68th Primetime Emmy Awards

Date : September 18, 2016

Host: Jimmy Kimmel

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Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Veep (HBO)

Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Outstanding Drama Series

• Game of Thrones (HBO)

The Americans (FX)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mr. Robot (USA)


Outstanding Variety Talk Series

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

• Key & Peele (Comedy Central)

Documentary Now! (IFC)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Limited Series

• The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

American Crime (ABC)
Fargo (FX)
The Night Manager (AMC)
Roots (History)

Outstanding Television Movie

• Sherlock: "The Abominable Bride" (PBS)

All the Way (HBO)
Confirmation (HBO)
Luther (BBC America)
A Very Murray Christmas (Netflix)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

• The Voice (NBC)

The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Top Chef (Bravo)

Acting

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman on "Transparent" (Episode: "Man on the Land") (Amazon)

Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. on "Black-ish" (Episode: "Hope") (ABC)
Aziz Ansari as Dev Shah on "Master of None" (Episode: "Parents") (Netflix)
Will Forte as Phil "Tandy" Miller on "The Last Man on Earth" (Episode: "30 Years of Science Down the Tubes") (Fox)
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher on "Shameless" (Episode: "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing") (Showtime)
Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks on "Silicon Valley" (Episode: "The Empty Chair") (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer on "Veep" (Episode: "Mother") (HBO)

Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to a Hotel!") (Netflix)
Laurie Metcalf as Dr. Jenna James on "Getting On" (Episode: "Am I Still Me?") (HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson on "Black-ish" (Episode: "Sink or Swim") (ABC)
Amy Schumer as Amy on "Inside Amy Schumer" (Episode: "Welcome to the Gun Show") (Comedy Central)
Lily Tomlin as Frankie Bergstein on "Grace and Frankie" (Episode: "The Test") (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson on "Mr. Robot" (Episode: "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov") (USA)

Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn on "Bloodline" (Episode: "Part 23") (Netflix)
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill on "Better Call Saul" (Episode: "Klick") (AMC)
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings on "The Americans" (Episode: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears") (FX)
Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan on "Ray Donovan" (Episode: "Exsuscito") (Showtime)
Kevin Spacey as President Frank Underwood on "House of Cards" (Episode: "Chapter 52") (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Tatiana Maslany as Sarah Manning, Alison Hendrix, Cosima Niehaus, Beth Childs, Rachel Duncan, and MK on "Orphan Black" (Episode: "The Antisocialism of Sex") (BBC America)

Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison on "Homeland" (Episode: "Super Powers") (Showtime)
Viola Davis as Prof. Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away with Murder" (Episode: "There's My Baby") (ABC)
Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon on "Empire" (Episode: "Rise by Sin") (Fox)
Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on "The Americans" (Episode: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears") (FX)
Robin Wright as First Lady Claire Underwood on "House of Cards" (Episode: "Chapter 49") (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran on "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)

Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon B. Johnson on "All the Way" (HBO)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock: "The Abominable Bride" (PBS)
Idris Elba as DCI John Luther on "Luther" (BBC America)
Cuba Gooding Jr. as O. J. Simpson on "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)
Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine on "The Night Manager" (AMC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark on "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX)

Kirsten Dunst as Peggy Blumquist on "Fargo" (FX)
Felicity Huffman as Leslie Graham on "American Crime" (ABC)
Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday on "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill" (HBO)
Lili Taylor as Anne Blaine on "American Crime" (ABC)
Kerry Washington as Anita Hill on "Confirmation" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets on "Baskets" (Episode: "Easter in Bakersfield") (FX)

Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Episode: "The Oolong Slayer") (Fox)
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Episode: "Kimmy Gives Up!") (Netflix)
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on "Modern Family" (Episode: "The Party") (ABC)
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh on "Veep" (Episode: "Inauguration") (HBO)
Keegan-Michael Key as Various Characters on "Key & Peele" (Episode: "Y'all Ready for This?") (Comedy Central)
Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock on "Veep" (Episode: "Kissing Your Sister") (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on "Saturday Night Live" (Episode: "Host: Ariana Grande") (NBC)

Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer on "Veep" (Episode: "C**tgate") (HBO)
Gaby Hoffmann as Alexandria "Ali" Pfefferman on "Transparent" (Episode: "Bulnerable") (Amazon)
Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett on "Mom" (Episode: "Terrorists and Gingerbread") (CBS)
Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman on "Transparent" (Episode: "Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump") (Amazon)
Niecy Nash as Denise "DiDi" Ortley on "Getting On" (Episode: "Don't Let It Get in You or on You") (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn on "Bloodline" (Episode: "Part 23") (Netflix)

Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on "Better Call Saul" (Episode: "Bali Ha'i") (AMC)
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "No One") (HBO)
Kit Harington as Jon Snow on "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "Battle of the Bastards") (HBO)
Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper on "House of Cards" (Episode: "Chapter 44") (Netflix)
Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan on "Ray Donovan" (Episode: "The Kalamazoo") (Showtime)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on "Downton Abbey" (Episode: "Episode Six") (PBS)

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "Book of the Stranger") (HBO)
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister on "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "The Winds of Winter") (HBO)
Maura Tierney as Helen Solloway on "The Affair" (Episode: "204") (Showtime)
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark on "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "No One") (HBO)
Constance Zimmer as Quinn King on "UnREAL" (Episode: "Mother") (Lifetime)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden on "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "Manna from Heaven") (FX)

