President Donald Trump once complained that the Emmys were rigged. When it came to mentions of him on Sunday night’s broadcast, the ceremony was restrained. Absent a host, there was no opening monologue for a host to make sharp quips or smart takes aimed at the occupant of the Oval Office. Stephen Colbert, John…

Jharrel Jerome’s Emmy win tonight is one (or two actually two) for the record books. The When They See Us star, made history as the youngest person to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie as well as the first Afro-Latino to win for acting. “It's a blessing and I hope this is a step…

Craig Mazin’s limited series Chernobyl took home another slew of Emmys on Sunday, following its success last weekend in the Creative Arts categories. Mazin won for writing, director Johan Renck collected for directing and the show itself won best limited series after its previous seven below-the-line wins. It had a…

Craig Mazin had some words of advice for newly re-elected WGA President David A. Goodman backstage following his Emmy win tonight. “The advice I would give to him is the advice I would always give to him is to listen to all the members, do the best you can and see if you can patch this whole thing up. We’ll see how it…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and HBO’s Veep came into the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards looking like a front-running candidate to make history but in the end the Academy voters elected to go in a different direction by making Fleabag the victor. Veep and Louis-Dreyfus were shockingly shut-out in favor of a scruffy newcomer with…

After winding up in an historic tie in 2018, HBO held off Netflix in this year’s Emmy race to capture the most wins among networks across the awards’ three primetime ceremonies, 34-27. Amazon Prime Video, meanwhile, couldn’t close the gap with the top two but made the streaming derby a lot more interesting by winning…

Winter has come and is now officially gone. Game of Thrones set the Emmys on fire — metaphorically — as it swooped in on its dragon, said “Dracarys!” and took the trophy for Outstanding Drama. The win comes after Peter Dinklage won Outstanding Supporting Actor tonight and adds to its Creative Arts tally of 10 trophies…

When the best part of your Emmy Awards broadcast tonight is the short send-offs to series that have finished like Games of Thrones and Veep, you may want to get your gaze out of the rearview mirror before you lose control. Sadly, that's not what the host free 71st Primetime Emmy Awards choose to do. Which is why the…

Bill Hader, speaking backstage to the press tonight following his Best Actor Comedy Emmy win, was promptly asked his thoughts over his late night alma mater Saturday Night Live firing comedian Shane Gillis over his past racial slurs. “No, I have no thoughts on that,” answered Hader. However, the Barry star and…

Villanelle got the better of Eve Polastri as Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer nabbed the lead actress in a drama series award over her co-star Sandra Oh. Comer, who plays elegant and talented killer Villanelle, beat her co-star Oh, who plays Polastri, the British spy searching for Villanelle, in the BBC America drama. This…