| 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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| Location | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | |||
| Hosted by | Jimmy Kimmel | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Most awards |
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| Most nominations | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (13) | |||
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Veep | |||
| Outstanding Drama Series | Game of Thrones | |||
| Outstanding Limited Series | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | |||
| Website | http://www.emmys.com/  | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | ABC[1] | |||
| Produced by | Don Mischer | |||
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss | |||
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The68th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2015, until May 31, 2016, as chosen by theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 18, 2016, at theMicrosoft Theater inDowntown Los Angeles, California, where 27 awards were presented, and was broadcast in the U.S. byABC. The ceremony was hosted byJimmy Kimmel.[1][2] It was preceded by the68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which took place over two nights, September 10 and 11, at the Microsoft Theater.[1][3]
The nominations were announced byAnthony Anderson andLauren Graham on July 14, 2016.[4][5] Thecrimeanthology limited seriesThe People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story was the most nominated program at the ceremony with 13, and 22 overall,[6] althoughGame of Thrones received the most overall nominations that year with 23 as the most nominated drama series.[7]
With five awards,The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story won the most awards of the night, while thefantasy drama seriesGame of Thrones won three, includingOutstanding Drama Series and surpassedFrasier (37) as the fictional television program with the most Primetime Emmy Awards with 38 wins in six seasons.[8]Game of Thrones' win was also the second time a sixth season of any show had won the Outstanding Drama Series award after fellowHBO show,The Sopranos' Sixth season had won it in2007.
Additionally, thepolitical satire seriesVeep wonOutstanding Comedy Series for the second time in a row, while its producer and lead starJulia Louis-Dreyfus established a new record of wins forOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series; it was her fifth consecutive win for the series, sixth overall in the category and her seventh overall win as an actor.[9]
For the first time, none of the nominees forOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series were from thefour major American broadcasting TV networks. In addition,Ben Mendelsohn became the first actor to winOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for a series from astreaming service network; he won forBloodline fromNetflix.
This is the first and, as of 2020, the only ceremony where no network received more than one nomination in the Drama Series category. That feat occurred for the first in the Comedy Series category in 2023.
Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[10][11][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
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| Network | No. of Nominations |
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| HBO | 40 |
| FX | 28 |
| Netflix | 17 |
| ABC | 12 |
| AMC | 9 |
| Showtime | 8 |
| Amazon | 6 |
| CBS | |
| NBC | |
| PBS | |
| Comedy Central | 5 |
| Fox | 4 |
| BBC America | 3 |
| Lifetime | |
| USA |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Limited | FX | 13 |
| Veep | Comedy | HBO | 10 |
| Game of Thrones | Drama | 9 | |
| Fargo | Limited | FX | 8 |
| The Night Manager | AMC | 6 | |
| Silicon Valley | Comedy | HBO | |
| Transparent | Amazon | 5 | |
| All the Way | Movie | HBO | 4 |
| American Crime | Limited | ABC | |
| The Americans | Drama | FX | |
| Downton Abbey | PBS | ||
| House of Cards | Netflix | ||
| Master of None | Comedy | ||
| Better Call Saul | Drama | AMC | 3 |
| Black-ish | Comedy | ABC | |
| Homeland | Drama | Showtime | |
| Mr. Robot | USA | ||
| Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Comedy | Netflix | |
| American Horror Story: Hotel | Limited | FX | 2 |
| Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo | Variety Special | HBO | |
| Bloodline | Drama | Netflix | |
| Confirmation | Movie | HBO | |
| Getting On | Comedy | ||
| Inside Amy Schumer | Variety Sketch | Comedy Central | |
| Key & Peele | |||
| Luther | Movie | BBC America | |
| Modern Family | Comedy | ABC | |
| Saturday Night Live | Variety Sketch | NBC | |
| Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Movie | PBS | |
| UnREAL | Drama | Lifetime |
| Network | No. of Awards |
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| FX | 6 |
| HBO | |
| Netflix | 3 |
| Amazon | 2 |
| NBC | |
| PBS |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Limited | FX | 5 |
| Game of Thrones | Drama | HBO | 3 |
| Transparent | Comedy | Amazon | 2 |
| Veep | HBO |
The awards were presented by the following:[12]
| Name(s) | Performed |
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| Tori Kelly | "Hallelujah" |
Very early on in the show,Jeffrey Tambor paid tribute toGarry Shandling. Later, before introducing the segment,Henry Winkler paid tribute to producer, actor and directorGarry Marshall. Singer-songwriterTori Kelly sang "Hallelujah" as photos were shown of television industry personalities who had died in the past year.[13]
