Sackett, Veep – “Blurb”
• David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”
• Dale Stern, Veep – “Justice”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – Reed Morano, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred”
• Vince Gilligan, Better Call Saul – “Witness”
• Stephen Daldry, The Crown – “Hyde Park Corner”
• Kate Dennis, The Handmaid’s Tale – “The Bridge”
• Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland – “America First”
• The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
• Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – “The Bicameral Mind”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES

• WINNER – Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live – “Host: Jimmy Fallon”
• Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, Drunk History – “Hamilton”
• Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live – “The (RED) Show”
• Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Multi-Level Marketing”
• Jim Hoskinson, The Last Show with Stephen Colbert – “Episode 0179”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

• WINNER – Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies
• Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
• Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
• Ron Howard, Genius – “Einstein: Chapter One”
• James Marsh, The Night Of – “The Art of War”
• Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Beach”

Writing

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

• WINNER – Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Master of None – “Thanksgiving”
• Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.”
• Stephen Glover, Atlanta – “Streets on Lock”
• Alec Berg, Silicon Valley – “Success Failure”
• Billy Kimball, Veep – “Georgia”
• David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

• WINNER – Bruce Miller, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred”
• Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Americans – “The Soviet Division”
• Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul – “Chicanery”
• Peter Morgan, The Crown – “Assassins”
• The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
• Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – The Bicameral Mind”

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES

• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• WINNER – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Saturday Night Live

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

• WINNER – Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror: San Junipero
• David E. Kelley, Big Little Lies
• Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
• Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
• Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, and Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “Pilot”
• Richard Price and Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Call of the Wild”