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Rachel Brosnahan gives her Emmy a smooch after winning lead comedy actress for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." (Photo: DAN MacMEDAN/USA TODAY)

One could say it was a "Marvelous" night at the Emmys.

The Amazon TV series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" led the field with five honors at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards – including wins for best comedy and lead actress (Rachel Brosnahan) – while HBO fantasy powerhouse "Game of Thrones" took the night's big prize, outstanding drama, its third win in the category.

Other highlights included Claire Foy ("The Crown") winning for lead drama actress, Bill Hader ("Barry") for comedic actor and three trophies for "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story," including best limited series.

"Game of Thrones" co-creators D.B. Weiss (from left center), David Benioff and writer George R.R. Martin accept the outstanding drama Emmy along with the cast and crew. (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown (EDT) of the night's festivities and winners:

10:59: The big prize of the night goes to the one with the dragons, of course: "Game of Thrones" wins best drama. Co-creator D.B. Weiss paid tribute to the show's literary mastermind, George R.R. Martin: "The show cannot be without the mad genius of George."

Writers/directors Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino (center) took to the stage with their cast and crew to celebrate the night's fifth win for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” which won the best comedy series Emmy. (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

10:50: "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is named best comedy, its fifth Emmy of the night.

10:41: "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" snags its third win – and biggest – of the night: outstanding limited series. "It's about homophobia, it's about a country that allows hatred to grow unfettered," creator Ryan Murphy says, dedicating the award to Versace and "all those taken too soon."

Ryan Murphy won outstanding directing for the miniseries “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.” It went on to win outstanding limited series. (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

10:38: HBO's "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver wins back-to-back-to-back trophies for variety talk series. Oliver's son "hates our show and loves 'Paw Patrol,' " he says. "If anything, our show is the exact opposite of 'Paw Patrol.' "

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10:32: "Saturday Night Live" gets its second consecutive Emmy for variety sketch show. "I love my job and I love the people I work with," creator Lorne Michaels says. With the win, "SNL" breaks its own record for most Emmys with 72 total.

10:28: "RuPaul's Drag Race" is named outstanding reality show. Naturally, RuPaul accepts: "This is so lovely!"

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Claire Foy insisted as she accepted lead actress in a drama for “The Crown." She dedicated her win to "the next cast, the next generation." (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

10:13: "The Crown" star Claire Foy wins lead actress in a drama. "This wasn't supposed to happen!" she says. "I had the most extraordinary 2½ years of my life. I was given a role I never thought I'd be given a chance to play. ... I dedicate this to the next cast, the next generation and (co-star) Matt Smith."

10:09: "The Americans" star Matthew Rhys goes out on a high note, winning lead actor in a drama. "It's just like my last birthday," he says, thanking co-star Keri Russell. "She said, 'If you propose to me, I will punch you in the mouth.' "

Peter Dinklage hefts his Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama for "Game of Thrones." (Photo: DAN MacMEDAN/USA TODAY)

10:03: Best directing for a drama goes to Stephen Daldry for "The Crown."

9:59: "The Americans" wins for best drama writing for Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, a feather in the cap for the FX spy show's final season.

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9:52: HBO snags its second win in a row as "Westworld" star Thandie Newton is named outstanding supporting actress in a drama. "I don't even believe in God, but I'm going to thank Her tonight," she says.

Thandie Newton, who won outstanding supporting actress in a drama for "Westworld," insisted she doesn't believe in God, "but I'm going to thank Her tonight." (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

9:49: "Game of Thrones" finally strikes! Peter Dinklage conquers the land as supporting actor in a drama – his third win in the category – and thanks show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss "for changing my life. I can't walk down the street anymore."

9:38: The "In Memoriam" segment features Aretha Franklin singing amid tributes to luminaries such as Anthony Bourdain, Della Reese, John Mahoney, Charlotte Rae, Robert Guillaume, Monty Hall, Neil Simon, Burt Reynolds and John McCain.

9:30: Glenn Weiss takes best directing for a variety special for the Oscars and, because he hasn't won enough for the night, proposes to girlfriend Jan Svendsen during his acceptance speech. She seals the deal with a kiss, and he closes with a "Thank you to the Academy!"

Glenn Weiss chased his outstanding directing win for the Oscars by getting engaged onstage to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen. (Photo: DAN MacMEDAN/USA TODAY)

9:27: John Mulaney wins variety special writing for "John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City." He thanks his wife, who told him "I just can’t fly across the country to watch you lose."

9:23: Michael Che gives out "Reparation Emmys" to African-American sitcom stars such as Marla Gibbs, Kadeem Hardison, Jaleel White, Jimmie Walker and John Witherspoon – with a guest appearance from Bryan Cranston.

9:17: "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" takes a second Emmy with Darren Criss winning lead actor in a limited series. "You guys are witnessing the greatest moment of my career," Criss says.

