Congratulations are in order as the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards has officially announced the complete winners' list. There were some stunning shows that were nominated for the annual awards this year and some spectacular stars took home the prestigious TV award.

The biggest winner of the night is The Handmaid's Tale which swept the awards night to take home the maximum awards. The hit show, nominated almost in every category this year took home the award for Outstanding Drama Series and Elisabeth Moss and Ann Dowd winning in the acting categories. The show also took home the award in the writing and directing category.

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Following up The Handmaid's Tale victory was Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Veep. The show took home the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. It also helped Louis-Dreyfus make history as she was awarded her sixth Emmy for her role as Selina Meyer – the most number of awards won by an actor for the same role.

Other TV shows that made history at the Emmys 2017 are Saturday Night Live, Big Little Lies, Donald Glover for Atlanta. Glover became the first black director to have won the Best Directing award in a Comedy. Without much further ado, here's the complete list of winners of the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards aka Emmy Awards 2017.

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series: This Is Us

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series: Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series: John Lithgow for The Crown

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series: Ann Dowd for The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding lead actor in a limited series: Riz Ahmed for The Night Of

Outstanding lead actress in a limited series: Nicole Kidman for Big Little Lies

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie: Laura Dern for Big Little Lies

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie: Alexander Skarsgard for Big Little Lies

Outstanding writing for a drama series: Bruce Miller for The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding writing for a comedy series: Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe for Master of None

Outstanding directing for a drama series: Reed Morano for The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special: Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies

While the award winners made most of the headlines, this year's Emmys was (like any other award show off-late) politically charged. The prestigious award night was hosted by late night show host Stephen Colbert. </s> This year, Stephen Colbert will preside over the festivities, which will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday.

In preparation for the big night, we’ve broken down number of heated, must-monitor races.

The nominees: “Better Call Saul” (AMC), “The Crown” (Netflix), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), “House of Cards” (Netflix), “Stranger Things” (Netflix), “This Is Us” (NBC), “Westworld” (HBO)

“24” was the last broadcast TV series to win best drama at the Emmys back in 2006. NBC’s breakout hit “This Is Us” stands as a strong contender in this race.

If the big prize indeed goes to this wholesome drama, it would no doubt be a big win for the Big Three, as the siblings on the show are called, and the Big Four (networks) alike.

The spoiler here could be Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a drama based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood that has been praised for both its performances and timely themes.

Both “This Is Us” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” picked up awards at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend.

Five of the seven shows in this category are nominated for their first seasons, but it’s hard to say whether that’s a benefit or not. In the past twenty years, four shows have won the best drama Emmy for their first seasons — “Homeland,” “Mad Men,” “Lost” and “The West Wing.” That’s not a bad club to be in for any of the competing freshman shows.

A win in this category has eluded “House of Cards” for the last four years, and signs point to no change in this pattern.

This is “Better Call Saul’s” third nomination in this race.

The nominees: Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”), Jane Fonda (“Grace and Frankie”), Allison Janney (“Mom”), Ellie Kemper (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”), Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”), Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”)

All eyes will be on Louis-Dreyfus as she competes to break the record for most Emmys won by a performer for a single role, and with five consecutive wins under her belt, the odds are in her favor.

With two previous wins (for “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Seinfeld”) also to her name, a win this year would put the actress in a tie with Cloris Leechman for most Primetime Emmys won a performer (8).

It’s worth noting, however, that Janney, too, currently has seven Emmys. Meaning if she won, she’d top Louis-Dreyfus and also tie Leechman.

The battle of the Emmy Behemoths is on.

The nominees: Sterling K. Brown (“This is Us”), Anthony Hopkins (“Westworld”), Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”), Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan”), Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”), Milo Ventimiglia (“This is Us”)

The Emmys have set us up for a family feud of sorts as Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia, who both won praise for their performances on family drama “This Is Us,” compete in the same category. (They play father and son on the show, but because of the show’s twisty timelines, have only shared one trippy scene together.)

Brown is the favorite to win in this category, one year after he picked up his first Emmy for “The People v. O.J. Simpson.”

