David Farnor | On 18, Sep 2018

It was a Marvelous night for Mrs. Maisel at the 2018 Emmys, as Amazon Prime Video’s comedy emerged at the front of the awards pack, leading the ongoing charge for streaming TV against the stalwart Game of Thrones.

HBO’s fantasy epic was the most award show with nine Emmy wins overall (across last night’s Primetime ceremony and last week’s Creative Arts Emmys), including the coveted Best Drama Series gong – despite the fact that the show hasn’t aired on TV for over a year. While Thrones remains the show to beat in the awards race, though, Netflix and Amazon are rapidly stepping up the competition, as the viewing landscape slowly, seismically changes: for the first time this year, Netflix tied with HBO overall, winning 23 Emmys. On Prime night alone, Netflix pipped its rival to the most awards, taking home seven Emmys ahead of HBO’s six. Where once the streaming giant’s awards clout relied on The Crown and Stranger Things, this year’s win highlights Netflix’s maturity: its Primetime winners included not only The Crown, but also Seven Seconds, Godless and Black Mirror (USS Callister). Claire Foy, in particular, shone, taking home the Best Actress in a Drama prize, after losing out to The Handmaid’s Tale last year.

Amazon Prime Video, though, is just as big as player in the awards race, with its long-term run in the comedy game striking gold once again. Amazon has enjoyed awards success with Mozart in the Jungle and Transparent in the past, and now, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has inherited that crown: the series won Best Comedy Series among a total of eight (including Creative Arts Emmys). With Rachel Brosnahan winning a deserved Best Lead Actress in a Comedy prize, the show ended the winning streak of Veep, with HBO’s political comedy winning Best Comedy for three years in a row and Julia Louis-Dreyfus winning that Lead Actress prize for six years in a row. On Primetime night alone, Amazon won the most awards overall – five – ahead of Game of Thrones (two), and The Assassination of Gianni Versace (three, including Outstanding Limited Series and a deserved Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Darren Criss).

There was also bittersweet success for The Americans, which bowed out on its final ever season with some key wins that had long eluded the period spy thriller, including Writing for a Drama Series and Lead Actor for Matthew Rhys. Thandie Newton also joined Rhys and Foy in the list of triumphant Brits, bagging the Supporting Actress Emmy for her work in Westworld. “I don’t even believe in God, but I’m going to thank her tonight,” she said, collecting her award.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Drama Series

The Handmaid’s Tale
Game of Thrones
This Is Us
The Crown
The Americans
Stranger Things
Westworld

Comedy Series

Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Limited Series

The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose

Variety Talk Series

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Variety Sketch Series

Saturday Night Live
Portlandia
Drunk History
Tracey Ullman’s Show
At Home with Amy Sedaris
I Love You, America

Reality Competition

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

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Foy (The Crown)
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Ed Harris (Westworld)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Directing for a Drama Series

Stephen Daldry (The Crown)
Alan Taylor (Game Of Throne)
Jeremy Podeswa (Game of Thrones)
Kari Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Daniel Sackheim (Ozark)
The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)

Writing for a Drama Series

Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans)
Peter Morgan (The Crown)
D.B. Weiss (Game Of Thrones)
Bruce Miller (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Killing Eve)
The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Vanessa Kirby (The Crown)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Matt Smith (The Crown)

Directing for a Variety Series

Stan Lathan (Dave Chappelle: Equanimity)
Michael Bonfiglio (Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Before Seinfeld)
Glenn Weiss (The Oscars)
Marcus Raboy (Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life)
Hamish Hamilton (Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake)

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous At Radio City
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)
Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower)
John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Jesse Plemons (USS Callister)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Laura Dern (The Tale)
Jessica Biel (The Sinner)
Michelle Dockery (Godless)
Edie Falco (The Menendez Murders)
Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Cult)

Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special

Ryan Murphy (The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Scott Frank (Godless)
David Leveaux, Alex Rudzinski (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert)
Craig Zisk (The Looming Tower)
Barry Levinson (Paterno)
Edward Berger (Patrick Melrose)
David Lynch (Twin Peaks)

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama

Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus (American Vandal)
Tom Rob Smith (The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Scott Frank (Godless)
David Nicholls (Patrick Melrose)
David Lynch, Mark Frost (Twin Peaks)
William Bridges, Charlie Brooker (USS Callister (Black Mirror))

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Jeff Daniels (Godless)
Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar)
John Leguizamo (Waco)
Ricky Martin (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Michael Stuhlbarg (The Looming Tower)
Finn Wittrock (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Sara Bareilles (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert)
Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Judith Light (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Adina Porter (American Horror Story: Cult)
Merritt Wever (Godless)
Letitia Wright (Black Museum (Black Mirror))

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Ted Danson (The Good Place)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Issa Rae (Insecure)

Directing for a Comedy Series

Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Hiro Murai (Atlanta)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Mark Cendrowski (The Big Bang Theory)
Jesse Peretz (GLOW)
Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Mike Judge (Silicon Valley)

Writing for a Comedy Series

Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Stefani Robinson (Atlanta)
Alec Berg, Bill Hader (Barry)
Liz Sarnoff (Barry)
Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Zazie Beetz (Atlanta)
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne)
Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta)
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
Henry Winkler (Barry)

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