"This is amazing, I want to curse right now": Regina King wins outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie for "Seven Seconds." (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

9:13: Presenter Leslie Jones goes nuts and screams as Regina King wins for lead actress in a limited series for "Seven Seconds." "Really? I have nothing to say because I really wasn't expecting this," she says. "I want to curse right now but thank you, Jesus."

9:10: Ryan Murphy nabs the limited series directing award for "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story." "I just want to thank all the women in my life who've supported me my whole life," he says. "I love you and don't deserve you."

9:06: Betty White, 96 and still awesome, comes out and charms everybody: "It’s incredible I'm still in this business and you’re still putting up with me."

Jeff Daniels thanked his ... horse? as he accepts outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for "Godless." (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

8:57: The "Black Mirror" episode "USS Callister" wins for best limited series writing for William Bridges and Charlie Brooker. "What a delightful but horrifying out-of-body experience," quips writer/creator Charlie Brooker, who feels it necessary to thanks his young kids, even though "it turns out they're not really into 'Black Mirror.' "

8:53: And just like that, "Godless" snags a second limited series trophy as Jeff Daniels conquers the supporting actor field. He thanks his horse Apollo: "He was Jeff Bridges' horse on 'True Grit' and I feel he was making unfair comparisons." (Daniels was thrown off three times, breaking his left wrist.)

"Barry" star Bill Hader takes lead actor in a comedy series at the 70th Emmys. (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

8:48: Netflix gets on the board with Merritt Wever winning supporting actress in a limited series for "Godless." "I hope you don’t mistake my fear for a lack of gratitude," a clearly shaken Wever says. "I’m still shocked you made space for me and a space for Mary Agnes."

8:40: Bill Hader is victorious! He wins lead actor in a comedy for "Barry," admitting that "I didn't think this was going to happen."

8:36: And the “Maisel” massacre continues, with No. 4 going to star Rachel Brosnahan for lead actress in a comedy. Her show is "about a woman finding her voice anew, and it’s something that's happening across the country right now," she says, asking the crowd to vote.

8:29: Let's make that three for "Maisel," as Amy Sherman-Palladino snags best directing, too. "My panic room's going to be so pretty!"

8:27: "Maisel" takes a second award quickly, with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino winning best comedy writing and having some issues getting on stage. "Whoever put that carpet down hates women. Time's up!" she jokes.

Kate McKinnon (from left), Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell and Kenan Thompson perform the diversity-themed opening number "We Solved It" at the 70th Emmy Awards. (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY)

8:24: Alex Borstein from Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” takes supporting actress in a comedy and thanks her boss, Amy Sherman-Palladino: “I love you and I hate you.”

8:15: "Happy Days" icon Henry Winkler wins the first award of the night: supporting actor in a comedy for HBO's "Barry." "I only have 30 seconds but I wrote this 40 years ago," Winkler says of his acceptance speech, which ended with a shout-out to his kids: "You can go to bed now. Daddy won!"

8:06: Hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che arrive, and Jost gets in the first zinger, about the alcohol flowing at the event: "The one thing Hollywood needs right now is people losing their inhibitions at a work function." Che title-drops "Black-ish" and quips "that's how I'm supposed to act tonight," before joking that "The Handmaid's Tale" is " 'Roots' for white women." Jost mentions that Netflix has "700 shows" now and laments the streaming service didn't pick up his pitch: "It's like being turned down for a CVS rewards card." Jost also tosses out an idea for an all-white reboot of "Atlanta": "15 Miles Outside of Atlanta."

8:00: “SNL’s” Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson come out to celebrate diversity. “One step closer to a black Sheldon,” Thompson said. They then launch into a number called “We Solved It.” Sandra Oh chimes in, “It’s an honor just to be Asian,” and then other stars get involved including Sterling K. Brown, Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell and Ricky Martin, who steals the performance with one line: “You haven’t solved it: This song is too white.” At least until John Legend comes out to croon at the end.

Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2PDY0LW</s>LOS ANGELES (AP) — ‘Game of Thrones’ wins the Emmy Award for best drama series.</s>Are you ready for the one night of the year where you get to celebrate dragons, dystopian handmaids and Russian spies?

Honoring the best programming of cable, network and streaming TV, the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards airs Monday and is hosted by "Saturday Night Live" stars Michael Che and Colin Jost.

Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown (EDT) of the night's festivities and winners:

10:59: The big prize of the night goes to the one with the dragons, of course: "Game of Thrones" wins for best drama. Creator D.B. Weiss paid tribute to the show's literary mastermind, George R.R. Martin: "The show cannot be without the mad genius of George."

10:50: "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is named best comedy, its fifth Emmy to cap off a huge night.

10:41: "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" snags its third win - and biggest - of the night: outstanding limited series. "It's about homophobia, it's about a country that allows hatred to grow unfettered," creator Ryan Murphy says, dedicating the award to Versace and "all those taken too soon."