If he won, Brown would also become the first black actor to win the best actor in a drama category since Andre Braugher won for “Homicide: Life on the Street” in 1998.

Hale, Burrell, and Anderson are all previous winners in this highly competitive category, but eyes will be on Baldwin, whose impersonation of President Donald Trump made headlines weekly during the last season of “SNL.”

Baldwin has won two Emmys previously in the lead actor in a comedy category for his work on “30 Rock.”

The nominees: Carrie Coon (“Fargo”), Felicity Huffman (“American Crime”), Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”), Jessica Lange (“Feud”), Susan Sarandon (“Feud”), Reese Witherspoon (“Big Little Lies”)

You could essentially rename this category Battle of the Oscar winners.

Kidman (who won her Oscar in 2003), Lange (a two-time Oscar winner), Sarandon (a 1996 Oscar winner), and Witherspoon (who won an Oscar in 2006) are the four leading this pack of ultra-talented women, with a clear winner not among them. In other words, this is a great race.

The odds might be slightly less in the favor of Huffman, a 2006 Oscar nominee, and Coon. But a split vote among fans of “Feud” and “Big Little Lies” could yield a surprise.

The nominees: “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” (TBS), “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC), “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO), “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (CBS), “Real Time With Bill Maher” (HBO), “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)

Arguably no year in recent history has been more important than this one for those in late night TV, and the choice must have been a difficult one for voters.

Will feminist icon Samantha Bee pull out a win for herself and plant a symbolic flag for women in late night? Will a reignited Stephen Colbert earn back his space at the top? Will Oliver score a repeat win?

It’s possible, too, that voters gave their support to hosts who wear their hearts on their sleeves — like Kimmel, whose plea about health care, as told through an emotional story about his newborn son, was hailed as moving and poignant. Or Corden, who found his own way to hit on the topics that he held dear (see: his video about the travel ban) and also emerged as a kind of king of viral favorites.

Answers to all the questions we seek will be answered September 17 at 7 p.m. on WHNT. </s> In a ceremony that started out congratulating TV academy voters for the most historically diverse field of nominees yet, the early awards all went solely to whites.

Amy Sherman-Palladino, front and center left, Daniel Palladino and the cast and crew of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” accept the award for outstanding comedy series at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honours and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best drama series award Monday at a ceremony that largely slighted its most ethnically diverse field of nominees ever.

With the exception of “Saturday Night Live,” broadcast shows were shut out of the top awards as 21st-century platforms continued to overshadow traditional network fare like “This Is Us.”

HBO, which had ceded its top-dog status in total nominations for the first time in 17 years in July (108, to Netflix’s 112), ended up in a tie for wins with the streaming service at 23 each.

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” a freshman sitcom about an unhappy 1950s homemaker liberated by stand-up comedy, earned best actress honours for star Rachel Brosnahan.

Her castmate Alex Borstein earned the supporting actress trophy and the series creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Gilmore Girls”), nabbed writing and directing awards.

Claire Foy of “The Crown” and Matthew Rhys of “The Americans” won top drama acting Emmys, their first trophies for the roles and last chance to claim them, with Foy’s role as Queen Elizabeth II going to another actress and Rhys’ show wrapped.

The field bested by Foy included last year’s winner Elisabeth Moss for “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Sandra Oh of “Killing Eve,” who would have been the first actor of Asian descent to get a top drama award.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen,” said a startled Foy. She played the young British queen who, as the series continues, will be shown advancing in years.

“Game of Thrones,” which sat out last year’s Emmys because of scheduling, won its third best drama trophy despite competition from defending champ “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

“Thank you for letting us take care of your people,” ”Game of Thrones” producer D.B. Weiss said to George R.R. Martin, whose novels and their characters fuel the drama.

In a ceremony that started out congratulating TV academy voters for the most historically diverse field of nominees yet, the early awards all went solely to whites.

An African-American sweep of guest series actor awards at the recent creative arts Emmys suggested big changes ahead for the awards, which only recently have given significant honours to performers and creators of colour.

But there was disappointment for “Atlanta,” which had claimed acting and directing trophies last year for its star and creator Donald Glover and seemed poised for more with 16 nominations.

