Emmys 2018: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘American Crime Story,’ & Other Big Wins

The 70th Annual Emmy® Awards began with a skit commenting on the lack of diversity in Hollywood. While there is still a steep hill to climb, some of the big winners of the night prove that the industry is at least taking small steps forward.

Michael Che and Colin Jost may have been the hosts, but The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a show about a woman’s struggle to break into comedy in the late ’50s, owned the night.

Rachel Brosnahan took home the first Emmy of her career for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Alex Borstein also won for Outstanding Supporting Actress. The show also won Outstanding Comedy Series. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino won both the writing and directing awards in the comedy category for the show’s pilot.

Other big winners include Claire Foy (The Crown) in the hotly contested Lead Actress in a Drama series, Darren Criss (American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Regina King (Seven Seconds), Matthew Rhys (The Americans), and Game of Thrones won Best Drama.

Henry Winkler’s kids had the best night if they took his advice and went to bed because “Daddy won!” for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

We’d like to shout out Brosnahan for taking some of her speech time to encourage people to vote, and Ryan Murphy for bringing awareness to the importance of legislation supporting the LBGTQ community.

We’d also like to send out a very public congratulations to Glenn Weiss and his girlfriend Jan Svendsen on their engagement during his acceptance speech for directing a variety special, and of course, Betty White, the First Lady of Television, for infusing the show with pure joy.

For more winners and highlights, check out our list below!

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie 

Jeff Daniels (Godless)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Merritt Wever (Godless)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie 

Darren Criss (American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Regina King (Seven Seconds)

Outstanding Limited Series

American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

Outstanding TV Movie

USS Callister (Black Mirror)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Outstanding Reality Competition Program 

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Henry Winkler (Barry)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Bill Hader (Barry)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Thandie Newton (Westworld)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series 

Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Foy (The Crown)

Outstanding Drama Series

Game of Thrones

Outstanding Directing for a Drama series

Stephen Daldry (The Crown)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy series

Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg (The Americans)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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