10:38: HBO's "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver wins back-to-back trophies for variety talk series. His son "hates our show and loves 'Paw Patrol,' " Oliver says. "If anything, our show is the exact opposite of 'Paw Patrol.' "

10:32: "Saturday Night Live" gets its second consecutive Emmy for best sketch show. "I love my job and I love the people I work with," says creator Lorne Michaels. The win breaks "SNL's" own record for most Emmys with 72 total.

10:28: "RuPaul's Drag Race" is named outstanding reality show. Naturally, RuPaul accepts: "This is so lovely!"

10:13: "The Crown" star Claire Foy wins lead actress in a drama. "This wasn't supposed to happen!" she says. "I had the most extraordinary two and a half years of my life. I was given a role I never thought I'd be given a chance to play. ... I dedicate this to the next cast, the next generation and (co-star) Matt Smith."

10:09: "The Americans" star Matthew Rhys goes out on a high note, winning for lead actor in a drama. "It's just like my last birthday," he says, thanking co-star Keri Russell. "She said, 'If you propose to me, I will punch you in the mouth.' "

10:03: Best directing for a drama goes to Stephen Daldry for "The Crown."

9:59: "The Americans" wins for best drama writing, a feather in the cap for the FX spy show's final season.

9:52: HBO snags its second win in a row, as "Westworld" star Thandie Newton is named outstanding supporting actress in a drama. "I don't even believe in God but I'm going to thank Her tonight," she says.

9:49: "Game of Thrones" finally strikes! Peter Dinklage conquers the land as supporting actor in a drama - his third win in the category - and thanks show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss "for changing my life. I can't walk down the street anymore."

9:38: The "In Memoriam" segment features Aretha Franklin singing amid tributes to luminaries such as Anthony Bourdain, Della Reese, John Mahoney, Charlotte Rae, Robert Guillaume, Monty Hall, Neil Simon, Burt Reynolds and John McCain.

9:30: Glenn Weiss takes best directing for a variety special for the Oscars and, because he hasn't won enough for the night, then proposes to girlfriend Jan Svendsen during his acceptance speech. She seals the deal with a kiss and he closes with a "Thank you to the Academy!"

9:27: John Mulaney wins for outstanding writing for a variety special for "Kid Gorgeous at Radio City." He thanks his wife, who told him "I just can’t fly across the country to watch you lose."

9:23: Michael Che gives out "Reparation Emmys" to African-American sitcom stars like Marla Gibbs, Kadeem Hardison, Jaleel White, Jimmie Walker and John Witherspoon - with a guest appearance from Bryan Cranston.

9:17: "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" takes a second Emmy with Darren Criss winning for lead actor in a limited series. "You guys are witnessing the greatest moment of my career," Criss says.

9:13: Presenter Leslie Jones goes nuts and screams as Regina King wins for lead actress in a limited series for "Seven Seconds." "Really? I have nothing to say because I really wasn't expecting this," she says. "I want to curse right now but thank you, Jesus."

9:10: Ryan Murphy nabs the limited series directing award for "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story." "I just want to thank all the women in my life who've supported me my whole life," he says. "I love you and don't deserve you."

9:06: Betty White, 96 and still awesome, comes out and charms everybody: "It’s incredible I'm still in this business and you’re still putting up with me."

8:57: The "Black Mirror" episode "USS Callister" wins for best limited series writing. "What a delightful but horrifying out-of-body experience," quips writer/creator Charlie Brooker, who feels it necessary to thanks his young kids even though "it turns out they're not really into 'Black Mirror.' "

8:53: And just like that, "Godless" snags a second limited series trophy as Jeff Daniels conquers the supporting actor field. He thanks his horse Apollo: "He was Jeff Bridges' horse on 'True Grit' and I feel he was making unfair comparisons." (Daniels was thrown off thrice, breaking his left wrist one time.)

8:48: Netflix gets on the board with Merritt Wever winning supporting actress in a limited series for "Godless." "I hope you don’t mistake my fear for a lack of gratitude," says a clearly shaken Wever. "I’m still shocked you made space for me and a space for Mary Agnes."

8:40: Bill Hader is victorious! He wins lead actor in a comedy for "Barry," admitting that "I didn't think this was going to happen."

8:36: And the “Maisel” massacre continues, with No. 4 going to star Rachel Brosnahan for lead actress in a comedy. Her show's "about a woman finding her voice anew and it’s something that's happening across the country right now," she says, asking folks to vote.

8:29: Let's make that three for "Maisel," as Amy Sherman-Palladino snags best directing, too. "My panic room's going to be so pretty!"

8:27: "Maisel" takes a second award quickly, with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino winning for best comedy writing and having some issues getting on stage. "Whoever put that carpet down hates women. Time's up!" she jokes.

8:24: Alex Borstein from Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” takes supporting actress in a comedy and thanks her boss Amy Sherman-Palladino: “I love you and I hate you.”