Rather than become the first black-led comedy in 33 years to be named the best (since “The Cosby Show” in 1985), “Atlanta” was shut out Monday (it won two awards, including guest actor for Katt Williams, last week).

The showing by “Mrs. Maisel” extended the long winning streak of shows that focus on white lives, including “Modern Family” and “Friends,” with ethnic minorities rarely given screen time.

“Let’s get it trending: #EmmysSoWhite,” presenter James Corden joked at the ceremony’s midway point.

Then Regina King broke the string, with a best actress win in a limited series or movie for “Seven Seconds,” which tracks the fallout from a white police officer’s traffic accident involving a black teenager.

“I feel like a lot of times we are so divided as a country that things are always black and white. I’m guilty of that a lot of times. I think that probably played into my assumption the chances of me winning was so small,” King said backstage.

Darren Criss, who is of Filipino descent, won the lead acting award for the miniseries “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” which won best limited series. Black actress Thandie Newton won best supporting drama actress for “Westworld.”

Peter Dinklage added a third acting trophy to his collection for “Game of Thrones.”

Brosnahan used her acceptance speech to give a shout-out to her comedy’s celebration of women power.

“It’s about a woman who’s finding her voice anew, and it’s one of the things that’s happening all over the country now,” she said. She urged the audience to exercise that power by voting.

Bill Hader collected the best comedy actor award for “Barry,” a dark comedy about a hired killer who stumbles into a possible acting career.

Henry Winkler, aka “The Fonz,” won a supporting actor award — his first Emmy — for “Barry,” four decades after gaining fame for his role in “Happy Days.”

“If you stay at the table long enough, the chips come to you. Tonight, I got to clear the table,” an ebullient Winkler said, with an equally delighted auditorium audience rising to give him a standing ovation. To his grown children, he said: “You can go to bed now, daddy won!”

The biggest award won by a broadcast network was “Saturday Night Live” for best variety sketch series.

The Emmys had a real-life dramatic moment when winning director Glenn Weiss, noting his mother had died two weeks ago, proposed to his girlfriend , Jan Svendsen.

“You wonder why I don’t want to call you my girlfriend? It’s because I want to call you my wife,” Weiss said. She said yes, he put his mother’s ring on her finger and the crowd whooped and cheered.

John Oliver, in picking up the trophy for best variety talk show award for “Last Week Tonight,” thanked Weiss’ girlfriend for giving the right answer or, he joked, the whole ceremony could have gone south.

The Emmys kicked off with a song, “We Solved It,” a self-mocking celebration to the diversity of nominees sung by stars including Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson. The tune included a mention of Oh’s possible victory: “There were none, now there’s one, so we’re done,” the comedians sang.

Oh played along from her seat: “Thank you, but it’s an honour just to be Asian,” said the Korean-Canadian actress.

“Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels, producing his second Emmy telecast in 30 years, was tasked with turning viewership around after the 2017 show’s audience of 11.4 million narrowly avoided the embarrassment of setting a new low.

The ceremony clearly bore his stamp, with Michael Che and Colin Jost as hosts and familiar “SNL” faces, including Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin, as presenters and nominees. The long-running NBC sketch show, already the top Emmy winner ever with 71, won again for best variety sketch series.

The pressure was on Michaels because NBC and other broadcasters are increasingly reliant on awards and other live events to draw viewers distracted by online options.

The networks, which air the Emmy telecast on a rotating basis, are so eager for the ad dollars it generates and its promotional value for fall shows that they endure online competitors sharing — and dominating — the stage.

AP Writers Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Mike Cidoni Lennox in Los Angeles and Leanne Italie in New York contributed to this report.

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11:00 p.m

 Hulu’s dystopian drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” wins the Emmy for outstanding drama series. Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 thriller, Hulu’s victory with the “Handmaid’s Tale” is a huge win for the streaming service.

10:55 p.m.

 No shocker that Elisabeth Moss has won the lead actress Emmy for her performance in the dystopian drama “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

She thanked her mom and had to be censored for a part of her tribute which we can only assume included some swears.

Moss didn’t get far before Oprah Winfrey announced that her series had won for best drama.

10:52 p.m.

