68th Primetime Emmy Awards announced

The 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards was announced on 18 September 2016 at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

The Game of Thrones won best drama series at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards, while Veep took home the top comedy award.

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story also earned several awards, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fifth consecutive Emmy in the lead comedy actress category.

Complete list of the winners

Award	Winner
Outstanding Comedy Series	Veep
Outstanding Drama Series	Game of Thrones
Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series	Key & Peele
Outstanding Limited Series	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Television Movie	Sherlock: “The Abominable Bride”
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	The Voice
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman on Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer on Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson on Mr. Robot
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Tatiana Maslany as Sarah Manning, Alison Hendrix, Cosima Niehaus, Beth Childs, Rachel Duncan, and MK on Orphan Black
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets on Baskets
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn on Bloodline
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Regina King as Terri LaCroix on American Crime
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	Transparent (Episode: “Man on the Land”), Directed by Jill Soloway
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Game of Thrones (Episode: “Battle of the Bastards”), Directed by Miguel Sapochnik
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special	Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski for Grease: Live
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special	The Night Manager, Directed by Susanne Bier
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Master of None (Episode: “Parents”), Written by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Game of Thrones (Episode: “Battle of the Bastards”), Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special	Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping, Written by Patton Oswalt
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Episode: “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”), Written by D. V. DeVincentis