8:15: "Happy Days" icon Henry Winkler wins the first award of the night: supporting actor in a comedy for HBO's "Barry." "I only have 30 seconds but I wrote this 40 years ago," Winkler says of his acceptance speech, which ended with a shoutout to his kids: "You can go to bed now. Daddy won!"

8:06: Hosts Jost and Che arrive, and Jost gets in the first zinger, about the alcohol flowing at the event: "The one thing Hollywood needs right now is people losing their inhibitions at a work function." Che title-drops "Black-ish" and quips "that's how I'm supposed to act tonight," before joking that "Handmaid's Tale" is "'Roots' for white women." Jost mentions that Netflix has "700 shows" now and laments the streaming service didn't pick up his pitch: "It's like being turned down for a CVS rewards card." Jost also tosses out an idea for an all-white reboot of "Atlanta": "15 Miles Outside of Atlanta."

8:00: “SNL’s” Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson come out to celebrate the diversity. “One step closer to a black Sheldon,” Thompson said. They then launch into a number called “We Solved It.” Sandra Oh chimes in, “It’s an honor just to be Asian,” and then other stars get involved including Sterling K. Brown, Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell and Ricky Martin, who steals the performance with one line: “You haven’t solved it: This song is too white.” At least until John Legend comes out to croon at the end.</s>Game of Thrones and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel have won the top prizes at the Emmy awards on a night of upsets for the highest honours in television.

HBO's Game of Thrones was named best drama series, beating last year's champion The Handmaid's Tale.

Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, about a 1950s housewife who turns to stand-up comedy, took home the Emmy for best comedy series.

Mrs. Maisel also won four other awards, including a best actress for Rachel Brosnahan.

Claire Foy beat presumed front runner Elisabeth Moss, star of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, to win for her quiet but formidable portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Netflix drama The Crown.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," said a surprised Foy.

Matthew Rhys took his first best drama actor Emmy for playing a conflicted Russian spy in the final season of the FX Cold War series The Americans.

Saturday Night Live won, as expected, for variety sketch series, taking its lifetime Emmy total to a record-setting 72 wins.

The Assassination of Gianni Versace took the Emmy for best limited series and brought an acting trophy for Darren Criss, who played the gay serial killer who murdered the Italian designer in Miami in 1997.

One of the biggest shocks of the night came when presumed front runner Donald Glover, the star and creator of the surreal hip-hop-inspired FX show Atlanta, lost out in the comedy acting category to Bill Hader's hitman-turned-struggling actor in HBO's showbusiness satire Barry.</s>It was truly a magnificent night for Midge Maisel as the Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” emerged the big winner at the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, grabbing five Emmys including outstanding comedy series. It was the first time that category has gone to a streaming network.

“Game of Thrones” won for outstanding drama series, with actor Peter Dinklage winning best supporting actor in a drama for his work on the show. For both “Game Of Thrones” and Dinklage, it was their third win for the HBO fantasy series.

“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” won three Emmys in the category of limited series or movie, including best series, best directing for show creator Ryan Murphy, and best actor for Darren Criss for his portrayal of the real-life killer of the fashion designer.

But the most unexpected and truly surprising moment of the night came after director Glenn Weiss used his stage time – after winning the Emmy for best variety special for directing the Oscars broadcast – to spring a surprise proposal on his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen.

“You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife,” Weiss said as the crowd in the theater erupted in cheers and applause, while Svendsen and many of these typically unflappable celebrities in the room looked stunned.

“I want to put this ring that my mom wore on your finger in front of all these people and in front of my mom and your parents watching from above. Will you marry me?”

She said yes, which was a good thing, observed John Oliver after his HBO series, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” won best variety talk series.

“On behalf of everyone in the room I’d like to thank Glenn Weiss’s fiance for saying yes,” Oliver said. “This could have been a very different evening. You really came through.”

The other Emmys for series included “Rupaul’s Drag Race,” which won best reality competition series, and “Saturday Night Live,” which won best variety sketch show.

In the drama categories, voters honored one show that is ending, the FX spy drama “The Americans,” and one that will be transformed when it returns, Netflix’s “The Crown,” which has recast its royals to reflect a jump in its historical timeline.

Claire Foy, who played a young Queen Elizabeth in the first two seasons of “The Crown,” won for best actress in a drama, and dedicated her award to costar Matt Smith, who was nominated but did not win for playing Prince Philip.

Matthew Rhys, who played a Russian spy living in the United States in the ’80s, won for best actor in the same category, and after praising everyone involved with the show added his own riff on the Emmy proposal.

Of his co-star and real-life partner Keri Russell he announced: “She said if you propose to me I’ll punch you clean in the mouth.”

Thandie Newton won best supporting actress in a drama series for HBO’s “Westworld,” a result for which she sincerely seemed unprepared. “I don’t even believe in God but I’m going to thank her tonight,” she said.

