After a brief switch to a Monday airdate in 2018, the Emmys will be moving back to their usual Sunday slot for next year’s ceremony
In a joint announcement on Monday, Fox and the Television Academy revealed the date for the 71st Annual Emmy Awards. The show is scheduled for Sunday, September 22, 2019, and will air live coast-to-coast from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST (5 p.m. to 8 p.m. PST).
A host (or hosts) and producer for the telecast are set to be announced at a later date. Expect someone from the Fox network family to emcee.
Though the awards are still a long way off, our money is already on “Game of Thrones” to repeat as winners in the Best Drama Series category, after scooping up the trophy at the 2018 Emmys. The series is set to sign off on HBO next year, with its eighth and final season due to debut on the premium cable outlet sometime in April of 2019.
Reigning Best Comedy Series winner “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” could also very well snag a second consecutive statutette. Its sophomore season is slated to hit Amazon Prime on December 5.
Of course, it’s still extremely early to be predicting next year’s awards slate, and plenty may change between now and then. Stay tuned.
On the upside, not that many people suffered through it. But those of us who did the hard time came away with some new quality GIFs to use for all sorts of Internet occasions.
Like this one, which could’ve been used just about every five minutes during the show:
Chrissy Teigen provided a great reaction shot early in the night, proving John Legend‘s better half remains the most relatable person at every awards show….
In addition to memes, there’s now the mystery of Who Dressed as Teddy Perkins? Many fans thought it was “Atlanta” star Donald Glover himself — who played Teddy on the FX show — until Glover posed with the character…
Last night’s Emmy Awards winners may be flying high, but the ceremony itself hit a new all-time low in the ratings.
Like the last time the ceremony was broadcast on Monday night, viewership dipped. The show, which aired on NBC, was watched by 10.2 million viewers and got a 2.4 rating among adults 18-49.
Those numbers represent a drop of 11 percent in viewers and 4 percent in the demo.
The last time NBC broadcast the Emmys in 2014, it was also on Monday night and at the time, viewership dropped 11 percent from the previous year. In both cases, NBC moved the ceremony due to its Sunday Night Football schedule.
It also didn’t help that the ceremony itself was lackluster, with pundits and Twitter users lambasting hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost.
Awards shows in general have faced big drops in audience. This year’s Oscars experienced a 16 percent loss and the Grammys fell 20 percent.
This year’s Emmy Awards held several surprises, but none more than a marriage proposal on stage.
After winning the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for this year’s Oscars, Glenn Weiss used his acceptance speech to pop the question to girlfriend Jan Svendsen.
Weiss explained that his mother had recently passed away but that he’d received permission from his father to use her wedding ring to propose. Svendsen said yes and the happy couple exited the stage to a standing ovation.
The reactions from the stars in the crowd were priceless. Just look at Sterling K. Brown’s face (he was on stage, too, since he and Ron Cephas Jones had presented Weiss with his Emmy).
Here’s Leslie Jones, standing in shock:
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Here’s Benedict Cumberbatch, who could not be more delighted:
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And here’s “The Crown” Best Actress winner Claire Foy, tearing up:
Without further ado, here are the Emmys 2018 winners — updated live — along with the nominees they vanquished:
Outstanding Drama Series
• WINNER: “Game of Thrones”
• “Stranger Things”
• “The Americans”
• “The Crown”
• “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• “This Is Us”
• “Westworld”
Outstanding Comedy Series
• WINNER: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” • “Atlanta”
• “Barry”
• “black-ish”
• “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
• “GLOW”
• “Silicon Valley”
• “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Outstanding Limited Series
• WINNER: “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” • “Genius: Picasso”
• “Godless”
• “Patrick Melrose”
• “The Alienist”
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
• WINNER: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” • “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
• “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
• “The Late Late Show With James Corden”
• “The Late Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
WINNER: “Saturday Night Live”
“At Home with Amy Sedaris”
“Drunk History”
“I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman”
“Portlandia”
“Tracey Ullman’s Show”
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
• WINNER: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” • “The Amazing Race”
• “American Ninja Warrior”
• “Project Runway”
• “Top Chef”
• “The Voice”
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• WINNER: Claire Foy, “The Crown” • Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
• Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
• Keri Russell, “The Americans”
• Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• WINNER: Matthew Rhys, “The Americans” • Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
• Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
• Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us”
• Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”
• Ed Harris, “Westworld”
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series • WINNER: “The Crown” (Episode: “Paterfamilias”), directed by Stephen Daldry