 Sterling K. Brown won for outstanding lead actor in a drama for “This Is Us.”

He paid homage to “Homicide” actor Andre Braugher and his cast.

“You are the best white TV family that a brother ever had,” Brown said.

10: 45 p.m.

 Proof that you are never too big a star to get hit with nerves, the legendary actress Cicely Tyson had to pause a few times before presenting “Big Little Lies” with the Emmy for outstanding limited series because she was nervous she said.

“It’s been an incredible year for women in television,” said “Big Little Lies” star and producer Reese Witherspoon.” Can I just say bring women to the front of their own stories and make them the heroes of their own stories. Thank you for that opportunity and for audiences to wrap their arms around us.”

Kidman said the project came about because of the frustration that as women “We weren’t being offered great roles.”

“So, now, more great roles for women please,” she said.

10:30 p.m.

 Riz Ahmed has got to feel good having beat out Robert De Niro to nab the outstanding actor in a limited series Emmy for “The Night Of.”

Nicole Kidman won her very first Emmy and graciously shared it with her “Big Little Lies” costar, Reese Witherspoon, who was also nominated for outstanding actress in a limited series.

Kidman’s husband Keith Urban got teary eyed when she thanked him and their two little girls.

The actress also thanked the Television Academy for recognizing her in a role that dealt with domestic violence.

“By you acknowledging me with this award, it shines a light on it even more,” she said.

10:22 p.m.

 Julia Louis-Dreyfus didn’t have time to sit down before “Veep” won for best comedy series.

“Atlanta,” “Black-ish” and “the Trump White House” got shout outs as inspiration to the team behind “Veep.”

“This show works because we had sort of a no jerkoffs policy on the show and other than Julia, we really stuck to it,” joked showrunner David Mandel.

10:18 p.m.

 “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins an unprecedented sixth consecutive Emmy Award for her performance as fictional politician Selina Meyer. No other performer has been honored with more Emmys for a single role.

The star joked they had a storyline prepped for the show about impeachment, but “worried somebody else would get to it first.”

He wins for lead actor in a comedy series.

“I want to thank Trump for making black people number one on the most oppressed list,” Glover joked. “He’s the reason I’m probably up here.”

Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel do a fun joke about Oliver beating them.

The cocktails they are sipping are named after his show, they said.

“It’s so high quality that apparently they can only make one a week,” Colbert said.

10 p.m.

 Don Roy King takes home the Emmy for directing a variety series for “Saturday Night Live.”

He also wins the award for best dad for getting his kid on the air by shouting out to the director of the Emmys to make sure to cut to her.

The Emmy for outstanding variety talk series goes to “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” for the second consecutive year.

In keeping with his adoration of Oprah, Oliver thanked her seat filler since Mama O apparently dipped out for a minute.

9:50 p.m.

 Can we all just agree that Viola Davis classes up everything she touches?

She introduced singer Christopher Jackson who sang the Stevie Wonder hit “As” as the montage ran to pay tribute to those in Hollywood who we lost this year.

9:45 p.m.

 Awwww, Reed Morano won for directing a drama series for “The Handmaid’s Tale.” She’s one of the youngest in the biz doing what she does.

9:35 p.m.

 “Master of None” star Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win the Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series along with co-star and the show’s creator, Aziz Ansari.

She was honored with Ansari for the episode “Thanksgiving,” which poignantly featured a young lesbian navigating her family relationships after coming out.

Waithe is also the first black woman to be nominated in the category.

“The things that make us different, they are our super powers,” she said paying homage to the LGBTQI community.

And NBC’s “The Voice” won the Emmy for outstanding reality competition show.

9:30 p.m.

 The skit with RuPaul as the Emmy statue was everything.

Accepting the Emmy for writing for his variety show “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” Oliver paid tribute to Oprah — just because.

“I’d like to thank Oprah because she’s sitting right there and it seems inappropriate not to,” he said.

Ann Dowd got us choked up with her win for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for “The Handmaid’s Tale” — mostly because she was so emotional.

Pretty much everyone is getting played off by the music tonight, so we didn’t have much time to be moved.

9 p.m.

