Some of the biggest names in TV were honoured at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards last night. The competition for the 2020 Emmys was stiff because, despite it all, it has really been a good year for TV.
Watchmen, which was up for 26 nominations, received 11 Emmys in total, more awards than any other program.
Regina King won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series or movie for her performance on the HBO show. Her co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II received the supporting actor in limited series or movie award for his work on Watchmen.
Schitt’s Creek swept all the Emmys comedy categories, winning the first seven awards during the telecast, including best comedy series. The show won a total of nine Emmys.
Daniel Levy won for the awards for writing, directing and supporting actor in a comedy series during the 2020 Emmys. His co-stars Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Annie Murphy also each won in their respective categories.
The Jimmy Kimmel-hosted show was virtual, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a first for the Television Academy.
State-of-the-art cameras were sent to nominees in advance, for your favourite stars to make appearances and accept awards on the telecast.
Succession, which was up for 18 nominations, won seven Emmys, including best drama series. Jeremy Strong won the award for lead actor in a drama series for his role on the show, Jesse Armstrong won the writing award for the drama series and Andrij Parekh won for best director.
Zendaya became the youngest Emmy winner of the lead actress in a drama category with her Euphoria win.
Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry was also honoured with this year’s Governor’s Award during the 2020 Emmys.
Here is the full list of 2020 Emmys winners:
Lead actress in a comedy series
- Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
- Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
- Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- Issa Rae, Insecure
- Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lead actor in a comedy series
- Ramy Youssef, Ramy
- Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
- Ted Danson, The Good Place
- Don Cheadle, Black Monday
- Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Writing for a comedy series
- Michael Schur, The Good Place
- Tony McNamara, The Great
- Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- David West Read, Schitt’s Creek
- Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil, What We Do in the Shadows
- Paul Simms, What We Do in the Shadows
- Stefani Robinson, What We Do in the Shadows
Directing for a comedy series
- Matt Shakman, The Great
- Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Gail Mancuso, Modern Family
- Ramy Youssef, Ramy
- Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- James Burrows, Will & Grace
Supporting actor in a comedy series
- Mahershala Ali, Ramy
- Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
- Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Supporting actress in a comedy series
- Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place
- Betty Gilpin, GLOW
- Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- Yvonne Orji, Insecure
- Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
Comedy series
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Dead to Me
- The Good Place
- Insecure
- The Kominsky Method
- Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- What We Do in the Shadows
Variety talk series
- The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
- Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – WINNER
- The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Lead actress in a limited series or movie
- Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
- Shira Haas, Unorthodox
- Regina King, Watchmen – WINNER
- Octavia Spencer, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
- Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
Lead actor in limited series or movie
- Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
- Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
- Paul Mescal, Normal People
- Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
- Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True – WINNER
Writing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special
- Tanya Barfield, Mrs. America
- Sally Rooney and Alice Birch, Normal People
- Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Unbelievable
- Anna Winger, Unorthodox
- Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, Watchmen – WINNER
Directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special
- Lynn Shelton, Little Fires Everywhere
- Lenny Abrahamson, Normal People
- Maria Schrader, Unorthodox – WINNER
- Nicole Kassell, Watchmen
- Steph Green, Watchmen
- Stephen Williams, Watchmen
Supporting actor in limited series or movie
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen – WINNER
- Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
- Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
- Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
- Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Supporting actress in limited series or movie
- Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America – WINNER
- Toni Collette, Unbelievable
- Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
- Jean Smart, Watchmen
- Holland Taylor, Hollywood
- Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
Limited series
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Mrs. America
- Unbelievable
- Unorthodox
- Watchmen – WINNER
Competition program
- The Masked Singer
- Nailed It!
- RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Lead actor in a drama series
- Jason Bateman, Ozark
- Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
- Brian Cox, Succession
- Billy Porter, Pose
- Jeremy Strong, Succession – WINNER
- Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Lead actress in a drama series
- Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
- Olivia Colman, The Crown
- Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
- Laura Linney, Ozark
- Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
- Zendaya, Euphoria – WINNER
Writing for a drama series
- Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul
- Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul
- Peter Morgan, The Crown
- Chris Mundy, Ozark
- John Shiban, Ozark
- Miki Johnson, Ozark
- Jesse Armstrong, Succession – WINNER
Directing for a drama series
- Benjamin Caron, The Crown
- Jessica Hobbs, The Crown
- Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland
- Mimi Leder, The Morning Show
- Alik Sakharov, Ozark
- Ben Semanoff, Ozark
- Andrij Parekh, Succession – WINNER
- Mark Mylod, Succession
Supporting actor in a drama series
- Nicholas Braun, Succession
- Billy Crudup, The Morning Show – WINNER
- Kiernan Culkin, Succession
- Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
- Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
- Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
- Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
- Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale
Supporting actress in a drama series
- Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
- Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
- Julia Garner, Ozark – WINNER
- Thandie Newton, Westworld
- Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
- Sarah Snook, Succession
- Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
- Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
Drama series
- Better Call Saul
- The Crown
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Killing Eve
- The Mandalorian
- Ozark
- Stranger Things
- Succession – WINNER