James R | On 18, Sep 2017

Hulu made history at the 2017 Emmys last night, as it became the first ever show by a streaming site to win an Emmy for Best Drama Series. The show beat competition from Netflix’s The Crown, Stranger Things and House of Cards – indeed, 2017 was almost destined to be a history-making year, with four out of the seven top drama nominees coming from streaming services.

The Handmaid’s Tale didn’t just take home one big prize, though: it swept the board, bagging Best Lead Actress for Elisabeth Moss, Best Supporting Actress for Ann Dowd, Guest Actress for Alexis Bledel and Best Writing (Bruce Miller) and Directing (Reed Morano).

The night’s other major winner was another female-led show, as HBO’s Big Little Lies made up for the cable network’s lack of Game of Thrones, taking home Best Limited Series, Best Actress in a Limited Series (Nicole Kidman), Best Supporting Actress (Laura Dern), Best Directing (Jean-Marc Vallee) and Best Supporting Actor (Alexander Skarsgård).

Continuing her winning streak, meanwhile, was comedy star of the night Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won Best Actress in a Comedy for Veep for the fifth year in a row. Veep also won Best Comedy for the third year in a row.

2017, though, has been a political year for TV, with history clearly in the mind of many in the industry: Stephen Colbert jokes about President Donald Trump’s lack of an Emmy for The Apprentice, before wheeling out Sean Spicer himself to declare the show’s audience was the largest of all time. But away from the prescience of The Handmaid’s Tale, Saturday Night Live’s resurgence has been the biggest sign of that political shift, with the sketch series bagging eight wins, including gongs for Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon, as well as Melissa McCarthy and Dave Chappelle.

History was also made by Donald Glover, who became the first black person to win an Emmy for Directing, thanks to his superb comedy series Atlanta. He also won Best Actor in a Comedy too. Lena Waithe became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for writing a comedy series, taking home the Best Writing prize with Aziz Ansari for Netflix’s Master of None. The only win more satisfying to watch was Riz Ahmed, who took home Best Actor in a Limited Series for HBO’s The Night Of.

Other wins included our own Charlie Brooker, who bagged two awards for his San Junipero episode of Black Mirror (Best Writing and Best Television Movie). That marked yet another success for streaming services, on a night where history was made in all corners of the room. HBO led the night with 20 wins in total, but Netflix was close behind with 20, followed by NBC and Hulu on 15 and 10 respectively. Amazon trailed with two. In the words of Colbert’s opening monologue, “these days everyone loves streaming video, just ask Ted Cruz”.

The major winners at the Emmy 2017 Awards are below – click here for the complete list.

 

Best Drama Series

The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
The Crown (Netflix)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Westworld (HBO)

Best Comedy Series

Veep (HBO)
Atlanta (FX)
Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix )
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Best Limited Series

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)

Best Actress, Comedy

Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

Best Actor, Comedy

Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Zach Galifianakis, (Baskets)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)

Best Actress, Drama

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

Best Actor, Drama

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie

Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie

Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)
John Turturro (The Night Of)

Television Movie

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

Supporting Actor, Drama

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

Supporting Actress, Drama

Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Judith Light (Transparent)

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

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

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a Movie

Judy Davis (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Jackie Hoffman (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Regina King (American Crime)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard Of Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)

Variety Sketch Series

Billy On The Street (truTV)
Documentary Now! (IFC)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)

Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Fixer Upper (HGTV)
Lip Sync Battle (Spike TV)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Who Do You Think You Are (TLC)

Unstructured Reality Program

Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
Gaycation With Elliot Page (Viceland)
Intervention (A&E)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (YouTube)
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

Reality Competition Program

The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

Reality Host

Alec Baldwin (Match Game)
W. Kamau Bell (United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell)
RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Project Runway)
Gordon Ramsay (MasterChef Junior)
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg (Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party)

Outstanding Animated Program

Archer Dreamland: No Good Deed
Bob’s Burgers: Bob, Actually
Elena And The Secret Of Avalor (Sofia The First)
The Simpsons: The Town
South Park: Member Berries

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

Atlanta (FX)
Master of None (Netflix)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Veep (HBO)am

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
St ranger Things (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
West world (HBO)

Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
FEUD: Bette and Joan (FX)
The Night Of (HBO)
The Wizard Of Lies (HBO)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Alison Wright (The Americans)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)
Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot)
Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)
Denis O’Hare (This Is Us)
Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us)
Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Wanda Sykes (black-ish)
Carrie Fisher (Catastrophe)
Becky Ann Baker (Girls)
Angela Bassett (Master of None)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Riz Ahmed (Girls)
Matthew Rhys (Girls)
Dave Chapelle (Saturday Night Live)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Saturday Night Live)
Tom Hanks (Saturday Night Live)
Hugh Laurie (Veep)

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