In the comedy categories, two shows swept the categories on Monday, with the first-ever Emmy for veteran actor Henry Winkler, another of the feel-good moments of the night.

Winkler, who had been nominated three times in the ’70s for his role as Fonzie on the ’70s sitcom “Happy Days,” won best supporting actor in a comedy for his work as Gene Cousineau, a self-absorbed acting teacher on the HBO comedy “Barry.”

“I wrote this 43 years ago,” Winkler said as he started his speech, going on to quote a friend who once told him, “If you stay at the table long enough, the chips come to you, and tonight I get to clear the table.”

Then as awards’ show winners often do, he gave a shout-out to his kids, saying, “You can go to bed now; Daddy won!” one last joke about how long he’d been waiting – the youngest of his three is now 35.

Bill Hader, who created “Barry” and was nominated for writing and directing episodes of the series, won best actor for his role in the series as a war-damaged hitman who decides what he really wants to do is act.

The Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won the other four comedy Emmys, with show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino winning for writing and director. She joked, “My panic room is going to look so pretty!”

Actors Rachel Brosnahan won best actress in a comedy for her role as Midge Maisel, a ’50s wife who decides she’ll be a stand-up comedian after her husband leaves her, while her castmate Alex Borstein won best supporting actress in a comedy as Susie Myerson, who plays Midge’s manager.

Brosnahan gave one of just a few politically tinged speeches on Monday, noting that “Mrs. Maisel” is “about a woman who is finding her voice anew, and it’s something that’s happening all over the country right now,” ending those remarks with a call for all to vote in November.

Borstein had one of the best entrances of the night, unwrapping the jacket of her dress and announcing as she got on stage to check its fit, “I went without the bra.”

In addition to “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” the category of limited series or movie delivered a pair of Emmys to the Netflix western “Godless.” Merritt Wever won her second Emmy for best supporting actress – she’d previously won for “Nurse Jackie” – for her role as a sharpshooting Western woman.

Wever’s costar, Jeff Daniels, won best supporting actor as the villain of the series, and his acceptance speech had one of the funniest lines of the night. “I’d like to thank my horse, Apollo,” Daniels said. “He was Jeff Bridges’ horse on ‘True Grit’ and I feel he was making unfair comparisons.”

Regina King won best actress in a limited series for her work as a heartbroken mom in the Netflix drama “Seven Seconds,” a result that seemed to truly catch her off guard.

“Thank you for creating and telling a story holding up a mirror to what’s going on today,” she said of the series’ story about the police cover-up of a black child’s death.</s>NBCUniversal(LOS ANGELES) — The 70th annual Emmy Awards, hosted this year by SNL’s Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che, air Monday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC — and competition in this year of so-called “peak TV” is stiff in the major categories.

For the first time, Netflix is going into the Emmys with more nominations than HBO: 112 to HBO’s 108. HBO had had the most nominations of any network for seventeen years straight. There’s also a chance for some more history to be made.

Both Tracee Ellis-Ross and Issa Rae are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for, respectively, black-ish and Insecure. If either one of them wins, it would be the first comedy actress win for a black woman since 1981.

Meanwhile, Sandra Oh is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Killing Eve, and she’s the first Asian woman nominated in this category. A win would be equally historic.

As for the guys, last year, Sterling K. Brown made history when he became the first black actor to win Best Actor in a Drama. He could repeat this year, but he’s up against Westworld‘s Jeffrey Wright and Ed Harris, Milo Ventimiglia from This Is Us, and Jason Bateman, for his Netflix show Ozark.

In the comedy series category, nobody’s had a better year than Atlanta creator and previous Emmy winner Donald Glover, who’s also a movie star and a Grammy-winning recording artist. Also in the running: Bill Hader’s HBO’s series Barry, previous winner Curb Your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley, and Netflix’s GLOW and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Also coming on strong: Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which earned lead Rachel Brosnahan a Best Actress Emmy last year.

Could last year’s Outstanding Drama winner The Handmaid’s Tale, repeat? Some fans griped that dystopian drama suffered a bit of a sophomore slump. If so, that possibly could pave the way for NBC’s powerhouse This Is Us, Netflix’s Stranger Things, or HBO’s Westworld in the drama category, but The Crown and Game of Thrones are also in that mix.

And then there’s FX’s recently-ended drama The Americans, which has won acclaim, but no major category Emmys…yet. With four nominations this time around — including Outstanding Drama and Best Actor and Actress for co-stars and real-life partners Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell — the show many finally be due.