Hugh Laurie as Richard Onslow Roper on "The Night Manager" (Episode: "Episode 5") (AMC)
Jesse Plemons as Ed Blumquist on "Fargo" (Episode: "Loplop") (FX)
David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian on "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "Conspiracy Theories") (FX)
John Travolta as Robert Shapiro on "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "100% Not Guilty") (FX)
Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan on "Fargo" (Episode: "Palindrome") (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Regina King as Terri LaCroix on "American Crime" (Episode: "Season Two: Episode Eight") (ABC)

Kathy Bates as Iris on "American Horror Story: Hotel" (Episode: "Battle Royale") (FX)
Olivia Colman as Angela Burr on "The Night Manager" (Episode: "Episode 6") (AMC)
Melissa Leo as Lady Bird Johnson on "All the Way" (HBO)
Sarah Paulson as Sally McKenna on "American Horror Story: Hotel" (Episode: "The Ten Commandments Killer") (FX)
Jean Smart as Floyd Gerhardt on "Fargo" (Episode: "Fear and Trembling") (FX)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

• "Transparent" (Episode: "Man on the Land"), directed by Jill Soloway (Amazon)

"Master of None" (Episode: "Parents"), directed by Aziz Ansari (Netflix)
"Silicon Valley" (Episode: "Daily Active Users"), directed by Alec Berg (HBO)
"Silicon Valley" (Episode: "Founder Friendly"), directed by Mike Judge (HBO)
"Veep" (Episode: "Kissing Your Sister"), directed by David Mandel (HBO)
"Veep" (Episode: "Morning After"), directed by Chris Addison (HBO)
"Veep" (Episode: "Mother"), directed by Dale Stern (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "Battle of the Bastards"), directed by Miguel Sapochnik (HBO)

"Downton Abbey" (Episode: "Episode Nine"), directed by Michael Engler (PBS)
"Game of Thrones" (Episode: "The Door"), directed by Jack Bender (HBO)
"Homeland" (Episode: "The Tradition of Hospitality"), directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Showtime)
"The Knick" (Episode: "This Is All We Are"), directed by Steven Soderbergh (Cinemax)
"Ray Donovan" (Episode: "Exsuscito"), directed by David Hollander (Showtime)


Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

• "Grease: Live", directed by Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski (Fox)

"58th Grammy Awards", directed by Louis J. Horvitz (CBS)
"Adele Live in New York City", directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC)
"Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo", directed by Chris Rock (HBO)
"The Kennedy Center Honors", directed by Glenn Weiss (CBS)
"Lemonade", directed by Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles Carter (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

• "The Night Manager", directed by Susanne Bier (AMC)

"All the Way", directed by Jay Roach (HBO)
"Fargo" (Episode: "Before the Law"), directed by Noah Hawley (FX)
"The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "From the Ashes of Tragedy"), directed by Ryan Murphy (FX)
"The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "Manna from Heaven"), directed by Anthony Hemingway (FX)
"The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "The Race Card"), directed by John Singleton (FX)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• "Master of None" (Episode: "Parents"), written by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang (Netflix)

"Catastrophe" (Episode: "Episode 1"), written by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan (Amazon)
"Silicon Valley" (Episode: "Founder Friendly"), written by Dan O'Keefe (HBO)
"Silicon Valley" (Episode: "The Uptick"), written by Alec Berg (HBO)
"Veep" (Episode: "Morning After"), written by David Mandel (HBO)
"Veep" (Episode: "Mother"), written by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck (HBO)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• "Game of Thrones" (Episode: "Battle of the Bastards"), written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss (HBO)

"The Americans" (Episode: "Persona Non Grata"), written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg (FX)
"Downton Abbey" (Episode: "Episode Eight"), written by Julian Fellowes (PBS)
"The Good Wife" (Episode: "End"), written by Robert King and Michelle King (CBS)
"Mr. Robot" (Episode: "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov"), written by Sam Esmail (USA)
"UnREAL" (Episode: "Return"), written by Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

• "Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping", written by Patton Oswalt (Netflix)

"Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo", written by Amy Schumer (HBO)
"John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid", written by John Mulaney (Netflix)
"Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted", written by Tig Notaro (HBO)
"Triumph's Election Special 2016" (Hulu)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

• "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"), written by D. V. DeVincentis (FX)

"Fargo" (Episode: "Loplop"), written by Bob DeLaurentis (FX)
"Fargo" (Episode: "Palindrome"), written by Noah Hawley (FX)
"The Night Manager", written by David Farr (AMC)
"The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "From the Ashes of Tragedy"), written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (FX)
"The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (Episode: "The Race Card"), written by Joe Robert Cole (FX)

Most major nominations

By network

• HBO (40)

FX (28)
Netflix (17)
ABC (12)
AMC (9)
Showtime (8)
Amazon (6)
CBS (6)
NBC (6)
PBS (6)
Comedy Central (5)
Fox (4)
BBC America (3)
Lifetime (3)
USA (3)

By program

• The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (13)

Veep (10)
Game of Thrones (9)
Fargo 8)
The Night Manager (6)
Silicon Valley (6)

Most major wins

By network

• FX (6)

HBO (6)
Netflix (3)
Amazon (2)
NBC (2)
PBS (2)

By program

• The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (5)

Game of Thrones (3)
Transparent (2)
Veep (2)