• “Game of Thrones” (Episode: “Beyond the Wall”), directed by Alan Taylor
• “Game of Thrones” (Episode: “The Dragon and the Wolf”), directed by Jeremy Podeswa
• “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Episode: “After”), directed by Kari Skogland
• “Ozark” (Episode: “The Toll”), directed by Jason Bateman
• “Ozark” (Episode: “Tonight We Improvise”), directed by Daniel Sackheim
• “Stranger Things” (Episode: “Chapter Nine: The Gate”), directed by the Duffer Brothers
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Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series • WINNER: “The Americans” (Episode: “START”), written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg
• “The Crown” (Episode: “Mystery Man”), written by Peter Morgan
• “Game of Thrones” (Episode: “The Dragon and the Wolf”), written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
• “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Episode: “June”), written by Bruce Miller
• “Killing Eve” (Episode: “Nice Face”), written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
• “Stranger Things” (Episode: “Chapter Nine: The Gate”), written by the Duffer Brothers
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• WINNER: Thandie Newton, “Westworld” • Lena Headey, “Game of Thrones”
• Millie Bobby Brown, “Stranger Things”
• Vanessa Kirby, “The Crown”
• Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Yvonne Strahovski, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Alexis Bledel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• WINNER: Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones” • Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”
• David Harbour, “Stranger Things”
• Matt Smith, “The Crown”
• Joseph Fiennes, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
• WINNER: The Oscars, directed by Glenn Weiss
• “Dave Chappelle: Equanimity,” directed by Stan Lathan
• “Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Before Seinfeld,” directed by Michael Bonfiglio
• “Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life,” directed by Marcus Raboy
• Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake, directed by Hamish Hamilton
While accepting the Emmy for outstanding directing for a variety special, #Oscars director Glenn Weiss proposes to his girlfriend… and she says yes. #Emmyspic.twitter.com/FcyUipMlx1
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
• “John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous” at Radio City, written by John Mulaney
• “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated),” written by Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Mike Drucker, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Miles Kahn and Nicole Silverberg
• “Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady,” written by Michelle Wolf
• “Patton Oswalt: Annihilation,” written by Patton Oswalt
• “Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life,” written by Steve Martin and Martin Short
Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
• WINNER: Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” • Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”
• John Legend, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” • Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose” • Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Tower”
• Jesse Plemons, “USS Callister (Black Mirror)”
Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
• WINNER: Regina King, “Seven Seconds” • Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Cult”
• Michelle Dockery, “Godless”
• Edie Falco, “Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders”
• Jessica Biel, “The Sinner”
• Laura Dern, “The Tale”
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special • WINNER: “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” directed by Ryan Murphy
• “Godless,” directed by Scott Frank
• “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” directed by David Leveaux and Alex Rudzinski
• “The Looming Tower,” directed by Craig Zisk
• “Paterno,” directed by Barry Levinson
• “Patrick Melrose,” directed by Edward Berger
• “Twin Peaks,” directed by David Lynch
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
• WINNER: “Black Mirror: USS Callister,” written by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker
• “American Vandal” (Episode: “Clean Up”), written by Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus
• “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (Episode: “House by the Lake”), written by Tom Rob Smith
• “Godless,” written by Scott Frank
• “Patrick Melrose,” written by David Nicholls
• “Twin Peaks,” written by Mark Frost and David Lynch
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
• WINNER: Jeff Daniels, “Godless”
• Brandon Victor Dixon, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
• Ricky Martin, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” • Edgar Ramirez, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” • Finn Wittrock, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
• Michael Stuhlbarg, “The Looming Tower”
• John Leguizamo, “Waco”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
• WINNER: Merritt Wever, “Godless” • Adina Porter, “American Horror Story: Cult”
• Letitia Wright, “Black Museum (Black Mirror)”
• Sara Bareilles, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
• Penelope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
• Judith Light, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• WINNER: Bill Hader, “Barry” • Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
• Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
• Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
• William H. Macy, “Shameless”
• Ted Danson, “The Good Place”
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Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• WINNER: Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” • Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”
• Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”
• Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
• Issa Rae, “Insecure”
• Allison Janney, “Mom”
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
• WINNER: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Episode: “Pilot”), directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino
• “Atlanta” (Episode: “FUBU”), directed by Donald Glover
• “Atlanta” (Episode: “Teddy Perkins”), directed by Hiro Murai
• “Barry” (Episode: “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”), directed by Bill Hader
• “The Big Bang Theory” (Episode: “The Bow Tie Asymmetry”), directed by Mark Cendrowski
• “GLOW” (Episode: “Pilot”), directed by Jesse Peretz
• “Silicon Valley” (Episode: “Initial Coin Offering”), directed by Mike Judge
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
• WINNER: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Episode: “Pilot”), written by Amy Sherman-Palladino
• “Atlanta” (Episode: “Alligator Man”), written by Donald Glover
• “Atlanta” (Episode: “Barbershop”), written by Stefani Robinson
• “Barry” (Episode: “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”), written by Alec Berg and Bill Hader
• “Barry” (Episode: “Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going”), written by Liz Sarnoff
• “Silicon Valley” (Episode: “Fifty-One Percent”), written by Alec Berg
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• WINNER: Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” • Zazie Beetz, “Atlanta”
• Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”
• Laurie Metcalf, “Roseane”
• Aidy Bryant, “Saturday Night Live”
• Leslie Jones, “Saturday Night Live”
• Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
• Megan Mullaly, “Will & Grace”
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• WINNER: Henry Winkler, “Barry” • Brian Tyree Henry, “Atlanta”
• Louie Anderson, “Baskets”
• Alec Baldwin, “Saturday Night Live”
• Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”
• Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• Titus Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series • WINNER: Ron Cephas Jones, “This Is Us”
• F. Murray Abraham, “Homeland”
• Cameron Britton, “Mindhunter”
• Matthew Goode, “The Crown”
• Gerald McRaney, “This Is Us”
• Jimmi Simpson, “Westworld”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series • WINNER: Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale” • Viola Davis, “Scandal”
• Kelly Jenrette, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Cherry Jones, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Diana Rigg, “Game of Thrones”
• Cicely Tyson, “How to Get Away with Murder”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series • WINNER: Tiffany Haddish, “Saturday Night Live”
• Wanda Sykes, “black-ish”
• Tina Fey, “Saturday Night Live”
• Maya Rudolph, “The Good Place”
• Jane Lynch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• Molly Shannon, “Will & Grace”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series • WINNER: Katt Williams, “Atlanta” • Sterling K. Brown, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
• Bryan Cranston, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
• Donald Glover, “Saturday Night Live”
• Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”
Outstanding Television Movie • WINNER: “USS Callister (Black Mirror)”
• “Fahrenheit 451”
• “Flint”
• “Paterno”
• “The Tale”
Outstanding Drama Series is always kept for the end of the night, because it’s basically the Best Picture of the Emmys.
There were seven nominees this year:
“Game of Thrones” “Stranger Things” “The Americans” “The Crown” “The Handmaid’s Tale” “This Is Us” “Westworld”
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The Outstanding Drama Series win could’ve gone in almost any direction.
Emmys had gone to most (but not all) of the nominees earlier in the night. This marked the final year of “The Americans” (congrats, Matthew Rhys!) and also the final year for the original stars of “The Crown” (Well deserved, Claire Foy). “The Crown” Season 3 will bring in a whole new cast to play the royals.
Based on the night’s earlier wins, it looked like it would come down to “The Crown,” “The Americans,” or “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Still, “Game of Thrones” had 22 nominations — the most of any show this year — and Emmy voters were saving the big trophy for Season 7, aka the penultimate season.
Last week, GoT also picked up seven Creative Arts Emmys:
Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes; Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More); Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score); Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour); Outstanding Special Visual Effects; and Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie.
GoT wasn’t even eligible for Emmys last year, so they made up for it by honoring Season 7’s seven episodes. GoT Season 8 is the final season, and those six episodes premiere next summer on HBO. Expect that to be a big Emmy winner, too.
The Emmys had eight very different nominees this year:
“Atlanta” “Barry” “black-ish” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “GLOW” “Silicon Valley” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
What an eclectic mix — everything from classic network comedies like “black-ish” to streaming dramedies like “GLOW” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” plus shows like “Atlanta” that could fit in either drama or comedy.
The Amazon series took the win, after writer/director Amy Sherman-Palladino picked up two trophies earlier in the night, along with stars Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein.
“Maisel” Season 2 just wrapped filming, and should be coming to Amazon fairly soon. You have plenty of time to catch up, if you’re not already following this freshman hit.