Here’s the list of nominees in the major categories. A full list can be found here:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 

Donald Glover – Atlanta

Bill Hader – Barry

Anthony Anderson – black-ish

William H. Macy – Shameless

Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm

Ted Danson – The Good Place

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series 

Pamela Adlon – Better Things

Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Allison Janney – Mom

Issa Rae – Insecure

Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish

Lily Tomlin – Grace And Frankie

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 

Claire Foy – The Crown

Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black 

Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale

Sandra Oh – Killing Eve

Keri Russell – The Americans

Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 

Jason Bateman – Ozark

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us

Ed Harris – Westworld

Matthew Rhys – The Americans

Milo Ventimiglia – This Is Us

Jeffrey Wright – Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series:

Jessica Biel – The Sinner

Laura Dern – The Tale

Michelle Dockery – Godless

Edie Falco – Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders

Regina King – Seven Seconds

Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Cult

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series:

Antonio Banderas – Genius: Picasso

Darren Criss – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose

Jeff Daniels – The Looming Tower

John Legend – Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert

Jesse Plemons – “USS Callister” (Black Mirror)

Jeff Daniels – The Looming Tower

Outstanding Drama Series

The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

This Is Us (NBC) 

The Crown (Netflix)

The Americans (FX)

Stranger Things (Netflix) 

Westworld (HBO)</s>LOS ANGELES — ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ wins the Emmy Award for best comedy series.

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>In a night of politically charged jokes aimed at Roseanne Barr, Republicans and Hollywood's diversity issues, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Game of Thrones" took home the night's top honors at the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

“Thrones” took home the award for outstanding drama series for its penultimate season and the series' creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss thanked the cast, HBO and, above all, George R.R. Martin for giving them control of the characters that people know and love.

And it was Amazon Prime’s comedy “Mrs. Maisel” that won a staggering amount of awards for its freshman season including outstanding comedy.

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Before the awards were given out, the show began with a musical number from “Saturday Night Live” cast members Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson who immediately noted that the 2018 show had the most diverse crop of nominees in history; more than a third of the 101 acting nods announced in July going to ethnic minorities compared to a quarter of the field in 2017.

They launched into a comedic number boasting that Hollywood had solved racism and were joined by Titus Burgess, Kristen Bell, Sterling K. Brown, Ricky Martin, RuPaul and Andy Samberg. The number boasted that women and people of color are having their year, prompting Samberg to ask if there’s any place for him in the song -- there wasn’t.

After the song, co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che wasted no time diving into issues on the tip of everyone’s tongues: politics, diversity in Hollywood and the slew of powerful people in the entertainment industry that were exposed by the #MeToo movement this year.

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“It is an honor to be here sharing this night with the many, many talented people in Hollywood who haven’t been caught yet,” Che said, pointing to the crowd of A-listers.

“My mother is not watching,” Che continued. “She says she doesn’t like watching white award shows because you guys don’t thank Jesus enough… that’s true. The only white people that thank Jesus are Republicans and ex-crackheads.”

Jost followed suit with a line about what the times were like during the first Emmy Awards in 1949, noting that people back then all agreed Nazis were bad.

“Netflix, of course, has the most nominations tonight. And if you’re a network executive, that's the scariest thing you can possibly hear,” Jost continued. “Except maybe, ‘Sir, Ronan Farrow is on line 1.’”

They also made a jab at Roseanne Barr mocking her politics that she claims got her fired from her self-titled ABC reboot.

When the opening was done, the first award was given to former “Happy Days” star Henry Winkler for best supporting actor in a comedy series for his role in HBO’s “Barry.”

After that, “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” took home the next four categories with Alex Borstein winning best supporting actress in a comedy and series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino with a pair of wins for directing and writing for a comedy series. The show’s star, Rachel Brosnahan, took home the coveted trophy for best lead actress in a comedy series.

The star used her time to encourage viewers and fans to get out and vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

The "Mrs. Maisel" winning streak was broken by "Barry" once again, with creator and star Bill Hader taking home the award for best lead actor in a comedy series.

Later in the show, McKinnon took the stage again, this time flanked by Alec Baldwin. Together they gave special mention to actress Betty White, who has been in attendance at many Emmy Awards in the past.

“Little did I dream then that I would be here and it’s incredible that I’m still in this business, and you are still putting up with me,” White, 96, told the crowd to thunderous applause. “No please, I’m thanking you. It’s incredibly that you can stay in a career this long and still have people put up with you. I wish they did that at home.”

Notably, Darren Criss, who is of Filipino descent, won best lead actor in a limited series for his role in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” making him the second person of Asian-American to take home an acting award after Riz Ahmed won for “The Night Of” in 2017.

The star ended his speech with a simple message about voting, “Go blue.”

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In a night of surprises, perhaps none was bigger than director Glenn Weiss' speech after winning best directing for a variety special for his work on the 2018 Oscars. He took the stage to reveal that his mother passed away two weeks prior. Just when it seemed like his speech would end on a down note, he shocked the crowd with a surprise proposal to his girlfriend.

“You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend,” he said. “It’s because I want to call you my wife.”

With that, his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen, joined him on stage.