 “I suppose I should say at long last Mr. President, here is your Emmy,” is how Alec Baldwin opened his acceptance speech for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his work impersonating President Trump on “Saturday Night Live.”

He brought tons of funny to “SNL” this season.

Speaking of funny, we vote for Rachel Bloom to introduce the accountants on all the awards shows. The “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star’s song and dance schtick was pretty cute.

The deserved it for how amazing they looked.

The “9 to 5” stars joked about being unwilling to be controlled by a “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot” in that film — and now.

We have no idea who they were referencing (we kid, we kid).

8:30 p.m.

 It seemed like the universe was all over it when Dave Chappelle joked about the diversity at the Emmys by saying, “I counted 11 of us here on the monitor” and then presented (along with Melissa McCarthy) the Emmy for outstanding director on a comedy series to Donald Glover for his show “Atlanta.”

“I want to thank the great algorithm that put us all here,”Glover said in his acceptance speech.

“Atlanta” has been hailed as one of the shows to usher in a golden age for black TV shows.

People on social media buzzed over Glover becoming the first African American to win the award.

8 p.m.

 Stephen Colbert promised a hot Emmys night, and he kicked it off politically-tinged song about concerning current events. But not to worry, Colbert sang, “everything is better on TV.”

He was joined by talent from shows — including “This Is Us” and “The Handmaid’s Tail” — to express that while things are rough right now in the world, there’s always the escapism of television.

He even got a surprise assist from Chance the Rapper.

Colbert’s opening monologue included jokes about who the winners should thank (“Mainly ‘Game of Thrones’ for not being eligible this year”) to the fascination with the impeding death of Milo Ventimiglia’s character on “This Is Us” (“I’m just saying, your fans want to see you dead.”)

Viewers who looked forward to Colbert roasting President Donald Trump were not disappointed.

“Hello, Sir. Thank you for joining us,” he said. “Looking forward to the tweets.”

The late night host then reminded us that Trump has never gotten over not winning an Emmy for “The Apprentice.”

“Unlike the presidency, Emmys go to the winner of the popular vote,” Colbert joked.

The audience lost it when former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared.

“This will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys period, both in person and around the world,” Spicer joked from a podium.

Oh, and the first Emmy of the night was given out.

John Lithgow won for supporting actor in a drama for “The Crown.”

7:30 p.m.

 Want to know how much fun is happening on the red carpet?

Rita Moreno’s face as she encounters RuPaul says it all.

Also, could the “Stranger Things” kids be any cuter?

7 p.m.

 The red carpet is in full swing an hour before the ceremony starts and the stars are out in full force.

“This Is Us” star Sterling K. Brown knows it’s all about the look. He tweeted the best photo of his wife, actress Ryan Bathe, in a stunning yellow gown with the caption, “Do the damn thang, Ry! @michellechel #EMMY2017.”

Earlier he posted a video of his wife getting ready writing, “Don’t hurt ’em, Bird! #emmys2017 How can it get any better than this?”

“I feel like Rocky, Bathe says in the video, before breaking into the “Rocky” theme in celebration of her “knockout” look.

It probably doesn’t hurt that Brown is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work on the hit NBC drama.

Related: Emmy nominations 2017: Is your show on the list?

Felicity Huffman is up for the outstanding lead actress in a limited series for her role in “American Crime.” She tweeted a sneak peek of her dress fitting from earlier in the week and asked, “What do you guys think?”

Meanwhile, “Being Mary Jane” star Gabrielle Union shared her excitement about attending the show for the first time.

“I’ve been doing TV since 1995,” she tweeted.”This will be my 1st time going to the Emmys & I’m presenting an award! 22 yrs later. #OvernightSuccess” </s> Emmys winners list 2017: Nicole Kidman, Handmaid's Tale, Veep and Big Little Lies win awards

Updated

The 2017 Emmy Awards have wrapped up.

First things first, Nicole Kidman has won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale were also big winners on the night, claiming five Emmys each.

Below is the full list of winners from television's night of nights.

