Maisel herself, actress Rachel Brosnahan, used her platform to draw a parallel between her show, which is about a woman defying odds by becoming a successful stand-up comic in the Fifties, and the current moment: “It’s about a woman who’s finding her voice anew, and it’s something that’s happening all over the country right now.” She then urged people to vote.ĭespite being a rather dry show, there were a few highlights among the winners and odd turns. “I know everyone’s talking about women in the industry, but if that’s what’s happening, bloody hell,” she exclaimed. Claire Foy, who won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for The Crown, beamed about the conversation drawing attention to women. The #MeToo movement and the role of women in Hollywood were also hot social topics during speeches. In the end, only three people of color accepted awards. It was even more notable as the cast of Atlanta - one of the evening’s most nominated programs and a favorite to win - all lost in their respective categories star and creator Donald Glover (or someone he’d hired the Internet was not sure) showed dressed as his Teddy Perkins character. Maisel, showed a formidable pivot toward recognizing streaming programming. Netflix had garnered the most nominations this year and the dominance of shows like its Godless, The Crown and Black Mirror, along with Amazon’s Mrs. Other notable wins included Versace, which earned Emmys for Outstanding Limited Series, Lead Actor and Writing Game of Thrones, which won for Best Drama Series and a Best Supporting Actor award for Peter Dinklage and The Americans, which garnered trophies for Writing and actor Matthew Rhys.īroadcast television was the biggest loser at the Emmys this year (don’t tell Lorne Michaels, the only winner to wave the flag for networks), as shows on streaming services and cable channels - both basic and premium - swept up the most awards. In particular, Maisel - which, appropriately enough, is about turning the tables on the entertainment industry - dominated the comedy categories, winning Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actress, Supporting Actress, Directing and Writing. Maisel and The Assassination of Gianni Versace all won multiple trophies. But this is television, so nothing is certain.Hollywood’s changing times, both in front of the camera and behind it, took center stage Monday night at the 70th annual Emmy Awards, where Game of Thrones, The Marvelous Mrs. We do have an entire world and tens of thousands of years of history to play with, after all. For his part, Martin blogged in June that “Everything I am told indicates that we could film at least one more pilot, and maybe more than one, in the years to come. At the time, a rep for HBO said no decisions had been made about the other potential series. In June, HBO greenlit a pilot by Jane Goldman ( X-Men: First Class) set thousands of years before the events of the current series. We’ll take as much or as little time as the writers need and, as with all our development, we will evaluate what we have when the scripts are in.” A fifth spinoff idea later entered the mix at the time, Martin said that all of the possible continuations of the Thrones-verse would be prequels to the series currently airing on HBO. There is no set timetable for these projects. Last May, HBO announced that it had deals with four writers - Carly Wray ( Mad Men), Jane Goldman ( X-Men), Brian Helgeland ( Mystic River) and Max Borenstein ( Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island) - to “explore different time periods of ’s vast and rich universe. “Not on your life.” - and he later reiterated the same sentiment when asked specifically about the spinoffs. “But would I want to go back and do more?” he said. Emmys 2022: HBO's Succession Wins Best Drama SeriesĮmmys 2022: The White Lotus Wins for Best Limited Seriesīut even if there were a role for him in the expanding Thrones-verse, Harington added, he wouldn’t take it.
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