Primetime Emmy Awards 2016
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 18, 2016 · 42 categories · everything in 2016
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Game of Thrones · David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Bernadette Caulfield, Guymon Casady, George R. R. Martin, Bryan Cogman
- Nominee Better Call Saul · Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Thomas Schnauz, Gennifer Hutchison, Bob Odenkirk
- Nominee Downton Abbey · Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Chris Croucher
- Nominee Homeland · Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Leslie Linka Glatter, Meredith Stiehm, Avi Nir, Gideon Raff, Claire Danes, Ron Nyswaner, Ted Mann
- Nominee House of Cards · Beau Willimon, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, Robin Wright Penn, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Joshua Donen, Eric Roth, David Fincher, John Mankiewicz, Jay Carson, Frank Pugliese
- Nominee Mr. Robot · Sam Esmail, Steve Golin, Kyle Bradstreet, David Iserson
- Nominee The Americans · Joe Weisberg, Graham Yost, Chris Long, Stephen Schiff, Joshua Brand
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner Veep · David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Sean Gray, Jim Margolis, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Chris Addison, Rachel Axler, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren
- Nominee Black-ish · Kenya Barris, Jonathan Groff, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Courtney Lilly, Lindsey Shockley, Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry
- Nominee Master of None · Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang, Michael Schur, David Miner, Dave Becky, Harris Wittels
- Nominee Modern Family · Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Zuker, Abraham Higginbotham, Jeffrey Richman, Elaine Ko, Chuck Tatham, Andrew Gordon, Vanessa McCarthy
- Nominee Silicon Valley · Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Michael Rotenberg, Clay Tarver, Dan O'Keefe, Ron Weiner, Carrie Kemper
- Nominee Transparent · Joey Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Bridget Bedard, Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Rick Rosenthal
- Nominee Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt · Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond, David Miner, Allison Silverman, Eric Gurian, Sam Means, Jerry Kupfer
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story · Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Anthony Hemingway, Alexis Martin Woodall, John Travolta
- Nominee American Crime · John Ridley, Julie Hébert, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Diana Son
- Nominee Fargo · Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee Roots · Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Will Packer, LeVar Burton
- Nominee The Night Manager · Stephen Garrett, Susanne Bier, David Farr, John le Carré, Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie
Outstanding Television Movie
- Winner Sherlock · Rebecca Eaton, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue
- Nominee A Very Murray Christmas · Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Mitch Glazer, Bill Murray, Casey Patterson, Lilly Burns
- Nominee All the Way · Bryan Cranston, Jay Roach, Robert Schenkkan, Steven Spielberg, Scott Ferguson
- Nominee Confirmation · Susannah Grant, Michael London, Kerry Washington
- Nominee Luther
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Nominee Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee · Jerry Seinfeld, George Shapiro, Howard West
- Nominee Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Jimmy Kimmel, Gary Greenberg
- Nominee Real Time with Bill Maher · Bill Maher, Brad Grey
- Nominee The Late Late Show with James Corden · Ben Winston, Sheila Rogers, David Javerbaum, James Corden
- Nominee The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Lorne Michaels, Josh Lieb, Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Winner Key & Peele · Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Ian Roberts, Peter Atencio
- Nominee Documentary Now! · Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Rhys Thomas, Alice Mathias
- Nominee Drunk History · Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Derek Waters
- Nominee Inside Amy Schumer · Amy Schumer, Jessi Klein, Tami Sagher, Kurt Metzger, Kyle Dunnigan
- Nominee Portlandia · Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Karey Dornetto, Alice Mathias
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lorne Michaels, Lindsay Shookus, Steve Higgins
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Rami Malek · Mr. Robot
- Nominee Bob Odenkirk · Better Call Saul
- Nominee Kyle Chandler · Bloodline
- Nominee Kevin Spacey · House of Cards
- Nominee Liev Schreiber · Ray Donovan
- Nominee Matthew Rhys · The Americans
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Tatiana Maslany · Orphan Black
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Jeffrey Tambor · Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus · Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Ben Mendelsohn · Bloodline
- Nominee Jonathan Banks · Better Call Saul
- Nominee Kit Harington · Game of Thrones
- Nominee Peter Dinklage · Game of Thrones
- Nominee Michael Kelly · House of Cards
- Nominee Jon Voight · Ray Donovan
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Maggie Smith · Downton Abbey
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Louie Anderson · Baskets
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Kate McKinnon · Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Regina King · American Crime
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Miguel Sapochnik · Game of Thrones