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: John Lithgow (The Crown)

Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)

Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)

Michael Kelly (House of Cards)

David Harbour (Stranger Things)

Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)

Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

WINNER: Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)

Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)

Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

Judith Light (Transparent)

Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Regina King (American Crime)

WINNER: Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)

Jackie Hoffman (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)

Judy Davis (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)

Directing for a Comedy Series

WINNER: Donald Glover (Atlanta)

Jamie Babbit (Silicon Valley)

Mike Judge (Silicon Valley)

Morgan Sackett (Veep)

David Mandel (Veep)

Dale Stern (Veep)

Variety Sketch Series

Billy on the Street (truTV)

Documentary Now! (IFC)

Drunk History (Comedy Central)

Portlandia (IFC)

WINNER: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Tracey Ullman's Show (HBO)

Did you know?: Saturday Night Live has won the most Emmys of any television program, with 55 awards (now 56).

Writing for a Drama Series

Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans)

Gordon Smith (Better Call Saul)

Peter Morgan (The Crown)

WINNER: Bruce Miller (The Handmaid's Tale)

The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)

Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (Westworld)

Did you know?: This is one of the 22 nominations Westworld earned in 2017, tying in top spot with Saturday Night Live.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

WINNER: Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)

Louie Anderson (Baskets)

Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

Tony Hale (Veep)

Matt Walsh (Veep)

Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special

WINNER: Jean-Marc Vallee (Big Little Lies)

Noah Hawley (Fargo)

Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette & Joan)

Ron Howard (Genius)

James Marsh (The Night Of)

Steve Zaillian (The Night Of)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies)

Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and Joan)

David Thewlis (Fargo)

Bill Camp (The Night Of)

Stanley Tucci (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Michael K. Williams (The Night Of)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER: Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale)

Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)

Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)

Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)

Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)

Thandie Newton (Westworld)

Writing for a Comedy Series

Donald Glover (Atlanta)

Stephen Glover (Atlanta)

WINNER: Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe (Master of None)

Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)

Billy Kimball (Veep)

David Mandel (Veep)

Did you know?: Donald Glover has had quite a year. Along with this nomination, he's been recognised in the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Directing for a Comedy Series categories. Atlanta is also nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Reality Competition Program

The Amazing Race (CBS)

American Ninja Warrior (NBC)

Project Runway (Lifetime)

RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)

Top Chef (Bravo)

WINNER: The Voice (NBC)

Directing for a Drama Series

Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul)

Stephen Daldry (The Crown)

WINNER: Reed Morano (The Handmaid's Tale)

Kate Dennis (The Handmaid's Tale)

Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland)

The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)

Jonathan Nolan (Westworld)

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special

David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies)

WINNER: Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror: San Junipero)

Noah Hawley (Fargo)

Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (The Night Of)

Variety Talk Series

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

WINNER: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Comedy

Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

Aziz Ansari (Master of None)

Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)

WINNER: Donald Glover (Atlanta)

William H. Macy (Shameless)

Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)

Lead Actress in a Comedy

Pamela Adlon (Better Things)

Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)

Allison Janney (Mom)

Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

Did you know?: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the first person to win six times for the same role.

Comedy Series

Atlanta (FX)

Black-ish (ABC)

Master of None (Netfllix)

Modern Family (ABC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

WINNER: Veep (HBO)

Lead Actor in Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)

Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)

Ewan McGregor (Fargo)

Geoffrey Rush (Genius)

John Turturro (The Night Of)

Did you know?: This is the first time Robert De Niro has been nominated for an Emmy. He's won two Oscars though.

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Carrie Coon (Fargo)

Felicity Huffman (American Crime)

WINNER: Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan)

Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

TV Movie

WINNER: Black Mirror: San Junipero (Netflix)

Dolly Parton's Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love (NBC)

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)

Sherlock: The Lying Detective (Masterpiece) (PBS)

The Wizard Of Lies (HBO)

Limited Series

WINNER: Big Little Lies (HBO)

Fargo (FX)

Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)

Genius (National Geographic)

The Night Of (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Sterling K Brown (This Is Us)

Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)

Claire Foy (The Crown)

WINNER: Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)

Keri Russell (The Americans)

Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

Robin Wright (House of Cards)

Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)

The Crown (Netflix)

WINNER: The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

House of Cards (Netflix)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

This Is Us (NBC)

Westworld (HBO)

Topics: arts-and-entertainment, event, television, united-states

First posted </s> Following its Creative Arts Emmy wins for outstanding casting for a comedy series and outstanding cinematography for a single-camera series (half-hour), Veep took home the award for outstanding comedy series at Sunday’s 69th annual gathering.

