71st Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date	September 22, 2019 (Ceremony) September 14–15, 2019 (Creative Arts Emmys)
Location	Microsoft Theater Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Highlights
Most awards	Major:Fleabag (4) All:Game of Thrones (12)
Most nominations	Major:Game of Thrones (14) All:Game of Thrones (32)
Comedy Series	Fleabag
Drama Series	Game of Thrones
Limited Series	Chernobyl
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
Runtime	3 hours[1]
Viewership	6.9 million[2]
Produced by	Don Mischer Done and Dusted
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton
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The71st Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2018, until May 31, 2019, as chosen by theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on September 22, 2019, at theMicrosoft Theater inDowntown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the United States byFox; it was preceded by the71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14 and 15.^[3] The show did not have a host for the fourth time in its history, following the telecasts in2003 (when the ceremony also aired on Fox),1998 (onNBC), and1975 (onCBS).^[4]

At the main ceremony,Fleabag led all programs with four wins and won the award forOutstanding Comedy Series.Game of Thrones won two awards, including its record-tying fourth win forOutstanding Drama Series.Chernobyl received the award forOutstanding Limited Series among its three wins. Other overall program awards went toBlack Mirror: Bandersnatch,Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,RuPaul's Drag Race, andSaturday Night Live, whileThe Act,Barry,Fosse/Verdon,Killing Eve,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,Ozark,Pose,Succession,A Very English Scandal, andWhen They See Us each received at least one award. Including Creative Arts Emmys,Game of Thrones won 12 awards from 32 nominations – tying and breaking the single-season records, respectively – and helpedHBO to 34 total wins, the most of any network. Watched by 6.9 million viewers in the United States, it was the lowest-rated Emmy broadcast in history, amounting to a 32% drop from the2018 ceremony.^[2]

The nominations were announced byD'Arcy Carden andKen Jeong alongside Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma on July 16, 2019.^[5] Including its nominations at the71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards,Game of Thrones established a new record for the most Emmy nominations received in a single year by any comedy or drama series with 32 nominations, breaking the record of 26 nominations set byNYPD Blue in1994.^[6][7]Game of Thrones also extended its own record for most total nominations for a scripted series, ending with 161 nods across its eight-season run,^[8] and it finished tied for the second-most nominations forOutstanding Drama Series, its eight nominations trailing onlyLaw & Order's 11.^[9]HBO returned to its status as the most-nominated network after being surpassed the previous year byNetflix, earning a record-setting 137 nominations to beat its own record from2015.^[10]Pop TV received its first ever Emmy nominations, earning four nominations withSchitt's Creek.^[11]

The main ceremony was held on September 22.Fleabag led all shows with four wins, withPhoebe Waller-Bridge winning three of those for producing, writing, and acting on the show.Fleabag's win forOutstanding Comedy Series gavePrime Video its second straight win in the category.^[12]The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel also performed well for Prime Video, tying its record of eight wins fromthe previous year between the main and Creative Arts ceremonies.^[13]British television shows such asFleabag andChernobyl had strong showings; according toDeadline Hollywood, 13 of 27 awards went to shows produced or co-produced by British individuals.^[14][15]

Game of Thrones broke or tied several records with its wins. Its fourth win forOutstanding Drama Series tied it withHill Street Blues,L.A. Law,The West Wing, andMad Men for most wins in the category.^[16] When including its Creative Arts wins, the show tied its own record for most Emmys won by a series in a single season with 12 awards, a feat it previously achieved in 2015 and2016.^[17][18] It ended its run with 59 total Emmys, extending its record for most wins for a scripted series.^[19] Cast memberPeter Dinklage established a new record for most wins forOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series with his fourth win and eighth nomination for the series.^[20][21]

For his role onPose,Billy Porter made history as the first openly gay man to winOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.^[22]Jharrel Jerome became the firstAfro-Latino to receive an Emmy for acting, winningOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playingKorey Wise onWhen They See Us; he also became the youngest actor to win the category, at 21 years old.^[23][24] In theOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category,Jodie Comer became the youngest winner at 26 years old for her performance onKilling Eve.^[25]

Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[26][27][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.

For the purposes of the lists below, "major" constitutes the categories listed above (program, acting, directing, and writing), while "total" includes the categories presented at theCreative Arts Emmy Awards.

The awards were presented by the following people:^[30][31]

The ceremony took place at theMicrosoft Theater in Los Angeles with no host; comedian and actorThomas Lennon served as an announcer for the ceremony, injecting with jokes and commentary as winners approached the stage to receive their Emmy.^[33] Televised byFox, the ceremony began with a ruse whereHomer Simpson appeared in anaugmented-reality stage to host the event, before an animated piano dropped from the ceiling to land onThe Simpsons' character. With the event now "host-less",Anthony Anderson rushed on stage in a skit where he insisted that "We're going to go without a host tonight!"^[32] and pushed the first presenterBryan Cranston to the stage to welcome the audience^[34] and introduce a montage of video clips. The ceremony continued in such fashion with only Lennon and montages and clips filling the time between presenters.^[32]

Several winners made notable "statement speeches" while accepting their awards. After winning the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series forThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,Alex Borstein said:^[34]

My grandmother was in line to be shot into a pit... she turned to a guard and she said "What happens if I step out of line?" and he said "I don't have the heart to shoot you but somebody will". And she stepped out of line, and for that I am here and for that my children are here, so step out of line ladies, step out of line.

The winner for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie,Patricia Arquette (The Act), in her acceptance speech said "I'm grateful at 50 to be getting the best parts of my life" and paid tribute to her sister,Alexis Arquette, who had died in 2016.^[34]Michelle Williams, after winning the award for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie forFosse/Verdon, made references to thegender andracial wage gaps in thefilm industry, as well as theTime's Up movement:^[34][35]

The next time a woman, and especially a woman of color—because she stands to make 52 cents on the dollar compared to her white, male counterpart—tells you what she needs to do her job, listen to her, believe her, because one day she might stand in front of you and say thank you for allowing her to succeed because of her workplace environment and not in spite of it.

In theIn Memoriam presentation, a photograph of conductorLeonard Slatkin, who is alive and working in Ireland, was mistakenly used and captioned asAndré Previn, who died in February 2019.^[36][37][38]

On April 9, 2019, it was announced thatAmerican Horror Story: Apocalypse, the eighth season of the horroranthology seriesAmerican Horror Story, and the second season ofThe Sinner would be ineligible for theLimited Series categories unlike their previous seasons, and instead be moved toDrama due to "continuing story threads, characters and actors reprising those same character roles from previous seasons", therefore making the series less fit for an anthology format. For similar reasons, the second season ofAmerican Vandal was moved from Limited Series toComedy. None of the shows were nominated.^[39][40][41]

The telecast was watched by 6.9 million viewers in the United States, making it the lowest-rated Emmy broadcast in history, amounting to a 32% drop from the2018 ceremony.^[2]

Halsey sang "Time After Time" byCyndi Lauper andRob Hyman. The following people were included in theIn Memoriam presentation:^[42]

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