Watching the Emmy awards last night and seeing the Marvelous Mrs Maisel lose time after time to Flea Bag made me wonder about Flea Bag. Not only have I not seen an episode but I have never heard of Flea Bag. It's suddenly top of my list of shows to watch. I was pleased that Chernobyl won best miniseries
Game of Thrones takes home Best Drama Series while the rest of the night belongs to Chernobyl, SNL, Ozark, and Phoebe WINNER-Bridge.
By Matt Fowler
Despite a polarizing final season, HBO's Game of Thrones took home the award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. Star Peter Dinklage also grabbed a prize, his fourth win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Which is not only a record for that category, but it still makes him the only Thrones star to win an Emmy acting award for the series.
The night's other big winner was Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who nabbed Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her acclaimed Amazon series Fleabag. Jodie Comer, of the Phoebe Waller-Bridge-produced series Killing Eve, won for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Other big winners included Billy Porter (who won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Pose), HBO's Chernobyl (which grabbed Outstanding Limited Series along with writing and directing for a Limited Series), and Ozark's Jason Bateman and Julia Garner.
Below you'll find the full list of the nominees, with the winners highlighted.
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Bodyguard
Game of Thrones (Winner)
Killing Eve
Ozark
Pose
Succession
This Is Us
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Barry
Fleabag (Winner)
The Good Place
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Russian Doll
Schitt’s Creek
Veep
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (Winner)
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Laura Linney, Ozark
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Robin Wright, House of Cards
BEST DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones “The Iron Throne
David Nutter - Game of Thrones “The Last of the Starks"
Miguel Sapochnik - Game of Thrones “The Long Night”
Daina Reid - The Handmaid’s Tale “Holly”
Lisa Bruhlmann - Killing Eve “Desperate Times”
Jason Bateman - Ozark “Reparations" (Winner)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Billy Porter, Pose (Winner)
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones
Julia Garner, Ozark (Winner)
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz - Better Call Saul “Winner"
Jed Mercurio - Bodyguard “Episode 1"
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones “The Iron Throne”
Emerald Fennell - Killing Eve “Nice And Neat”
Jesse Armstrong - Succession “Nobody Is Ever Missing" (Winner)
Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder - The Handmaid’s Tale “Holly"
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones (Winner)
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
BEST VARIETY TALK SHOW
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Winner)
Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
BEST DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas - Documentary Now! “Waiting for the Artist"
Derek Waters - Drunk History “Are You Afraid of the Drunk?”
Paul Pennolino - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver “Psychics”
Don Roy King - Saturday Night Live “Host: Adam Sandler" (Winner)
Jim Hoskinson - The Late Show With Stephen Colbert “Live Midterm Election Show”
Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Daniel Gray Longino, Dan Mazer - Who Is America? “Episode 102"
BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman
Saturday Night Live (Winner)
Who Is America?
BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Documentary Now!
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Winner)
Late Night With Seth Meyers • NBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
BEST MINISERIES
Chernobyl (Winner)
Escape at Dannemora
Fosse/Verdon
Sharp Objects
When They See Us
BEST MOVIE/MINISERIES ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
Joey King, The Act
Niecy Nash, When They See Us
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon (Winner)
BEST TV MOVIE
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Winner)
Brexit
Deadwood: The Movie
King Lear
My Dinner with Herve
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Mahershala Ali, True Detective
Benicio Del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us (Winner)
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Asante Blackk, When They See Us
Paul Dano, Escape at Dannemora
John Leguizamo, When They See Us
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal (Winner)
Michael K. Williams, When They See Us
BEST WRITING FOR A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Russell T. Davies, A Very English Scandal
Craig Mazin, Chernobyl (Winner)
Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin - Escape at Dannemora "Episode 6"
Steven Levenson, Joel Fields - Fosse/Verdon "Providence"
Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury - When They See Us "Part Four"
BEST DIRECTING FOR A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Stephen Frears, A Very English Scandal
Johan Renck, Chernobyl (Winner)
Ben Stiller, Escape at Dannemora
Jessica Yu, Fosse/Verdon "Glory"
Thomas Kail, Fosse/Verdon "Who's Got the Pain"
Ava DuVernay, When They See Us
BEST MOVIE/MINISERIES SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, The Act (Winner)
Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
BEST COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Nailed It
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Winner)
Top Chef
The Voice
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (Winner)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry (Winner)
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Berg, Bill Hader - Barry "ronny/lily"
Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag "Episode 1" (Winner)
Dylan Morgan - The Good Place "Janet(s)"
Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle - PEN15 "Anna Ishii-Peters"
Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler - Russian Doll "Nothing in the World is Easy"
Allison Silverman - Russian Doll "A Warm Body
David Mandel - Veep "Veep"
BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Harry Bradbeer, Fleabag "Episode 1" (Winner)
Alec Berg, Barry "The Audition"
Alec Berg, Barry "ronny/lily"
Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory "Stockholm Syndrome"
Dan Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "We're Going to the Catskills!"
Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "All Alone"
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Sian Clifford, Fleabag
Olivia Colman, Fleabag
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Sarah Goldberg, Barry
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Winner)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Tony Hale, Veep
Stephen Root, Barry
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(Winner)
Henry Winkler, Barry
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
Game of Thrones takes home Best Drama Series while the rest of the night belongs to Chernobyl, SNL, Ozark, and Phoebe WINNER-Bridge.
By Matt Fowler
Despite a polarizing final season, HBO's Game of Thrones took home the award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. Star Peter Dinklage also grabbed a prize, his fourth win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Which is not only a record for that category, but it still makes him the only Thrones star to win an Emmy acting award for the series.
The night's other big winner was Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who nabbed Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her acclaimed Amazon series Fleabag. Jodie Comer, of the Phoebe Waller-Bridge-produced series Killing Eve, won for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Other big winners included Billy Porter (who won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Pose), HBO's Chernobyl (which grabbed Outstanding Limited Series along with writing and directing for a Limited Series), and Ozark's Jason Bateman and Julia Garner.
Below you'll find the full list of the nominees, with the winners highlighted.
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Bodyguard
Game of Thrones (Winner)
Killing Eve
Ozark
Pose
Succession
This Is Us
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Barry
Fleabag (Winner)
The Good Place
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Russian Doll
Schitt’s Creek
Veep
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (Winner)
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Laura Linney, Ozark
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Robin Wright, House of Cards
BEST DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones “The Iron Throne
David Nutter - Game of Thrones “The Last of the Starks"
Miguel Sapochnik - Game of Thrones “The Long Night”
Daina Reid - The Handmaid’s Tale “Holly”
Lisa Bruhlmann - Killing Eve “Desperate Times”
Jason Bateman - Ozark “Reparations" (Winner)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Billy Porter, Pose (Winner)
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones
Julia Garner, Ozark (Winner)
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz - Better Call Saul “Winner"
Jed Mercurio - Bodyguard “Episode 1"
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones “The Iron Throne”
Emerald Fennell - Killing Eve “Nice And Neat”
Jesse Armstrong - Succession “Nobody Is Ever Missing" (Winner)
Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder - The Handmaid’s Tale “Holly"
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones (Winner)
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
BEST VARIETY TALK SHOW
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Winner)
Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
BEST DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas - Documentary Now! “Waiting for the Artist"
Derek Waters - Drunk History “Are You Afraid of the Drunk?”
Paul Pennolino - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver “Psychics”
Don Roy King - Saturday Night Live “Host: Adam Sandler" (Winner)
Jim Hoskinson - The Late Show With Stephen Colbert “Live Midterm Election Show”
Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Daniel Gray Longino, Dan Mazer - Who Is America? “Episode 102"
BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman
Saturday Night Live (Winner)
Who Is America?
BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Documentary Now!
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Winner)
Late Night With Seth Meyers • NBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
BEST MINISERIES
Chernobyl (Winner)
Escape at Dannemora
Fosse/Verdon
Sharp Objects
When They See Us
BEST MOVIE/MINISERIES ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
Joey King, The Act
Niecy Nash, When They See Us
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon (Winner)
BEST TV MOVIE
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Winner)
Brexit
Deadwood: The Movie
King Lear
My Dinner with Herve
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Mahershala Ali, True Detective
Benicio Del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us (Winner)
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Asante Blackk, When They See Us
Paul Dano, Escape at Dannemora
John Leguizamo, When They See Us
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal (Winner)
Michael K. Williams, When They See Us
BEST WRITING FOR A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Russell T. Davies, A Very English Scandal
Craig Mazin, Chernobyl (Winner)
Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin - Escape at Dannemora "Episode 6"
Steven Levenson, Joel Fields - Fosse/Verdon "Providence"
Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury - When They See Us "Part Four"
BEST DIRECTING FOR A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Stephen Frears, A Very English Scandal
Johan Renck, Chernobyl (Winner)
Ben Stiller, Escape at Dannemora
Jessica Yu, Fosse/Verdon "Glory"
Thomas Kail, Fosse/Verdon "Who's Got the Pain"
Ava DuVernay, When They See Us
BEST MOVIE/MINISERIES SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, The Act (Winner)
Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
BEST COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Nailed It
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Winner)
Top Chef
The Voice
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (Winner)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry (Winner)
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Berg, Bill Hader - Barry "ronny/lily"
Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag "Episode 1" (Winner)
Dylan Morgan - The Good Place "Janet(s)"
Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle - PEN15 "Anna Ishii-Peters"
Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler - Russian Doll "Nothing in the World is Easy"
Allison Silverman - Russian Doll "A Warm Body
David Mandel - Veep "Veep"
BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Harry Bradbeer, Fleabag "Episode 1" (Winner)
Alec Berg, Barry "The Audition"
Alec Berg, Barry "ronny/lily"
Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory "Stockholm Syndrome"
Dan Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "We're Going to the Catskills!"
Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "All Alone"
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Sian Clifford, Fleabag
Olivia Colman, Fleabag
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Sarah Goldberg, Barry
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Winner)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Tony Hale, Veep
Stephen Root, Barry
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(Winner)
Henry Winkler, Barry
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