The cast and crew of the show boarded the stage to accept the award just minutes after Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her sixth-consecutive Emmy for her starring role on the HBO series.

Veep earned its sixth nomination in the category this year, with its win marking the third time the show has taken home the trophy in the outstanding comedy series category.

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Furthermore, the 2017 win is the show’s third consecutive win in the category.

Veep beat out fellow nominees Silicon Valley, Master of None, Modern Family, Atlanta, black-ish and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, are airing live on CBS from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. </s> LOS ANGELES, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in television, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Stephen Colbert.

Following is a list of nominations in key categories: BEST DRAMA SERIES "The Handmaid's Tale" Hulu BEST COMEDY SERIES "Veep" HBO BEST LIMITED SERIES "Big Little Lies" HBO BEST ACTOR, DRAMA Sterling K. Brown "This is Us" BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA Elisabeth Moss "The Handmaid's Tale" BEST ACTOR, COMEDY Donald Glover "Atlanta" BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY Julia Louis-Dreyfus "Veep" BEST ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE Riz Ahmed "The Night Of" BEST ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE Nicole Kidman "Big Little Lies" VARIETY TALK SERIES "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"

"Saturday Night Live" REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM "The Voice" (Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Mary Milliken) </s> Alec Baldwin accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "Saturday Night Live" at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Elisabeth Moss accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for 'The Handmaid's Tale' at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Elisabeth Moss, left, embraces Margaret Atwood while accepting the award for outstanding drama series for 'The Handmaid's Tale'at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Dave Chappelle, left, presents the award for outstanding directing for a comedy series for the 'Atlanta' episode 'B.A.N.' to Donald Glover at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Donald Glover accepts the award for outstanding directing for a comedy series for the 'Atlanta' episode 'B.A.N.' at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Kate McKinnon accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for 'Saturday Night Live' at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Sean Spicer speaks at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump never won an Emmy, it's true. But his presence was felt at this year's television awards ceremony more than any actor, writer or producer.

"Saturday Night Live," for which Trump was an endless fount of comedy during his campaign and early presidency, had its best Emmys haul in the show's 41-year history. "The Handmaid's Tale," the Hulu drama about an authoritarian society where some found disturbing echoes in real life, was the most-honored drama Sunday night.

Then there was host Stephen Colbert's string of one-liners about the man he considered the biggest television star of the past year, and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's jaw-dropping cameo in Colbert's opening monologue.

Trump is a past Emmy nominee, from his time as "Celebrity Apprentice" host. Colbert told the audience that the Emmys may be to blame for his presidency, because Trump might not have run if he'd won an Emmy. Then he got in a dig where he knew it would hurt: "Unlike the presidency, Emmys go to the winner of the popular vote," he said.

Spicer wheeled onto the stage behind a mobile podium — a la "SNL" impersonator Melissa McCarthy — and joked about the Emmys having its biggest audience ever. The reference to his dubious claim about the crowd size at Trump's inaugural struck some on social media as not the sort of thing that should be joked about.

"Saturday Night Live" won a total of nine Emmys Sunday and at last week's Creative Arts Emmys. The cast members who impersonated Trump and opponent Hillary Clinton — Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon — both won Emmys for supporting roles in a comedy. The show won the Emmy for best variety sketch series.

Backstage, the show's longtime top executive, Lorne Michaels said it was one of the show's most amazing years, "because everything changed every day."

"Philosophically, anyone who is in power should be questioned and that's what we do," he said. "If you seem to have a clear bias I think people stop listening and resist the show."

"The Handmaid's Tale" won the Emmy for best drama. The show was also responsible for drama writing and directing awards, and star Elisabeth Moss won best actress. Margaret Atwood, whose 1985 novel is the show's source, stood onstage with the cast and crew to soak in the adulation.