The Hollywood Reporter always does Brutally Honest Oscar ballots, and today they posted an Emmys ballot. It’s actually not too brutal.
That said, the producer in question did dismiss “The Crown” as “not my cup of tea,” and said he couldn’t vote for “Westworld” because “I don’t know what’s going on half the time.” He also said it’s hard not to vote for “Game of Thrones” for Best Drama Series since they reportedly spend $17 million an episode, “so they might as well be competing for the Best Picture Oscar.”
Ultimately, for Best Drama Series he picked FX’s “The Americans” for its final season. (Please let that show really win. Please!)
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He also explained why he picked HBO’s “Barry” for Best Comedy Series:
“I ruled out Black-ish and Curb [Your Enthusiasm] — their best days are behind them. Silicon Valley has also depreciated in quality since T.J. Miller left. [Unbreakable] Kimmy Schmidt is very hit or miss. I admire Atlanta, but I just don’t know if it’s a comedy; maybe it’s kind of an old-school idea, but to me a comedy should make you laugh. The same sort of goes for GLOW. For me, it came down to [The] Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Barry, and it was a very close call.”
He also explained why he picked CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” for Best Variety Talk Series:
“James Corden [The Late Late Show with James Corden] is fun, but not up to the level of the others. […] I voted for [The Late Show with Stephen] Colbert because he’s consistent, funny and incredibly smart — plus, I’ve arrived at the conclusion that it’s much harder to do that job every night than once a week. I also admired the way he handled the Les Moonves thing [when the CBS chief was accused of sexual harassment and Colbert addressed the situation on his show]. He got what Louis C.K. didn’t: you can’t ignore these things away, you’ve got to face them head-on.”
When it came down to Best Limited Series, the producer bashed the Television Academy “for kicking the TV movie category off the main broadcast and onto one of the Creative Arts Awards nights.” For the limited series category, he voted for Netflix’s “Godless,” calling it well-written, well-directed, and well-acted, “especially by Jeff Daniels.” He also added this note:
“And yes, the Netflix factor is real — I didn’t go to the FYSee thing [Netflix’s campaign space], but I love not having to get off my ass and do anything but click a couple of buttons to watch a show.”
Ever the producer, he also explained that he’d like to see RuPaul win Best Reality-Competition Series in part because “the Emmys is a TV show, and it would be much more entertaining to hear from RuPaul than Mark Burnett.”
This year’s Creative Arts Emmys had the distinction of crowning not one, not two, but three brand new members of the exclusive EGOT club, with John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice all snagging statuettes on Sunday night to complete their collection. And as usual, Legend’s wife, Chrissy Teigen, couldn’t help but take the opportunity to poke some fun at her husband.
Legend, Lloyd Webber, and Rice took home the Emmy for Best Live Variety Special for “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” which they co-produced alongside Craig Zadan (the late prolific producer known for his work on “Chicago” and recent Oscars telecasts), Marc Platt, Neil Meron, Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius, Alex Rudzinski, and Javier Winnik. But it was the first three who had also previously won a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, making them the 13th, 14th, and 15th members of the EGOT club.
Legend’s new status is of particular note, since he is the first African-American man to claim EGOT status. And at 39, he’s also one of the youngest people ever to earn the honor, following “Frozen” songwriter Robert Lopez, who was also 39 when he snagged his final piece of the EGOT crown (the 2014 Best Original Song Oscar, for “Let It Go”).
The multi-hyphenate shared his surprise and gratitude on social media, writing on Instagram that he was “amazed to be in such rarefied air.” Teigen’s reaction was more succinct, calling the trio “EGOT GOATS.”
“And I say hey, what a wonderful kind of day,” Teigen captioned a video of Legend adding his Emmy to his already-crowded awards shelf. (For the uninitiated, those are lyrics from the “Arthur” theme song.) No word on whether or not she had to move any of her own awards out of the way, as previously promised.
Legend may want to do some additional rearranging: He’s up for yet another statuette, for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for “Jesus Christ Superstar,” at next week’s primetime ceremony. That show is slated to air on September 17 on NBC.
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When it came down to Best Limited Series, the producer bashed the Television Academy “for kicking the TV movie category off the main broadcast and onto one of the Creative Arts Awards nights.” For the limited series category, he voted for Netflix’s “Godless,” calling it well-written, well-directed, and well-acted, “especially by Jeff Daniels.” He also added this note:
