David Farnor | On 21, Sep 2020

Succession, Schitt’s Creek and Watchmen led this year’s Primetime Emmy 2020 awards, sweeping up on Sunday night at the virtual ceremony.

After years of Game of Thrones and Veep being the biggest played in the room, the weekend saw a diverse array of stars collect their awards from their own living rooms, with Emmys delivered via hazmat suit to their doorstep.

HBO’s Succession, written by Jesse Armstrong, was the juggernaut of the evening, winning Outstanding Drama Series, as well as Outstanding Writing, Directing and Actor for Jeremy Strong.

HBO’s dominance continued with the timely comic book satire Watchmen taking home 11 of its 26 nominations across the Primetime and Creative Arts ceremonies. Its prizes on Sunday included Outstanding Actress for Regina King, Supporting Actor for Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Outstanding Limited Series. Zendaya, meanwhile, made history by becoming the youngest ever winner of the Outstanding Lead Actress prize for HBO drama Euphoria.

In total, HBO bagged 30 awards from this year’s awards, outstripping Netflix, which entered the competition with a record 160 nominations. Its main win of the night was Supporting Actress for Julia Garner in Ozark. Streaming newcomer Apple TV+, though, still managed to make a mark, with Billy Crudup winning the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The Morning Show.

But the night’s happiest winner was no doubt Schitt’s Creek, which bid farewell by sweeping the comedy category, taking home Outstanding Lead Actor for Eugene Levy, Outstanding Lead Actress for Catherine O’Hara, Supporting Actress for Annie Murphy and Supporting Actor for Dan Levy, not to mention the Outstanding Comedy Series prize.

Here are the full list of winners:

Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie

Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
Hugh Jackman (Bad Education)
Paul Mescal (Normal People)
Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True)

Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie

Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
Regina King (Watchmen)
Octavia Spencer (Self Made)
Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)

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)
Jovan Adepo (Watchmen)
Louis Gossett Jr. (Watchmen)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Holland Taylor (Hollywood)
Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America)
Margo Martindale (Mrs. America)
Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)
Toni Collette (Unbelievable)
Jean Smart (Watchmen)

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)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

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)
Issa Rae (Insecure)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
William Jackson Harper (The Good Place)
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Sterling K. Brown (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Mahershala Ali (Ramy)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
Yvonne Orji (Insecure)
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek)

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)

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)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)
Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)
Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)

Outstanding reality/competition series

The Masked Singer
Nailed It
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding variety talk series

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

Outstanding limited Series

Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen

Outstanding comedy series

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
The Good Place
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding drama series

Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession

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