It's true: we are living through a golden age of television.
Last night's Emmy Awards was a celebration of that talent, as well as a great bit of advertisement for Netflix and HBO, given that so many of the networks' shows were up for awards.
There were some heartwarming moments. Glenn Weiss, the winner for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the 2018 Oscars, used the opportunity first to pay tribute to his late mother—and then to propose to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. Jan made her way to the stage, after which Glenn got on one knee, and she basically couldn't say no. So they are engaged now, folks.
Henry Winkler was crowned a winner. The enthusiastic standing ovation for the 72-year-old's win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for playing an enthusiastic acting coach on HBO's dark showbiz satire Barry spoke for itself.
Amy Sherman-Palladino made Emmy history with her wins for comedy writing and directing for The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, making her the first woman in the awards’ 70-year history to do so.
British stars won big last night, with Claire Foy taking home Best Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of the Queen in Netflix's The Crown, and Thandie Newton being awarded Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Westworld. Matthew Rhys picked up Best Leading Actor in a Drama Series for The Americans, while Charlie Brooker was given Best Writing for a Limited Series for Black Mirror.
In terms of total prizes awarded (including the wins at last week's Creative Arts awards), Game Of Thrones came out on top with nine wins - including Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor for Peter Dinklage - just ahead of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, which picked up eight, and American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace with seven.
Surprisingly, The Handmaid’s Tale, last year’s big winner, went home empty-handed, as did Donald Glover's Atlanta.
Here is a full list of Emmy winners and nominees:
Outstanding drama series
The Americans
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Game of Thrones – WINNER
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Outstanding comedy series
Atlanta
black-ish
Barry
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – WINNER
Outstanding limited series
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – WINNER
Godless
Genius: Picasso
Patrick Melrose
Outstanding variety talk series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – WINNER
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Outstanding variety sketch series
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You America With Sarah Silverman
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live – WINNER
Tracey Ullman’s Show
Outstanding reality competition program
The Amazing Race
The Voice
Top Chef
American Ninja Warrior
RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER
Project Runway
Outstanding lead actress in a drama
Claire Foy, The Crown – WINNER
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Keri Russell, The Americans
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Matthew Rhys, The Americans – WINNER
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Outstanding directing for a drama series
Game of Thrones, Beyond The Wall
Game of Thrones, The Dragon And The Wolf
Ozark, The Toll
Ozark, Tonight We Improvise
Stranger Things, Chapter Nine: The Gate
The Crown, Paterfamilias – WINNER
The Handmaid’s Tale, After
Outstanding writing for a drama series
Game of Thrones, The Dragon and the Wolf
Killing Eve, Nice Face
Stranger Things, Chapter Nine: The Gate
The Americans, Start – WINNER
The Crown, Mystery Man
The Handmaid’s Tale, June
Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Thandie Newton, Westworld – WINNER
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Matt Smith, The Crown
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones – WINNER
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale
Outstanding directing for a variety special
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Before Seinfeld
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life
Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake
The Oscars – WINNER
Outstanding writing for a variety special
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous At Radio City – WINNER
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life
Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – WINNER
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Jesse Plemons, USS Callister (Black Mirror)
Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Regina King, Seven Seconds – WINNER
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
Outstanding directing for a limited series or movie
Godless,
Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
Paterno,
Patrick Melrose
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, The Man Who Would Be Vogue – WINNER
The Looming Tower, “9/11”
Twin Peaks
Outstanding writing for a limited series or movie
American Vandal, Clean Up
Godless
Patrick Melrose
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, “House By the Lake”
Twin Peaks
Black Mirror, USS Callister – WINNER
Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie
Jeff Daniels, Godless – WINNER
Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
John Leguizamo, Waco
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Giani Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower
Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Merritt Wever, Godless – WINNER
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Letitia Wright, Black Museum (Black Mirror)
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: America Crime Story
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry – WINNER
William H Macy, Shameless
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel – WINNER
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Issa Rae, Insecure
Outstanding directing for a comedy series
Atlanta, FUBU
Atlanta, Teddy Perkins
Barry, Chapter One: Make Your Mark
Glow, Pilot
Silicon Valley, Initial Coin Offering
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Pilot – WINNER
The Big Bang Theory, The Bow Tie Symmetry
Outstanding writing for a comedy series
Atlanta, Barbershop
Atlanta, Alligator Man
Barry, Chapter One: Make Your Mark
Barry, Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going
Silicon Valley, Fifty-One Percent
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Pilot – WINNER
Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Megan Mullaly, Will & Grace
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel – WINNER
Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series
Henry Winkler, Barry – WINNER
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Kenan Thomspon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series
Katt Williams, Atlanta – WINNER
Bryan Cranston, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sterling K Brown, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Outstanding guest actor in a drama series
F Murray Abraham, Homeland
Matthew Goode, The Crown
Cameron Britton, Mindhunter
Gerald McRaney, This Is Us
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us – WINNER
Jimmi Simpson, Westworld
Outstanding guest actress in a comedy series
Wanda Sykes, black-ish
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live – WINNER
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Molly Shannon, Will & Grace
Outstanding guest actress in a drama series
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Viola Davis, Scandal
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale – WINNER
Kelly Jenrette, The Handmaid’s Tale
Outstanding structured reality program
Antiques Roadshow
Fixer Upper
Lip Sync Battle
Queer Eye – WINNER
Shark Tank
Who Do You Think You Are?
Outstanding television movie
Black Mirror: USS Callister – WINNER
Fahrenheit 451
Flint
Paterno
The Tale