Big Little Lies, The Handmaid’s Tale And More Score At The 2017 Emmy Awards

Reese Witherspoon in Big Little Lies

by James White |
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We've hit the point in awards season where the American TV academy hands out its trophies. The 2017 Emmys, hosted by comedian and Late Night presenter Stephen Colbert happened this weekend and it was a good night for the likes of Big Little Lies, Atlanta, This Is Us and Black Mirror.

There were some pleasant surprises among the winners, with Donald Glover taking home both Directing and Acting awards for Atlanta and Aziz Ansari and Waithe landing a writing award for Master Of None's Thanksgiving episode. Waithe was a particular milestone, the first African American to win the trophy.

Black Mirror took two gongs, with Charlie Brooker scoring writing in the Limited Series/Movie category and the actual TV Movie award itself for San Junipero.

Big Little Lies stormed the stage, nabbing Limited Series, and awards for Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard, Laura Dern and Directing for Limited Series Or Movie went to the show's Jean-Marc Vallée. Also scoring plenty of glory? The Handmaid's Tale, which won the Drama series award, Drama Directing for Reed Morano, Drama Writing for showrunner Bruce Miller, and acting trophies for Ann Dowd and Elisabeth Moss.

The main show and acting categories can be found below. For all the results, take a look at the Television Academy's own site.

DRAMA SERIES

The Handmaid’s Tale

Better Call Saul

The Crown

House Of Cards

Stranger Things

This Is Us

Westworld

COMEDY SERIES

Veep

Atlanta

Black-ish

Master Of None

Modern Family

Silicon Valley

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

LIMITED SERIES

Big Little Lies

Fargo

Feud: Bette And Joan

Genius

The Night Of

TV MOVIE

Black Mirror: San Junipero

Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

Sherlock: The Lying Detective

The Wizard Of Lies

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Anthony Hopkins, Westworld

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards

Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY

Donald Glover, Atlanta

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Aziz Ansari, Master Of None

Zach Galifianakis, Baskets

William H. Macy, Shameless

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder

Claire Foy, The Crown

Keri Russell, The Americans

Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Robin Wright, House Of Cards

LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Pamela Adlon, Better Things

Jane Fonda, Grace And Frankie

Allison Janney, Mom

Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie

LEAD ACTOR, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective

Robert De Niro, The Wizard Of Lies

Ewan McGregor, Fargo

Geoffrey Rush, Genius

John Turturro, The Night Of

LEAD ACTRESS, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

Carrie Coon, Fargo

Felicity Huffman, American Crime

Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette And Joan

Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette And Joan

Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

John Lithgow, The Crown

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul

Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us

David Harbour, Stranger Things

Michael Kelly, House Of Cards

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live

Louie Anderson, Baskets

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Tony Hale, Veep

Matt Walsh, Veep

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black

Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things

Chrissy Metz, This Is Us

Thandie Newton, Westworld

Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live

Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Kathryn Hahn, Transparent

Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live

Judith Light, Transparent

SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies

Bill Camp, The Night Of

Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan

David Thewlis, Fargo

Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan

Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Laura Dern, Big Little Lies

Judy Davis, Feud: Bette and Joan

Jackie Hoffman, Feud: Bette And Joan

Regina King, American Crime

Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard Of Lies

Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

VARIETY TALK SERIES

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Late Show With James Corden

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Real Time With Bill Maher

VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

Saturday Night Live

Billy On The Street

Documentary Now!

Drunk History

Portlandia

Tracy Ullman’s Show

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