| 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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| Location | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California[2] |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Hosted by | Stephen Colbert |
| Highlights | |
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| Most nominations | |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Veep |
| Outstanding Drama Series | The Handmaid's Tale |
| Outstanding Limited Series | Big Little Lies |
| Website | http://www.emmys.com/  |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS[1] |
| Produced by | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss |
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss |
The69th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2016, until May 31, 2017, as chosen by theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 17, 2017, at theMicrosoft Theater inDowntown Los Angeles, California, where 27 awards were presented, and was broadcast in the U.S. byCBS. The ceremony was hosted byStephen Colbert.[1] The69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held on September 9 and 10, and was broadcast byFXX on September 16.[3]
The nominations were announced byAnna Chlumsky andShemar Moore on July 13, 2017.[4] Channelwise, the freshmanHBOscience fiction western dramaWestworld andNBCsketch comedySaturday Night Live were the most nominated programs, each with 22 nominations.[5][6]
HostStephen Colbert opened the ceremony with a song-and-dance number and a monologue that lampooned the state of the world underPresident Donald Trump, whichThe New York Times said set an anti-Trump tone for the rest of the event.[7] Many of the further presentations and host commentary continued jokes aimed towards Trump, along with winners' speeches criticizing the President and standing behind diversity in the television field.[8]Sean Spicer, Trump's formerWhite House Press Secretary, made an appearance in which he parodied himself.[7]RuPaul played a living Emmy statue in a comedic interview segment with Colbert during the ceremony.[9][10]
Original programmingstreaming television services—Netflix andHulu—upended traditional broadcast television series in several categories. Netflix series earned a total of 20 Primetime Emmy Awards, following onlyHBO with 29 and leadingNBC with 15.[11][12] Hulu'sThe Handmaid's Tale became the first web series to winOutstanding Drama Series.[13] Additionally,streaming television also won their first awards forOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Elisabeth Moss forThe Handmaid's Tale – Hulu),Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Alexis Bledel forThe Handmaid's Tale – Hulu),[a]Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Bruce Miller forThe Handmaid's Tale – Hulu),Outstanding Television Movie (Black Mirror:San Junipero – Netflix) andOutstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special (Charlie Brooker forBlack Mirror: San Junipero – Netflix).
In addition, the night saw several other historic firsts:Donald Glover became the firstAfrican-American to winOutstanding Directing for a Comedy Series forAtlanta.[14]Riz Ahmed, with his win forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie forThe Night Of, became the firstAsian to win that category as well as the firstAsian man to win an acting award and firstSouth Asian to win a lead acting award.[15][16]
Moreover, Ahmed andDave Chappelle also became the firstMuslims to win acting awards, with Ahmed being the first Muslim to win a lead acting award and Chappelle the first to win for a guest role forSaturday Night Live.[17] WithAziz Ansari andLena Waithe winningOutstanding Writing for a Comedy Series forMaster of None, Waithe became the first African-American woman to win that award.[18] Finally,Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her record sixth consecutive award forOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the same category for the same role in a single series asSelina Meyer onVeep; she is now tied withCloris Leachman for the most wins as a performer.[19]
The awards ceremony drew 11.4 million viewers, on par with the previous awards ceremony, but one of the lowest viewerships for the Primetime Emmy Awards overall. Analysts attribute this to younger audiences preferring to watch clips or summaries than the entire event[20] and to Florida markets being affected byHurricane Irma.[21]
Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[22][23][b] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.
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| Network | No. of Nominations |
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| HBO | 46 |
| FX | 27 |
| Netflix | |
| NBC | 17 |
| ABC | 11 |
| CBS | 7 |
| Hulu | |
| Showtime | 6 |
| AMC | 5 |
| TBS | 4 |
| Amazon | 3 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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| Feud: Bette and Joan | Limited | FX | 10 |
| Veep | Comedy | HBO | |
| Big Little Lies | Limited | 8 | |
| The Night Of | |||
| The Handmaid's Tale | Drama | Hulu | 7 |
| Saturday Night Live | Variety Sketch | NBC | |
| Westworld | Drama | HBO | |
| Fargo | Limited | FX | 6 |
| Atlanta | Comedy | 5 | |
| Better Call Saul | Drama | AMC | |
| The Crown | Netflix | ||
| Stranger Things | |||
| This Is Us | NBC | ||
| House of Cards | Netflix | 4 | |
| Silicon Valley | Comedy | HBO | |
| The Americans | Drama | FX | 3 |
| Black-ish | Comedy | ABC | |
| Genius | Limited | NatGeo | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Variety Talk | HBO | |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | ||
| Master of None | Comedy | Netflix | |
| Transparent | Amazon | ||
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix | ||
| The Wizard of Lies | Movie | HBO | |
| American Crime | Limited | ABC | 2 |
| Baskets | Comedy | FX | |
| Black Mirror: San Junipero | Movie | Netflix | |
| Drunk History | Variety Sketch | Comedy Central | |
| Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Variety Talk | TBS | |
| Grace and Frankie | Comedy | Netflix | |
| Homeland | Drama | Showtime | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Variety Talk | ABC | |
| Modern Family | Comedy | ||
| Sherlock: The Lying Detective | Movie | PBS |
| Network | No. of Awards |
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| HBO | 10 |
| NBC | 6 |
| Hulu | 5 |
| Netflix | 4 |
| FX | 2 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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| Big Little Lies | Limited | HBO | 5 |
| The Handmaid's Tale | Drama | Hulu | |
| Saturday Night Live | Variety Sketch | NBC | 4 |
| Atlanta | Comedy | FX | 2 |
| Black Mirror: San Junipero | Movie | Netflix | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Variety Talk | HBO | |
| Veep | Comedy |
The awards were presented by the following:[24][25][26]
| Name(s) | Performed |
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| Stephen Colbert Chance the Rapper Millie Bobby Brown Julia Louis-Dreyfus Tony Hale Keri Russell Matthew Rhys | "Everything is Better on TV" |
| Christopher Jackson | "As" |
Broadway actorChristopher Jackson performedStevie Wonder's "As" as images of television personalities who died in the past year were shown in the following order.[27]
