The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2015, until May 31, 2016, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 18, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the U.S. by ABC. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.[1][2] It was preceded by the 68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which took place over two nights, September 10 and 11, at the Microsoft Theater.[1][3]
| 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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| Location | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Hosted by | Jimmy Kimmel |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards |
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| Most nominations | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (13) |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Veep |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Game of Thrones |
| Outstanding Limited Series | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| Website | http://www.emmys.com/  |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | ABC[1] |
| Produced by | Don Mischer |
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss |
The nominations were announced by Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham on July 14, 2016.[4][5] The crime anthology limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story was the most nominated program at the ceremony with 13, and 22 overall,[6] although Game of Thrones received the most overall nominations that year with 23 as the most nominated drama series.[7]
With five awards, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story won the most awards of the night, while the fantasy drama series Game of Thrones won three, including Outstanding Drama Series and surpassed Frasier (37) as the fictional television program with the most Primetime Emmy Awards with 38 wins in six seasons.[8] Game of Thrones' win was also the second time a sixth season of any show had won the Outstanding Drama Series award after fellow HBO show, The Sopranos' Sixth season had won it in 2007.
Additionally, the political satire series Veep won Outstanding Comedy Series for the second time in a row, while its producer and lead star Julia Louis-Dreyfus established a new record of wins for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series; it was her fifth consecutive win for the series, sixth overall in the category and her seventh overall win as an actor.[9]
For the first time, none of the nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series were from the four major American broadcasting TV networks. In addition, Ben Mendelsohn became the first actor to win Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for a series from a streaming service network; he won for Bloodline from Netflix.
This is the first and, as of 2020, the only ceremony where no network received more than one nomination in the Drama Series category. That feat occurred for the first in the Comedy Series category in 2023.
Winners and nominees
editWinners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[10][11][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
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Most major nominations
edit| Network | No. of Nominations |
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| HBO | 40 |
| FX | 28 |
| Netflix | 17 |
| ABC | 12 |
| AMC | 9 |
| Showtime | 8 |
| Amazon | 6 |
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| Comedy Central | 5 |
| Fox | 4 |
| BBC America | 3 |
| Lifetime | |
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| Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Limited | FX | 13 |
| Veep | Comedy | HBO | 10 |
| Game of Thrones | Drama | 9 | |
| Fargo | Limited | FX | 8 |
| The Night Manager | AMC | 6 | |
| Silicon Valley | Comedy | HBO | |
| Transparent | Amazon | 5 | |
| All the Way | Movie | HBO | 4 |
| American Crime | Limited | ABC | |
| The Americans | Drama | FX | |
| Downton Abbey | PBS | ||
| House of Cards | Netflix | ||
| Master of None | Comedy | ||
| Better Call Saul | Drama | AMC | 3 |
| Black-ish | Comedy | ABC | |
| Homeland | Drama | Showtime | |
| Mr. Robot | USA | ||
| Ray Donovan | Showtime | ||
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Comedy | Netflix | |
| American Horror Story: Hotel | Limited | FX | 2 |
| Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo | Variety Special | HBO | |
| Bloodline | Drama | Netflix | |
| Confirmation | Movie | HBO | |
| Getting On | Comedy | ||
| Inside Amy Schumer | Variety Sketch | Comedy Central | |
| Key & Peele | |||
| Luther | Movie | BBC America | |
| Modern Family | Comedy | ABC | |
| Saturday Night Live | Variety Sketch | NBC | |
| Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Movie | PBS | |
| UnREAL | Drama | Lifetime |
Most major awards
edit| Network | No. of Awards |
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| FX | 6 |
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| Netflix | 3 |
| Amazon | 2 |
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| Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Limited | FX | 5 |
| Game of Thrones | Drama | HBO | 3 |
| Transparent | Comedy | Amazon | 2 |
| Veep | HBO |
- Notes
- ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
Presenters and performers
editThe awards were presented by the following:[12]
Presenters
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| Tori Kelly | "Hallelujah" |
In Memoriam
editVery early on in the show, Jeffrey Tambor paid tribute to Garry Shandling. Later, before introducing the segment, Henry Winkler paid tribute to producer, actor and director Garry Marshall. Singer-songwriter Tori Kelly sang "Hallelujah" as photos were shown of television industry personalities who had died in the past year.[13]
- Jackie Collins
- Ret Turner
- Anton Yelchin
- John Saunders
- Robert Loggia
- Ken Howard
- Morley Safer
- Doris Roberts
- Murray Weissman
- Steven Hill
- Al Molinaro
- Garry Shandling
- Kathy Fortine
- Muhammad Ali
- David Canary
- William Schallert
- Merle Haggard
- Alan Rickman
- Renee Valente
- Fred Thompson
- Abe Vigoda
- Fyvush Finkel
- Ann Morgan Guilbert
- Ian Sander
- Natalie Cole
- Sean Whitesell
- Howard West
- Noel Neill
- Jack Larson
- John McLaughlin
- David Bowie
- Arthur Hiller
- Glenn Frey
- Michael Stevens
- Dan Haggerty
- Wayne Rogers
- Patty Duke
- Alan Young
- George Kennedy
- Jon Polito
- Hugh O'Brian
- Gene Wilder
- Prince
Notes
edit- ^ The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different from the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Khatchatourian, Maane (March 7, 2016). "Jimmy Kimmel to Host 2016 Emmy Awards". Variety. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ "68th Emmy Awards Show Date and Host Announced". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ Hammond, Pete (July 26, 2016). "Television Academy Unveils Emmy Categories For All Three Shows". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ "Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham to Announce Emmy Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 21, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ^ Lewis, Dave (July 14, 2016). "Nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ Stack, Tim (July 14, 2016). "'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story nabs a whopping 22 Emmy nominations". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ Dietz, Jason (July 14, 2016). "Hold the door: Game of Thrones is coming back in". Metacritic. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ "Emmy Awards 2016: Game of Thrones breaks record". BBC News. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Whipp, Glenn (September 18, 2016). "Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes Emmy history". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ "Emmy Nominees/Winners". Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ "Emmys 2016 winners: the full list". The Guardian. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Jacobsen, Kevin (September 14, 2016). "Emmy Presenters: Full List Of 2016 Celebs Handing Out Trophies On Sunday [VIDEO]". Enstarz. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ^ Weigle, Lauren (September 19, 2016). "WATCH: In Memoriam Tribute Segment – Emmys 2016". Heavy.com. Retrieved September 19, 2016.