INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Amazon must be pretty happy after tonight primetime Emmy Awards, where its shows &Fleabag& and &The Marvelous Mrs
Maisel& dominated the comedy categories.
Fleabag& did particularly well, winning the big award for Comedy Series, as well as additional
awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Phoebe Waller-Bridge, pictured above), Writing for a Comedy Series (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and
Directing for a Comedy Series (Harry Bradbeer).
Meanwhile, last year Comedy Series winner &The Marvelous Mrs
Maisel&won this year awards for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Alex Borstein) and Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Tony
Shaloub).
Netflix didn''t go home empty handed, either
&Ozark& won for Directing for a Drama Series (Jason Bateman) and Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Julia Garner), while Jharrel Jerome
was named the best Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his performance in &When They See Us.& And &Bandersnatch,& the interactive episode of
&Black Mirror,& won for Television Movie.
This was also a big night forHBO, which retook the lead in Emmy nominations from Netflix, setting
a new record for the most nominations in the process
And it went into the evening having already won 25 Creative Arts Emmy Awards(those are the technical awards that they don''t get included in
the big ceremonies), compared to Netflix 23.
That included taking the best Drama Series award for &Game of Thrones& (yes, that for the show
controversial final season), which also won Peter Dinklage his fourth Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
&Chernobyl,& meanwhile won three awards, including Limited Series.
And for fans of HBO &Succession& (a.k.a
most of my Twitter feed), I&ll note that series creator Jesse Armstrong the drama writing award for the season one finale.
You can see the
full list of winners here.
With help from ‘Game of Thrones,& HBO conquers Netflix in Emmy nominations
