Emmys 2017: All of the news from TV’s biggest awards night – The Verge

The Emmys showed that peak TV may help solve cinema’s diversity problem

2017-09-21T14:53:04-04:00

Hollywood's weaknesses involving diversity and representation have come under fire in recent years, and no single flashpoint exemplified these issues like the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. In 2015, activist April Reign called out the Academy Awards on Twitter when all 20 acting nominees were white. Her hashtag went viral, and essentially defined the way many view the entertainment industry's awards ceremonies: as bellwethers for its larger, institutional issues when it comes to race and gender.

So it should be considered good news that the 69th Emmy Awards ceremony this past Sunday was, in many ways, an example of diversity in action. Lena Wa …

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Hulu’s Emmy wins mark its emergence as a major entertainment player

2017-09-18T14:44:50-04:00

Going into the 69th Emmy awards Sunday night, online streaming services were poised to make a statement. Original programming from Netflix, Amazon Studios, and Hulu earned more than 125 nominations this year. Netflix earned 92 of them on its own, buoyed by huge showings for Stranger Things and The Crown. With Game of Thrones out of the running due to its release dates falling outside the Emmy window, the door was open for Netflix to finally take home the biggest prize of the evening: Outstanding Drama Series.

Instead, a very different dynamic unfolded over the course of the ceremony. Stranger Things was shut out completely, as was HBO's Wes …

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The Handmaid’s Tale wins Outstanding Drama at the Emmys

2017-09-17T23:21:36-04:00

The Handmaid's Tale won the Emmy award for Outstanding Drama Series Sunday, capping off an award-laden run that also saw the show take home prizes for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Writing. It was an impressive showing for the series, and an even more important statement from Hulu, which has been trying to establish its original-content bona fides in the face of critical successes from Netflix and Amazon.

The show was up against a field of impressive television shows in a category dominated this year by streaming services. Netflix's The Crown, House of Cards …

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Elisabeth Moss wins Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for The Handmaid’s Tale

2017-09-17T23:16:44-04:00

Elisabeth Moss won her first-ever Emmy Sunday night for her performance as Offred in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. Moss took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series after five nominations but no wins in that category, dating from her time starring in Mad Men. Moss, who watched her director, writer, and supporting costar win Emmys this year, got to walk to the stage herself just before The Handmaid's Tale won Best Drama.

Moss started off her speech by saying, "Um, so crazy! Okay, I probably don't have much time. I'm going to go with - who do I go with?" She decided to go with Hulu, MGM, and then a whole slew of cast and cr …

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Donald Glover wins Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy for Atlanta

2017-09-17T22:38:22-04:00

Donald Glover won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his acting in Atlanta, his second Emmy win of the night. 2017 marked his first Emmy nomination. He was also nominated for outstanding writing, and won a second trophy for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for his work on "B.A.N.," an experimental episode of Atlanta, presented as a broadcast from an alternate universe's version of Black Entertainment Television. Glover is the first black director to win an Emmy for work on a comedy series, and the first black man since 1985 to win an Emmy for lead acting in a comedy series. In Atlanta, Glover plays Earnest "Ea …

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The Handmaid’s Tale wins the Emmy for Best Directing for a Drama Series

2017-09-17T22:13:24-04:00

Reed Morano just won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for her work on the pilot of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. This is Morano's first Emmy win. The filmmaker, who started her career as a cinematographer, made her directing debut with the 2015 feature film Meadowland, before moving to television with shows like Billions and Halt and Catch Fire.

In her acceptance speech, Morano thanked Margaret Atwood, show creator Bruce Miller, and the rest of the Handmaid's Tale cast, singling out Elisabeth Moss for her performance as Offred. "Lizzie is my ultimate inspiration, and this is as much her as it is me," Morano said.

Morano …

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Black Mirror wins Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series

2017-09-17T22:12:24-04:00

Netflix's Black Mirror won its first Primetime Emmy award tonight, with Charlie Brooker taking home the award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for the season three episode "San Junipero." The 61-minute episode won Outstanding Television Movie earlier in the week at the Creative Arts portion of the awards.

"San Junipero," which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, is a love story between an awkward beach town tourist (Mackenzie Davis) and a local party aficionado (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). The episode was critically acclaimed and received a GLAAD Award in April.

Black Mirror was nomin …

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Master of None wins Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

2017-09-17T22:05:52-04:00

Lena Waithe and Aziz Ansari won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Sunday night for "Thanksgiving," an episode from the second season of Netflix's Master of None.

The episode was one of the most talked-about pieces of comedy this year. Praised for its empathy and attention to detail, the episode followed Waithe's character Denise and Ansari's character Dev over a decade of Thanksgiving dinners with Denise's mother (Angela Bassett). The holiday was used to mark major milestones in a relationship strained by Denise's identification as gay and her mother's regressive attitudes.

Accepting the award, Waithe received a standing …

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Ann Dowd wins Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in The Handmaid’s Tale

2017-09-17T21:55:31-04:00

Ann Dowd took home an Emmy Sunday night for her supporting role as Aunt Lydia in Hulu's original series The Handmaid's Tale. It was the first Emmy win for the actress, and just her second nomination.

The Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category was a diverse group this year. Dowd beat out her co-star from The Handmaid's Tale, Samira Wiley, and other actresses including Uzo Aduba from Orange is the New Black, and Millie Bobby Brown, who played "Eleven" in Netflix's Stranger Things.

While in tears, Dowd thanked author Margaret Atwood during her acceptance speech, as well as her family and representatives. But she also took a moment …

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The Handmaid’s Tale wins Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

2017-09-17T21:07:12-04:00

Hulu took home the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series tonight, won by Bruce Miller for "Offred," the pilot of The Handmaid's Tale.

The streaming service made a poor showing at last year's awards, netting just two nominations and no wins. This year it received 18 nominations, 13 of which were for the critically acclaimed adaptation of Margaret Atwood's classic 1985 dystopian thriller.

The Handmaid's Tale is also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series and several acting awards, to be announced later tonight, and Alexis Bledel already took home the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama award earlier this week at the Creative Arts …

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