The Television Academy saluted its best at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards Monday in Los Angeles against a backdrop of the rise of streaming channels, an intense dislike of President Donald Trump, questions of whether Hollywood is really all that dedicated to diversity, and the continuing sacrifice of prominent but allegedly lecherous males to the #MeToo movement--the latest victim being Les Moonves of CBS.
HBO and Netflix both had 23 Emmy winners. HBO's best included "Game of Thrones" for best drama, Peter Dinklage of "GOT' for best supporting actor in a drama, Henry Winkler and Bill Hader of "Barry" as best supporting actor and actor (in that order). Thandie Newton won a Best Supporting Actress in a drama nod for "Westworld". Netflix's limited series western "Godless" won Emmys for Merritt Wever and Jeff Daniels in supporting roles, while "The Crown" notched up a Best Actress in a drama tally for Claire Foy. Also in the limited series category, Regina King won Best Actress for the drama "Seven Seconds".
But it was "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" on Amazon's Prime service that took home five Emmys, including Best Comedy, Best Actress in a comedy for Rachel Brosnahan, Best Supporting Actress for Alex Borstien, and writing and directing nods for the show's creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.
Some of the other Emmys went to: "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" for Best Limited Series, including Darren Criss for best actor in that category. Matthew Rhys of "The Americans" won for best dramatic actor.
The three-hour Emmy telecast on NBC, co-hosted by Colin Just and Michael Che of "Saturday Night Live", felt like an extended episode of the show. Or should we say the second half of the show, which usually features the weakest material? What, Jimmy Fallon or Seth Meyers weren't available? Also, it would have helped if they had used graphics for the winners while they made their acceptance speeches. Not many of us know who these people are, or what show they represent.
What will be remembered--if at all--from these Emmys were a video of the late Aretha Franklin singing "Amazing Grace" during the In Memoriam segment (which inevitably will lead to quibbles over who was left out), and a marriage proposal from the guy who won for directing the Oscars to his girlfriend. Yes, she accepted.
To sum it up, "Mrs. Maisel" had a marvelous evening. The Emmys did not.
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