Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony was a triumph for TV comedies “Veep”, “Transparent” and “The Daily Show“, – and “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm, who finally won his elusive first Emmy with his 16th nomination. Tambor, who had been nominated for six prior Emmys but had never won, dedicated his award to the transgender community. Jimmy Fallon, on the red carpet, said: “Mom, thank you for everything. Thank you for letting us be part of the change”, he concluded his acceptance speech. Hamm is nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
But it was Tambor’s message to the transgender community that really brought the message home.
“I gotta win! I gotta win for history!” an exuberant Henson said when asked about the prospect last May. “We don’t have a trans tipping point yet, we have a trans civil rights problem”.
For the fourth consecutive year, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series for her starring turn in HBO’s “Veep”, about a neglected female vice-president who ascends to the Oval Office.
But the early running also indicated major support for HBO’s White House political comedy “Veep”.
Actor Jeffrey Tambor’s hand shook as he signed for his statuette after winning honors for lead comedy series acting in “Transparent”.
But the night’s biggest victor may have been “Olive Kittredge”, the acclaimed HBO miniseries about 25 years in the life of an acerbic, retired schoolteacher in a seemingly placid Maine town.
Georgia schoolteacher Kim Lane has been to the Emmys bleachers for at least eight award shows and remembers one other year it was 100 degrees.
“Kittredge” director Lisa Cholodenko and screenwriter Jane Anderson were also honored.
Allison Janney took the comedy supporting actress award for the second year for CBS’s “Mom”.
Producers and crew of NBC’s “The Voice”, including executive producer Mark Burnett and host Carson Daly hold their awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program backstage during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015. “This show fights for what we believe in”, Schumer said.
After its final season with Jon Stewart as host, “The Daily Show” won Emmys for best series, best writing and best direction in variety-series categories.
The 2015 Emmy Awards have started with host Andy Samberg performing a pre-recorded song about how he’s watched all the television out there.
Samberg’s musical opening started with a nod to “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” as he emerged from a TV viewing bunker, joking about how many shows have “wives” in the title. She added, “Oh, no, no, I’m so sorry: Donald Trump said that”.
Louis-Dreyfus’ “Veep” co-star, Tony Hale, won his second Emmy in the supporting-actor comedy category.
The Television Academy will hand out awards in 25 categories, culminating with the night’s two biggest prizes: outstanding comedy and drama series.
Among the shows that it beat out were “American Crime” and “American Horror Story: Freak Show”.