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First-time award show host Andy Samberg led a night of firsts at the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.
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September 21, 2015

First-time award show host Andy Samberg led a night of firsts at the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.

Samberg, a Jewish comedian known for his role in comedy trio The Lonely Island, opened the show at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with a taped song and dance number that mocked binge TV watching of streaming services like Netflix and HBO GO.

In affirmation of its cultural dominance, HBO went on to clean up across award categories. The network was nominated for 126 Emmys and won 43 of them — with four awards going to its blockbuster hit “Game of Thrones” alone. That’s the most Emmys HBO has won to date and the 15th consecutive year it has bested all other networks, according to The New York Times.

Still, it was cable TV that made real history when Viola Davis became the first African-American to win the Emmy for best actress in a drama for her starring role in ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder.”

In other Jewish Emmy news, Jeffrey Tambor took home best lead actor in a comedy for his performance as a transgender woman in Amazon series “Transparent.” Tambor poignantly addressed transgender people in his acceptance speech, saying thank you for “your patience, thank you for your courage, thank you for your stories, thank you for your inspiration and thank you for letting us be part of the change.”

Comedienne Amy Schumer won best variety sketch series for her show “Inside Amy Schumer,” and Jon Stewart was toasted for his 16 years of comedy news service as host of “The Daily Show” — which won best talk show for the 10th time.

Here’s a full list of the winners and nominees:

DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: Game of Thrones (HBO)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Downton Abbey (PBS)

Homeland, (Showtime)

House of Cards (Netflix)

Mad Men (AMC)

Orange is the New Black (Netflix)

COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Veep (HBO)

Louie (FX)

Modern Family (ABC)

Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Transparent (Amazon)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

ACTOR, DRAMA

WINNER: Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)

Kyle Chandler, Bloodline (Netflix)

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan (Showtime)

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

ACTRESS, DRAMA

WINNER: Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)

Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (BBC America)

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)

Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

Taraji P. Henson, Empire (Fox)

ACTOR, COMEDY

WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)

Anthony Anderson, Blackish (ABC)

Louis C.K., Louis (FX)

Don Cheadle, House of Lies (Showtime)

Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth (Fox)

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes (Showtime)

William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)

ACTRESS, COMEDY

WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback (HBO)

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Alan Cumming, The Good Wife (CBS)

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline (Netflix)

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)

Michael Kelly, House of Cards (Netflix)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)

Christina Hendricks, Mad Man (AMC)

Joanne Froggett, Downton Abbey (PBS)

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)

Adam Driver, Girls (HBO)

Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele (Comedy Central)

Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang (CBS)

Niecy Nash Getting On (HBO)

Julie Bowen, Modern Family (ABC)

Kat McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent (Amazon)

Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)

GUEST ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards, (Netflix)

Alan Alda, The Blacklist (NBC)

Michael J. Fox, The Goodwife (CBS)

Murray Abraham, Homeland (Showtime)

Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex (Showtime)

Pablo Schreiber, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)

GUEST ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: Margo Martindale, The Americans (FX)

Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Rachel Brosnahan, House of Cards (Netflix)

Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)

Allison Janney, Masters of Sex (Showtime)

Khandi Alexander, Scandal (ABC)

WRITING, DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Joshua Brand, The Americans (FX)

Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Semi Chellas, Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (AMC)

Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (AMC)

DIRECTING, DRAMA SERIES

WINNER: David Nutter, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Jeremy Podeswa, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland (Showtime)

Steven Soderbergh, The Knick (Cinemax)

GUEST ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Bradley Whitford, Transparent, Amazon

Mel Brooks, The Comedians (FX)

Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

GUEST ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Joan Cusack, Shameless, Showtime

Christine Baranaski, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Gaby Hoffmann, Girls (HBO)

Pamela Adlon, Louis (FX)

Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family (ABC)

Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

WRITING, COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roceh, Veep (HBO)

David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes (Showtime)

Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth (Fox)

Louis C.K., Louis (FX)

Alec Berg, Silicon Valley (HBO)

Jill Soloway, Transparent (Amazon)

DIRECTING, COMEDY SERIES

WINNER: Jill Soloway, Transparent (Amazon)

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, The Last Man on Earth (Fox)

