David Farnor | On 21, Sep 2015

Transparent has taken home the first ever Emmy Awards for Amazon.

The online retailer has been in fierce competition with Netflix in recent years, as both streaming services seek to produce their own original content.

Netflix has enjoyed astounding success, picking up nominations immediately for House of Cards and, shortly after, Orange Is the New Black. In 2013, the company was nominated for 14 Emmys. This year, it was in competition for 34, beaten only by HBO (126), ABC (42), FX (38) and FOX (35).

Amazon Studios, though, has accelerated significantly in the past 12 months, with its original show Transparent becoming the first ever web series to win a Golden Globe for Best Series. Neither VOD giant repeated the same feat at last night’s 2015 Emmys, but both nabbed their fair share of the gongs, cementing the pair as the only streaming services to be nominated for – and win – at the Emmys.

Amazon, which received 12 nods overall, took home three prizes, including Outstanding Director of a Comedy Series for Jill Soloway, Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for The West Wing’s Bradley Whitford, and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Jeffrey Tambor.

The total places Amazon ahead of Netflix in this year’s Emmy race, with the rival company winning two awards, including Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series for Uzo Aduba in Orange Is the New Black and Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for Reg E. Cathey, who plays Freddy Hayes in House of Cards.

The Outstanding Series gongs instead went to more familiar contenders, as HBO dominated the ceremony: Game of Thrones took home Outstanding Drama, Veep took home Outstanding Comedy and even Olive Kitteridge took home Oustanding Limited Series. Netflix and Amazon may not be quite at the big Emmy win stage yet, but with HBO’s victors already enjoying several seasons under the belts (like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, there were dues to pay to veterans ducking out of the ring), it’s only a matter of time until they become old hands themselves.

For more information on Transparent, see our interview with Jill Soloway and Jeffrey Tambor – or read our reviews of Season 1.

Here’s the full list of 2015 Emmy winners:

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black

Best Comedy Series

Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy, Shameless
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Actress in a Comedy Series

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Niecy Nash, Getting On
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
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

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

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 Drama Series

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 Actor In A Comedy Series

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

Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

The Americans — Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Joshua Brand)
Better Call Saul — Five-O (Gordon Smith)
Game Of Thrones — Mother’s Mercy (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
Mad Men — Lost Horizon (Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner)
Mad Men — Person To Person (Matthew Weiner)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

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)
Veep — Election Night (Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire — Eldorado (Tim Van Patten)
Game Of Thrones — Mother’s Mercy (David Nutter)
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

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)
Transparent — Best New Girl (Jill Soloway)
Veep — Testimony (Armando Iannucci)

Outstanding TV Movie

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case (Acorn TV)
Bessie (HBO)
Grace Of Monaco (Lifetime)
Hello Ladies: The Movie (HBO)
Killing Jesus (National Geographic)
Nightingale (HBO)

Limited Series (formerly “Miniseries”)

American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Adrien Brody, Houdini
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a TV Movie

Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a TV Movie

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 Writing for a Limited Series or TV Movie

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)
Olive Kitteridge (Jane Anderson)
The Honorable Woman (Hugo Blick)
Wolf Hall (Peter Straughan)

Outstanding Director for a Limited Series or TV Movie

Olive Kitteridge (Lisa Cholodenko)
Wolf Hall (Peter Kosminsky)
Houdini (Uli Edel)
Bessie (Dee Rees)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Ryan Murphy)
The Honorable Woman (Hugo Blick)

Variety Talk Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Inside Amy Schumer
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Special

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)
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! (PBS)

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

Shark Tank
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food)
MythBusters (Discovery)
Property Brothers (HGTV)
Undercover Boss (CBS)

Oustanding Unstructured Reality Program

Deadliest Catch
Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery)
Intervention (A&E)
Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo)
Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel)
Wahlburgers (A&E)

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night

Reality Competition

The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

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