2018 Emmy Awards: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Barry, The Americans & More Winners!!
Carissa Pavlica
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The 70th Annual Emmy Awards began in terrible fashion with a less-than-stellar opening number and the realization hosts and Saturday Night Live news anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che would be best behind the scenes of a production of this magnitude.
The biggest surprise of the production came when the Emmy Award for Directing of a Variety Special was announced with Glenn Weiss as the winner for his work on The Oscars.
Weiss took his time to prove he knows drama when he upstaged all those before him giving the Emmys and NBC a much-needed boost when he made a poignant marriage proposal to his girlfriend in front of the world. Well done, Glenn, and congratulations!
There were other exciting and even historic moments during the show.
Amy Sherman-Palladino won two awards, one for Comedy Writing and the other for Comedy Directing, both for the Pilot episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which was a first for a pilot, and she was the first woman to win both in the 70-year history of the awards.
She was dressed as adorably as her quirky writing has always implied, and she gave a shout-out to her late father who inspired Maisel.
It took The Americans writers and EPs Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg all six seasons to get recognized by the Academy for their writing on show, but they finally got it for The Americans Season 6 Episode 10, the finale of the terrific FX series.
Related: The Americans Series Finale Review - Start
OUTSTANDING DRAMA
The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones - WINNER
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Matthew Rhys, The Americans - WINNER
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Claire Foy, The Crown - WINNER
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Related: The Crown Season 2 Review: A Fine Sendoff to The Early Years
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Lena Heady, Game of Thrones
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld - WINNER
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones - WINNER
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Matt Smith, The Crown
Related: Game of Thrones Season 8 - First Look!
OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Atlanta
Barry
black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - WINNER
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - WINNER
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie
LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry - Winner
William H. Macy, Shameless
Related: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2 - First Look!!
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Alex Borestein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - WINNER
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Henry Winkler, Barry - WINNER
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LIMITED SERIES
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story - WINNER
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Regina King, Seven Seconds - WINNER
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story - WINNER
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror, “USS Callister”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Letitia Wright, Black Mirror, “Black Museum”
Merrit Wever, Godless - WINNER
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Related: Godless Review - A Classic, Modern-Themed Western that Pays Off
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Jeff Daniels, Godless - WINNER
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbag, The Looming Tower
John Leguizamo, Waco
Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and a staff writer and critic for TV Fanatic. She's a member of the Critic's Choice Association, enjoys mentoring writers, conversing with cats, and passionately discussing the nuances of television and film with anyone who will listen. Follow her on X and email her here at TV Fanatic.
