David Benioff (L) and D.B. Weiss accept the award for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series for HBO's "Game of Thrones" at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Lucy Nicholson
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” rewrote record books by taking home a whopping 12 Emmy awards in a single year, beating "The West Wing" record of most wins in a year, with 9 Emmys. Also for the first time, it won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. Veep, meanwhile, scored the biggest upset of of Sunday night by nabbing the Outstanding Comedy Series trophy, beating fans’ favourite and four-time Emmy winner, “Modern Family.
On Sunday night, "Game of Thrones" added four more awards to its score of eight wins in the technical categories that were presented last week. It won the most-coveted award of the night, Outstanding Drama Series, by beating nine contenders, including “Downton Abbey,” “Homeland” and “Orange Is The New Black,” “Better Call Saul,” “House of Cards” and “Mad Men.”
Peter Dinklage, who portrays Tyrion Lannister on “Game of Thrones,” won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series. "I wasn't prepared at all. I was even chewing gum," Dinklage said during his acceptance speech.
And “Game of Thrones” writers David Benioff and Dan Weiss won the Emmy for writing, while director David Nutter took home the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Season 5 finale episode, "Mother's Mercy.”
The HBO political satire, "Veep," beat “Modern Family,” “Louie,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Silicon Valley,” “Transparent” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” to score its first Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy.
“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fourth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series, while her co-star Tony Hale took home Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series trophy.
During her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus dropped Donald Trump's name. She said, as quoted by People, "I think it would be appropriate at this moment to quote our political satire 'Veep'. What a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight."
"Oh God, no! Donald Trump said that. It's getting trickier and trickier to satirize this stuff," added.
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David Benioff (L) and D.B. Weiss accept the award for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series for HBO's "Game of Thrones" at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Lucy NicholsonDavid Nutter accepts the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama series for the HBO series "Game of Thrones Episode: Mother's Mercy" during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Lucy NicholsonD.B. Weiss and David Benioff, with cast and crew, accept the award for Outstanding Drama Series for HBO's "Game of Thrones" during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Lucy NicholsonPeter Dinklage accepts the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series for his role in HBO's "Game of Thrones" at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Lucy NicholsonThe cast of HBO's "Game of Thrones" poses backstage with their award for Outstanding Drama Series during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Mike BlakeJulia Louis-Dreyfus holds one of her awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for her role in HBO's "Veep" as she talks to show host Andy Samberg at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Mario AnzuoniActor Tony Hale poses with his award for Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in HBO's "Veep" at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Mario AnzuoniActress Julia Louis-Dreyfus holds the awards for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series for her role in HBO's "Veep" during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Mike BlakeCast members of HBO's "Veep," from left, Sufe Bradshaw, Matt Walsh, Sam Richardson, Reid Scott, Kevin Dunn, Timothy Simons, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale and Anna Chlumsky, pose backstage after the show won the award for Outstanding Comedy Series during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Mike BlakeActor Tony Hale holds the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series for the HBO series "Veep" backstage during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015.Reuters/Mike Blake