Louis C.K., Louis (FX)

Mike Judge, Silicon Valley (HBO)

Armando Iannucci, Veep (HBO)

REALITY COMPETITION

WINNER: The Voice (ABC)

The Amazing Race (CBS)

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Project Runway (Lifetime)

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)

Top Chef (Bravo)

REALITY HOST

WINNER: Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night (NBC)

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Project Runway (Lifetime)

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)

Anthony Bourdain, The Taste (ABC)

STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

WINNER: Shark Tank, ABC

Antiques Road Show (PBS)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)

Mythbusters (Discovery)

Property Brothers (HGTV)

Undercover Boss (CBS)

UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

WINNER: Deadliest Catch, Discovery

Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery)

Intervention (A&E)

Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo)

Naked and Afraid (Discovery)

Wahlburgers (A&E)

VARIETY TALK SERIES

WINNER: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

WINNER: Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

Drunk History (Comedy Central)

Key & Peele (Comedy Central)

Portlandia (IFC)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

WRITING, VARIETY SPECIAL

WINNER: Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (LouisCK.net)

The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC)

Key & Peele Super Bowl Special (Comedy Central)

Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (HBO)

The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)

DIRECTING, VARIETY SERIES

WINNER: Chuck O’Neil, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

James Hoskinson, The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

Jerry Foley, Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)

Dave Diomedi, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

WRITING, VARIETY

WINNER: Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

The Colbert Report, (Comedy Central)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Key & Peele, (Comedy Central)

Last Week Tonight With Jon Oliver (HBO)

VARIETY SPECIAL

WINNER: The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)

Bill Maher, Live From DC (HBO)

The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)

Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (LouisCK.net)

Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (HBO)

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! (PBS)

DIRECTING, VARIETY SPECIAL

WINNER: Don Roy King, The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)

Natalie Johns, Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live In Concert (PBS)

Louis J. Horvitz, The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)

Hamish Hamilton, The Oscars (ABC)

Glenn Weiss, 68th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

LIMITED SERIES

WINNER: Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

American Crime (ABC)

American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV)

Wolf Hall (PBS)

MOVIE

WINNER: Bessie (HBO)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case (AcornTV)

Grace of Monaco (Lifetime)

Hello Ladies (HBO)

Killing Jesus (National Geographic Channel)

Nightingale (HBO)

ACTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

WINNER: Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

Timothy Hutton, American Crime (ABC)

Ricky Gervais, Derek Special (Netflix)

Adrien Brody, Houdini (History)

David Oyelowo, Nightingale (HBO)

Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall (PBS)

ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

WINNER: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

Felicity Huffman, American Crime (ABC)

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Queen Latifah, Bessie (HBO)

Maggie Gyllenhall, The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV)

Emma Thompson, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (PBS)

SUPPORTING ACTOR MINISERIES OR MOVIE

WINNER: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

Richard Cabral, American Crime (ABC)

Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie (HBO)

Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall (PBS)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

WINNER: Regina King, American Crime (ABC)

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Mo’Nique, Bessie (HBO)

Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

WINNER: Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitterdige (HBO)

Ryan Murphy, American Horror Story (FX)

Dee Rees, Bessie (HBO)

Hugo Blick, The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV)

Uli Edel, Houdini (History)

Tom Shankland, The Missing (Starz)

Peter Kosminsky, Wolf Hall (PBS)

WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVE OR DRAMA SPECIAL

WINNER: Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

John Ridley, American Crime (ABC)

Dee Reese, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, Horton Foote, Bessie (HBO)

Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupinitsky, Lee Eisenberg, Hello Ladies: The Movie (HBO)

Hugo Blick, The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV)

Peter Straughan, Wolf Hall

DOCUMENTARY

WINNER: The Jinx: The Life And Deaths of Robert Durst (HBO)

American Masters (PBS)

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (PBS)

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (PBS)

The Sixties (CNN)

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM

WINNER: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon Network)

Archer (FX)

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)

The Simpsons (Fox)

South Park (Comedy Central)

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM

WINNER: Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)

Disney Micky Mouse (Disney Channel)

Regular Show (Cartoon Network)

Robot Chicken (Adult Swim)

Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)

Wander Over Yonder (Disney XD)

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