Game of Thrones, Veep, Mr Robot: don't miss out on the winners of the Emmy Awards!
Sunday in Los Angeles was the 69th Emmy Awards, which honour the best actors, films and series on US television every year. Don't miss this year's winners, turn on the telly and get comfy on the sofa!
Game of Thrones
Best Drama Series
Best Drama Series Writers: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Best drama series director: Miguel Sapochnik
The plot is based on the famous fantasy novel series Chronicles of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin: the continent's most powerful and noble families clash or ally with each other in a convoluted power game to conquer the throne of swords. In Game of Thrones there are only two possibilities: win or die.
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Veep
Best Comedy Series
Best Comedy Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Veep chronicles the turbulent and awkward everyday life of Vice-President Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who proves to be totally unfit for the position she holds, making endless mistakes and messes. Unsatisfied and frustrated by the President's indifference to her, Selina Meyer must nevertheless represent his interests, but her relationship with him is somewhat problematic.
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Mr. Robot
Best Drama Actor: Rami Malek
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During the day Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek) works for Allsafe, a computer security company. By night, however, Elliot tries to improve the world by acting as a kind of cyber vigilante, hunting down paedophiles and bad dog owners. His main objective is to cause the bankruptcy of the multinational E Corp, the largest and most powerful company in the world, which is believed to be responsible for an environmental disaster that caused the death of Elliot's father and hundreds of other people.
Orphan Black
Best Drama Actress: Tatiana Maslany
Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany) is keeping afloat by dealing drugs and trying to keep herself safe from her abusive ex-boyfriend. One day she happens to witness the suicide of a young woman, Beth, who happens to look a lot like her. Sarah seizes the opportunity and spontaneously decides to assume the identity of her doppelganger. But this is where the real problems begin.
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Bloodline
Best supporting dramatic actor: Ben Mendelsohn
Bloodline revolves around the intrigues of the Rayburn family, who own a hotel on Key West and harbour the island's darkest secrets.
Downton Abbey
Best Supporting Dramatic Actress: Maggie Smith
England 1912: the magnificent estate Downton Abbey is a world unto itself. The Crawleys, the aristocratic owners, reside in the drawing rooms and bedrooms overlooking the park, while their servants stay on the lower floors. Despite all the hidden passions and secrets that dominate the lives of the inhabitants of Downton Abbey, this place seems to be safe and untouchable. But on the horizon are the first signs of war that will change everything.
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Best TV movie
This special episode goes back to basics and is set in late 19th century Victorian London. Sherlock and Watson are confronted with a strange case of a murdered woman that appears to be linked to a series of murders.
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The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Miniseries
Best Miniseries Actor: Courtney B. Vance
Best Miniseries Actress: Sarah Paulson
Best Supporting Miniseries Actor: Sterling K. Brown
Best miniseries writer: D.V. DeVincentis
A television adaptation of the famous crime case involving the notorious American football player O. J. Simpson, who was accused of murdering his ex-wife and waiter.
Transparent
Best Comedy Actor: Jeffrey Tambor
Best comedy series director: Jill Soloway
The series revolves around a typical American family. Everything changes when the husband reveals he is a transsexual.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Best talkshow
Best author for late night show
Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver, is a satirical late-night talk show in which complex issues and circumstances are addressed each week with great simplicity, entertainment and sarcasm.
The Voice
Best reality show
A casting show looking for vocal talent in different regions.
Key & Peele
Best sketch series
The duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele produced several sketches on various topics in the various episodes, often making use of parodies of stereotypical characters.
Baskets
Best Supporting Comedy Actor: Louie Anderson
Chip Baskets (Zach Galifianakis) dreams of becoming a professional clown but ends up as a rodeo clown.
Saturday Night Live
Best Supporting Comedy Actress: Kate McKinnon
A US comedy show that has been broadcast since the 1970s and deals with current events.
American Crime
Best Supporting Miniseries Actress: Regina King
The series set out to thematise racial issues in contemporary America. The writer is John Ridley, known for the film 12 Years a Slave.
Master of None
Best comedy series writers: Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang
In this series Aziz Ansari also has the lead role, as Dev, a 30-year-old Indian actor who plays water commercials and experiments with rather funny relationship stories.
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
Known as Spence from King of Queens, Patton Oswalt has long since proven in his stand-up comedy shows that he can also entertain well on his own.
Being the game and gadget geek that I am, working at digitec and Galaxus makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop – but it does take its toll on my wallet. I enjoy tinkering with my PC in Tim Taylor fashion and talking about games on my podcast http://www.onemorelevel.ch. To satisfy my need for speed, I get on my full suspension mountain bike and set out to find some nice trails. My thirst for culture is quenched by deep conversations over a couple of cold ones at the mostly frustrating games of FC Winterthur.