“This is the ring that my dad put on my mom’s finger 67 years ago. And to my sisters and brothers, I didn’t swipe it, dad knows I have it… Jen, I want to put this ring that my mom wore on your finger.”

She said "yes."

Politics returned when Samantha Bee and Taraji P. Henson presented the Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series to “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage. Before announcing the award, the two presenters engaged in a bit of political banter that indirectly mentioned Donald Trump.

“I’ve been watching this very shocking dystopian drama called ‘the news,’” Bee said. “I’m on approximately Season 9,000. It gets darker and darker but I can’t stop watching. You know, they really need to recast the lead, I prefer Robin Wright.”

The joke was a reference to the recasting of Kevin Spacey as the president on “House of Cards” following allegations of sexual misconduct.

Lead actress in a drama series went to Claire Foy for her role in “The Crown.” While accepting the award, Foy acknowledged Sandra Oh, who would have been the first actress of Asian descent to win an award for acting had she won the category.

Before cutting to a commercial break, Jost took a serious moment to encourage viewers to donate to relief efforts to help people in North and South Carolina who were affected by Hurricane Florence.

Continuing its winning-streak, and solidifying its place as the highest grossing Emmys show ever, “SNL” took home the award for best variety sketch series, besting “At Home with Amy Sedaris,” “Portlandia,” “Drunk History,” “ Tracey Ullman Show” and “I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman.”

Of the crop of light night shows nominated for outstanding variety series, "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" took home the trophy yet again.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>There was something old, something new, something borrowed and a few losers blue at Monday’s Emmy Awards.

Television’s biggest night offered familiar faces, several wins by newcomers and even a marriage proposal.

Drama series “Game of Thrones” was back with a vengeance, winning the night’s top prize for outstanding drama series.

It was a good night to be a freshman, at least in the comedy categories as several early awards were won by new shows.

Henry Winkler and Bill Hader won for outstanding supporting actor and outstanding lead actor in a comedy series respectively for HBO new series “Barry.”

Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” earned an outstanding lead actress in a comedy series win for star Rachel Brosnahan and the outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series trophy for Alex Borstein.

Brosnahan used her acceptance speech to urge people to vote.

“One of the things I love most about this show is it’s about a woman who’s finding her voice anew,” she said. “It’s something that’s happening all over the country right now. One of the ways you can [find your voice] is to vote. If you haven’t already registered, do it on your cellphone right now.”

The series also won outstanding comedy series and back-to-back trophies for Amy Sherman-Palladino, who took home wins for both outstanding writer and director for a comedy series.

“My panic room is going to be so pretty,” she joked.

Familiar favorite “Saturday Night Live” won for outstanding variety sketch series. With 82 nominations, show creator Lorne Michaels is the most-nominated individual in the history of the Emmys.

“In 1975 when we started, there were a lot of articles for most of that decade about how the networks wouldn’t be here much longer,” Michaels said. “And here we are, it’s 2018 and we’re the Emmys and we’re on NBC.”

Matthew Rhys of “The Americans” won outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and Claire Foy won outstanding lead actress in a drama for “The Crown.”

With its whopping 112 nominations, there were lots of eyes on “The Crown’s” home, streaming giant Netflix.

Emmys co-host Michael Che got in a zinger talking about all the money Netflix has been spending on new projects and deals.

“Netflix is like that Instagram model who’s always in Dubai,” he said. “It’s like ‘what do you really do?'”

But one of the biggest moments of the night was more about a ring than a statue.

Academy Awards director Glenn Weiss took the stage to accept the Emmy Award for his work and used the spotlight to propose to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen.

“Jan, you are the sunshine in my life,” he said. “And mom was right, don’t ever let go of your sunshine. You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife.”

The moment gave us the very meme-worthy moment of “SNL” star Leslie Jones’s response.

For the record Svendsen said, yes.

The following is a list with the winners noted with an asterisk (*) and WINNER.

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Related: More diversity jokes than wins for people of color at Emmys</s>In a ceremony that started out congratulating TV academy voters for the most historically diverse field of nominees yet, the early awards all went solely to whites.

Amy Sherman-Palladino, front and center left, Daniel Palladino and the cast and crew of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” accept the award for outstanding comedy series at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honours and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best drama series award Monday at a ceremony that largely slighted its most ethnically diverse field of nominees ever.

With the exception of “Saturday Night Live,” broadcast shows were shut out of the top awards as 21st-century platforms continued to overshadow traditional network fare like “This Is Us.”

HBO, which had ceded its top-dog status in total nominations for the first time in 17 years in July (108, to Netflix’s 112), ended up in a tie for wins with the streaming service at 23 each.

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” a freshman sitcom about an unhappy 1950s homemaker liberated by stand-up comedy, earned best actress honours for star Rachel Brosnahan.

Her castmate Alex Borstein earned the supporting actress trophy and the series creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Gilmore Girls”), nabbed writing and directing awards.