Asked about it after the telecast, show producer Bruce Miller said the show doesn't look to the politics of the day to bend the story.

"But we're a really plugged in group of actors," he said. "I don't think you can help but have it affect you."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus earned the best comic actress Emmy for the sixth time as the clueless politician in "Veep," and the show was named best comedy for the third time. Add in the Emmys Louis-Dreyfus won for "Seinfeld" and "New Adventures of Old Christine," and she's now tied with Cloris Leachman as the most Emmy-winning performer ever.

The dominance of "Veep" is about to come to an end, since the HBO show is going into its final season.

"We did have a whole story line about impeachment, but we abandoned that because we were worried that someone else might get to it first," Louis-Dreyfus said.

HBO's "Big Little Lies" won the Emmy for best limited series, and Nicole Kidman won best actress in a limited series for her role in the show. Kidman and co-star Reese Witherspoon said they were grateful the show provided strong roles for women.

The Emmys seemed a bit star-struck by Kidman, giving her two minutes, 45 seconds of uninterrupted time to talk after her award. Meanwhile, Sterling K. Brown, who won for best actor in a drama for his role in "This is Us," got a loud musical hook ending his acceptance speech before he'd reached the two-minute mark. Brown paid tribute to the last African-American man to win in his category, Andre Braugher.

Donald Glover won the best comedy actor and best comedy director Emmys for "Atlanta," which he created and which carries his distinctive voice.

"I want to thank Trump for making black people No. 1 on the most oppressed list. He's the reason I'm probably up here," Glover said.

John Lithgow, who received the best supporting drama actor for his role as British leader Winston Churchill in "The Crown," took a more diplomatic approach to political commentary.

"Most of all I have to thank Winston Churchill. In these crazy times, his life, even as an old man, reminds us what courage and leadership in government really looks like," Lithgow said.

AP Television Writer Lynn Elber and Entertainment Writer Lindsey Bahr in Los Angeles contributed to this report. </s> Emmys: Game of Thrones becomes the most-awarded narrative series of all time

Updated

Game of Thrones has become the most successful narrative series ever at television's night of nights, the Emmy Awards.

Key points: Game of Thrones has won 38 Emmy Awards, surpassing Frasier

HBO series won this year in three categories

The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story won five awards, nominated in 13 categories

The show broke the record after winning Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series.

The HBO series already had nine statuettes from last weekend's Creative Arts Emmys, which mainly reward behind-the-scenes personnel, giving it a total haul over the years of 35 heading into the 2016 ceremony — more than any other drama series.

Before the 2016 Emmy Awards, the record for the most-awarded narrative series belonged to long-running sitcom Frasier, which won 37 Emmys.

The all-time Emmy list of winners — which includes non-fiction — is topped by NBC comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live, with 44 awards.

Game of Thrones is now the most-awarded narrative series since the first Television Academy prize-giving in 1949.

Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Bloodline.

The most nominated show of 2016, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, picked up five wins to add to its four technical Emmys.

Actors Sarah Paulson and Courtney B Vance were rewarded for their acclaimed portrayals of sparring attorneys Marcia Clark and Johnnie Cochran.

Sterling K Brown took home a statuette for his supporting actor role, while DV DeVincentis was recognised for the show's writing.

"Playing a real person, you want to get it right for them," Paulson said.

"The more I learned about Marcia Clark ... the more I had to recognise that I, along with the rest of the world, had been superficial and careless in my judgment [of her]."

Wins for Orphan Black, Mr Robot and Veep

Tatiana Maslany won Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Orphan Black, and Rami Malek won Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Mr Robot.

Veep took home the most Outstanding Comedy Series award and its star Julia Louis-Dreyfus claimed the Lead Actress in a Comedy award.

Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Veep's acting US president Selina Meyer, apologised during her acceptance speech for what she called "the current political climate".

"I think that Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics. Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels like a sobering documentary," she said.

Jeffrey Tambor won Lead Actor in a Comedy for his role in Transparent.

During his speech, Tambor urged producers and directors to give transgender talent a chance in television.

AFP/Reuters

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The Handmaid's Tale wins eight awards including Outstanding Drama Series, while Veep wins for Outstanding Comedy Series.