Monday's Emmy Awards had its fair share of unexpected moments, emotional
reactions and impassioned speeches. And some revelations about the
destiny of Game of Thrones.
After its absence from last year’s ceremony, Game of Thrones
returned to the 70th annual primetime Emmys to take home the night’s
biggest award: outstanding drama series. HBO’s sprawling fantasia, whose
upcoming eighth season will be its last, won six other awards for its
makeup, costumes, music composition and stunt coordination.
The television academy did manage to spread the love in the drama
categories, awarding The Americans for its writing and lead actor
(Matthew Rhys), The Crown for directing and lead actress (Claire Foy),
Peter Dinklage for his supporting work in Game of Thrones, and Thandie Newton
for her role in Westworld. “I don’t even believe in God but I’m going
to thank her tonight,” said Newton, who plays the robot mutineer Maeve
Millay in HBO’s sci-fi hit.
Before anyone began doling out awards, the night was shaping up to be
a two-way horse race between HBO and Netflix, with 108 and 112
respective nominations. Accounting for wins at last weekend’s Creative
Arts Emmy’s, HBO began the night with a slim 17-16 lead. Netflix,
however, briefly took the lead on the shoulders of strong showings for
the limited series Godless (for which Jeff Daniels and Merritt Wever won
as supporting actor and actress) as well as The Crown, Black Mirror, Seven Seconds and John Mulaney’s standup special, Kid Gorgeous.
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