Claire Foy of “The Crown” and Matthew Rhys of “The Americans” won top drama acting Emmys, their first trophies for the roles and last chance to claim them, with Foy’s role as Queen Elizabeth II going to another actress and Rhys’ show wrapped.

The field bested by Foy included last year’s winner Elisabeth Moss for “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Sandra Oh of “Killing Eve,” who would have been the first actor of Asian descent to get a top drama award.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen,” said a startled Foy. She played the young British queen who, as the series continues, will be shown advancing in years.

“Game of Thrones,” which sat out last year’s Emmys because of scheduling, won its third best drama trophy despite competition from defending champ “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

“Thank you for letting us take care of your people,” ”Game of Thrones” producer D.B. Weiss said to George R.R. Martin, whose novels and their characters fuel the drama.

In a ceremony that started out congratulating TV academy voters for the most historically diverse field of nominees yet, the early awards all went solely to whites.

An African-American sweep of guest series actor awards at the recent creative arts Emmys suggested big changes ahead for the awards, which only recently have given significant honours to performers and creators of colour.

But there was disappointment for “Atlanta,” which had claimed acting and directing trophies last year for its star and creator Donald Glover and seemed poised for more with 16 nominations.

Rather than become the first black-led comedy in 33 years to be named the best (since “The Cosby Show” in 1985), “Atlanta” was shut out Monday (it won two awards, including guest actor for Katt Williams, last week).

The showing by “Mrs. Maisel” extended the long winning streak of shows that focus on white lives, including “Modern Family” and “Friends,” with ethnic minorities rarely given screen time.

“Let’s get it trending: #EmmysSoWhite,” presenter James Corden joked at the ceremony’s midway point.

Then Regina King broke the string, with a best actress win in a limited series or movie for “Seven Seconds,” which tracks the fallout from a white police officer’s traffic accident involving a black teenager.

“I feel like a lot of times we are so divided as a country that things are always black and white. I’m guilty of that a lot of times. I think that probably played into my assumption the chances of me winning was so small,” King said backstage.

Darren Criss, who is of Filipino descent, won the lead acting award for the miniseries “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” which won best limited series. Black actress Thandie Newton won best supporting drama actress for “Westworld.”

Peter Dinklage added a third acting trophy to his collection for “Game of Thrones.”

Brosnahan used her acceptance speech to give a shout-out to her comedy’s celebration of women power.

“It’s about a woman who’s finding her voice anew, and it’s one of the things that’s happening all over the country now,” she said. She urged the audience to exercise that power by voting.

Bill Hader collected the best comedy actor award for “Barry,” a dark comedy about a hired killer who stumbles into a possible acting career.

Henry Winkler, aka “The Fonz,” won a supporting actor award — his first Emmy — for “Barry,” four decades after gaining fame for his role in “Happy Days.”

“If you stay at the table long enough, the chips come to you. Tonight, I got to clear the table,” an ebullient Winkler said, with an equally delighted auditorium audience rising to give him a standing ovation. To his grown children, he said: “You can go to bed now, daddy won!”

The biggest award won by a broadcast network was “Saturday Night Live” for best variety sketch series.

The Emmys had a real-life dramatic moment when winning director Glenn Weiss, noting his mother had died two weeks ago, proposed to his girlfriend , Jan Svendsen.

“You wonder why I don’t want to call you my girlfriend? It’s because I want to call you my wife,” Weiss said. She said yes, he put his mother’s ring on her finger and the crowd whooped and cheered.

John Oliver, in picking up the trophy for best variety talk show award for “Last Week Tonight,” thanked Weiss’ girlfriend for giving the right answer or, he joked, the whole ceremony could have gone south.

The Emmys kicked off with a song, “We Solved It,” a self-mocking celebration to the diversity of nominees sung by stars including Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson. The tune included a mention of Oh’s possible victory: “There were none, now there’s one, so we’re done,” the comedians sang.

Oh played along from her seat: “Thank you, but it’s an honour just to be Asian,” said the Korean-Canadian actress.

“Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels, producing his second Emmy telecast in 30 years, was tasked with turning viewership around after the 2017 show’s audience of 11.4 million narrowly avoided the embarrassment of setting a new low.

The ceremony clearly bore his stamp, with Michael Che and Colin Jost as hosts and familiar “SNL” faces, including Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin, as presenters and nominees. The long-running NBC sketch show, already the top Emmy winner ever with 71, won again for best variety sketch series.

The pressure was on Michaels because NBC and other broadcasters are increasingly reliant on awards and other live events to draw viewers distracted by online options.

The networks, which air the Emmy telecast on a rotating basis, are so eager for the ad dollars it generates and its promotional value for fall shows that they endure online competitors sharing — and dominating — the stage.

AP Writers Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Mike Cidoni Lennox in Los Angeles and Leanne Italie in New York contributed to this report.

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel wins Outstanding Comedy series and Game of Thrones wins Outstanding Drama series.