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Joey Soloway · Transparent
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Winner Inside Amy Schumer
- Nominee Don Roy King · Host: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler from Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner D. B. Weiss, David Benioff · Game of Thrones
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Aziz Ansari · Parents from Master of None
- Nominee Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan · Episode 1 from Catastrophe
- Nominee Dan O'Keefe · Founder Friendly from Silicon Valley
- Nominee David Mandel · Morning After from Veep
- Nominee Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck · Mother from Veep
- Nominee Alec Berg · The Uptick from Silicon Valley
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Winner Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Nominee Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Nominee Inside Amy Schumer
- Nominee Key & Peele
- Nominee Portlandia
- Nominee Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Animated Program
- Winner Archer
- Nominee Bob's Burgers
- Nominee Phineas and Ferb
- Nominee South Park
- Nominee The Simpsons
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- Winner Seth MacFarlane · Family Guy
- Nominee Matt Stone · South Park
- Nominee Trey Parker · South Park
- Nominee Chris Pine · SuperMansion
- Nominee Keegan-Michael Key · SuperMansion
Outstanding Choreography
- Winner Crazy Ex-Girlfriend · Kathryn Burns
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Winner Making a Murderer · Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos
- Nominee American Masters
- Nominee Chef's Table · David Gelb, Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn
- Nominee The Seventies · Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
- Nominee Woman with Gloria Steinem · Amy Richards, Gloria Steinem
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- Winner What Happened, Miss Simone? · Amy Hobby, Liz Garbus, Justin Wilkes
- Nominee Becoming Mike Nichols · Frank Rich, Jack O'Brien, Douglas McGrath, Sheila Nevins
- Nominee Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted · Graydon Carter, Sheila Nevins
- Nominee Listen to Me Marlon · Andrew Ruhemann, John Battsek, R. J. Cutler
- Nominee Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures · Sheila Nevins, Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Peter Scolari · Girls
- Nominee Larry David · Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Tracy Morgan · Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Bob Newhart · The Big Bang Theory
- Nominee Bradley Whitford · Transparent
- Nominee Martin Mull · Veep
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Hank Azaria · Ray Donovan
- Nominee Max von Sydow · Game of Thrones
- Nominee Paul Sparks · House of Cards
- Nominee Mahershala Ali · House of Cards
- Nominee Reg E. Cathey · House of Cards
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · The Good Wife
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Tina Fey · Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Melissa McCarthy · Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Amy Schumer · Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Laurie Metcalf · The Big Bang Theory
- Nominee Christine Baranski · The Big Bang Theory
- Nominee Melora Hardin · Transparent
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Margo Martindale · The Americans
- Nominee Laurie Metcalf · Horace and Pete
- Nominee Molly Parker · House of Cards
- Nominee Ellen Burstyn · House of Cards
- Nominee Allison Janney · Masters of Sex
- Nominee Carrie Preston · The Good Wife
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program
- Winner RuPaul · RuPaul's Drag Race
- Nominee Ryan Seacrest · American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
- Nominee Tom Bergeron · Dancing with the Stars
- Nominee Jane Lynch · Hollywood Game Night
- Nominee Steve Harvey · Little Big Shots starring Steve Harvey
- Nominee Heidi Klum · Project Runway
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
- Winner Mr. Robot · Mac Quayle
- Nominee Bates Motel
- Nominee Chef's Table
- Nominee Limitless · Paul Leonard-Morgan
- Nominee Minority Report · Sean Callery
- Nominee Penny Dreadful · Abel Korzeniowski
Outstanding Music Direction
- Winner Live from Lincoln Center
- Nominee A Very Murray Christmas
- Nominee Jazz at the White House
- Nominee Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House
Outstanding Narrator
- Winner Keith David · Jackie Robinson
- Nominee Adrien Brody · Breakthrough
- Nominee Jane the Virgin
- Nominee David Attenborough · Life Story
- Nominee Laurence Fishburne · Roots
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- Winner The Hunting Ground
- Nominee Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Nominee Empire
- Nominee Galavant
- Nominee Garfunkel and Oates
Outstanding Talk Series
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Winner Grease: Live
- Nominee 69th Tony Awards
- Nominee 73rd Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee 88th Academy Awards
- Nominee Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner D. V. DeVincentis · Marcia, Marcia, Marcia from The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
- Nominee Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander · From the Ashes of Tragedy from The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
- Nominee Bob DeLaurentis · Loplop from Fargo
- Nominee Noah Hawley · Palindrome from Fargo
- Nominee David Farr · The Night Manager
- Nominee Joe Robert Cole · The Race Card from The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story