69th Primetime Emmy Awards

69th Primetime Emmy Awards
Promotional poster
Date
LocationMicrosoft Theater,
Los Angeles, California[2]
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byStephen Colbert
Highlights
Most awards
Most nominations
Outstanding Comedy SeriesVeep
Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding Limited SeriesBig Little Lies
Websitehttp://www.emmys.com/ Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS[1]
Produced byRicky Kirshner
Glenn Weiss
Directed byGlenn Weiss
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The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2016, until May 31, 2017, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. The ceremony was hosted by Stephen Colbert.[1] The 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held on September 9 and 10, and was broadcast by FXX on September 16.[3]

The nominations were announced by Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore on July 13, 2017.[4] Channelwise, the freshman HBO science fiction western drama Westworld and NBC sketch comedy Saturday Night Live were the most nominated programs, each with 22 nominations.[5][6]

Host Stephen Colbert opened the ceremony with a song-and-dance number and a monologue that lampooned the state of the world under President Donald Trump, which The New York Times said set an anti-Trump tone for the rest of the event.[7] Many of the further presentations and host commentary continued jokes aimed towards Trump, along with winners' speeches criticizing the President and standing behind diversity in the television field.[8] Sean Spicer, Trump's former White House Press Secretary, made an appearance in which he parodied himself.[7] RuPaul played a living Emmy statue in a comedic interview segment with Colbert during the ceremony.[9][10]

Original programming streaming television services—Netflix and Hulu—upended traditional broadcast television series in several categories. Netflix series earned a total of 20 Primetime Emmy Awards, following only HBO with 29 and leading NBC with 15.[11][12] Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale became the first web series to win Outstanding Drama Series.[13] Additionally, streaming television also won their first awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid's Tale – Hulu), Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Alexis Bledel for The Handmaid's Tale – Hulu),[a] Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Bruce Miller for The Handmaid's Tale – Hulu), Outstanding Television Movie (Black Mirror: San Junipero – Netflix) and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special (Charlie Brooker for Black Mirror: San Junipero – Netflix).

In addition, the night saw several other historic firsts: Donald Glover became the first African-American to win Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Atlanta.[14] Riz Ahmed, with his win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for The Night Of, became the first Asian to win that category as well as the first Asian man to win an acting award and first South Asian to win a lead acting award.[15][16]

Moreover, Ahmed and Dave Chappelle also became the first Muslims to win acting awards, with Ahmed being the first Muslim to win a lead acting award and Chappelle the first to win for a guest role for Saturday Night Live.[17] With Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe winning Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Master of None, Waithe became the first African-American woman to win that award.[18] Finally, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her record sixth consecutive award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the same category for the same role in a single series as Selina Meyer on Veep; she is now tied with Cloris Leachman for the most wins as a performer.[19]

The awards ceremony drew 11.4 million viewers, on par with the previous awards ceremony, but one of the lowest viewerships for the Primetime Emmy Awards overall. Analysts attribute this to younger audiences preferring to watch clips or summaries than the entire event[20] and to Florida markets being affected by Hurricane Irma.[21]

Winners and nominees

See also: 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[22][23][b] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.

Donald Glover, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Sterling K. Brown, Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series winner
Elisabeth Moss, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Riz Ahmed, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner
Nicole Kidman, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie winner
Alec Baldwin, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Kate McKinnon, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
John Lithgow, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
Ann Dowd, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
Alexander Skarsgård, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner
Laura Dern, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie winner

Programs

Programs

Acting

Lead

Lead performances

Supporting

Supporting performances

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[c]
Network No. of
Nominations
HBO 46
FX 27
Netflix
NBC 17
ABC 11
CBS 7
Hulu
Showtime 6
AMC 5
TBS 4
Amazon 3
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network No. of
Nominations
Feud: Bette and Joan Limited FX 10
Veep Comedy HBO
Big Little Lies Limited 8
The Night Of
The Handmaid's Tale Drama Hulu 7
Saturday Night Live Variety Sketch NBC
Westworld Drama HBO
Fargo Limited FX 6
Atlanta Comedy 5
Better Call Saul Drama AMC
The Crown Netflix
Stranger Things
This Is Us NBC
House of Cards Netflix 4
Silicon Valley Comedy HBO
The Americans Drama FX 3
Black-ish Comedy ABC
Genius Limited NatGeo
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Variety Talk HBO
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert CBS
Master of None Comedy Netflix
Transparent Amazon
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Netflix
The Wizard of Lies Movie HBO
American Crime Limited ABC 2
Baskets Comedy FX
Black Mirror: San Junipero Movie Netflix
Drunk History Variety Sketch Comedy Central
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Variety Talk TBS
Grace and Frankie Comedy Netflix
Homeland Drama Showtime
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Variety Talk ABC
Modern Family Comedy
Sherlock: The Lying Detective Movie PBS

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards[c]
Network No. of
Awards
HBO 10
NBC 6
Hulu 5
Netflix 4
FX 2
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network No. of
Awards
Big Little Lies Limited HBO 5
The Handmaid's Tale Drama Hulu
Saturday Night Live Variety Sketch NBC 4
Atlanta Comedy FX 2
Black Mirror: San Junipero Movie Netflix
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Variety Talk HBO
Veep Comedy

Presenters and performers

The awards were presented by the following:[24][25][26]

Presenters

Name(s) Role
Jermaine Fowler Announcer for the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Laura Dern
Nicole Kidman
Zoë Kravitz
Reese Witherspoon
Shailene Woodley		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Shemar Moore
Gina Rodriguez		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Riz Ahmed
Issa Rae		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Dave Chappelle
Melissa McCarthy		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Anna Faris
Allison Janney		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
LL Cool J
Gabrielle Union		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
James Corden
Seth Meyers		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Alexis Bledel
Gerald McRaney		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Jane Fonda
Dolly Parton
Lily Tomlin		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Kaitlin Olson
Tracee Ellis Ross		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Sonequa Martin-Green
Jeremy Piven		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Hayma Washington Introducer of a special presentation highlighting diversity and inclusion in television
Iain Armitage
Jim Parsons		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Lea Michele
Kumail Nanjiani		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Mark Feuerstein
Rashida Jones		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Seth MacFarlane
Emmy Rossum		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Viola Davis Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute
Craig Robinson
Adam Scott		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Anthony Anderson
Priyanka Chopra		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Alec Baldwin
Edie Falco		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Chris Hardwick
Debra Messing		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Carol Burnett
Norman Lear		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Jessica Biel
Joseph Fiennes		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Jason Bateman
Sarah Paulson		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Matt Bomer
BD Wong		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Television Movie
Anika Noni Rose
Cicely Tyson		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Limited Series
Dennis Quaid
Kyra Sedgwick		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Tatiana Maslany
Jeffrey Dean Morgan		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Oprah Winfrey Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series

Performers

Name(s) Performed
Stephen Colbert
Chance the Rapper
Millie Bobby Brown
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Tony Hale
Keri Russell
Matthew Rhys		 "Everything is Better on TV"
Christopher Jackson "As"

In Memoriam

Broadway actor Christopher Jackson performed Stevie Wonder's "As" as images of television personalities who died in the past year were shown in the following order.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ Awarded the weekend before at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
  2. ^ The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different from the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program.
  3. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

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