Showing posts with label GAME OF THRONES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GAME OF THRONES. Show all posts

September 23, 2019




2019 Emmys Winners: 'Fleabag',(Comedy Series) 'Chernobyl' (Drama) and, Yes, 'Game of Thrones' Top This Year's List.

With the final numbers in, HBO topped 2019 in total Emmy wins. Of HBO’s record-breaking 137 nominations, the premium cabler ultimately took home 34 awards. Netflix was second with 27 wins total out of 117 nominations. HBO’s big winner was, unsurprisingly, “Game of Thrones.”
Out of “Game of Thrones'” 32 total nominations — the most for any series in Emmys history — the final season for the mega-hit fantasy series won 12, including awards for best drama series and best supporting actor in a drama for Peter Dinklage. The final season of the HBO comedy “Veep,” meanwhile, was shut out of all the major comedy categories.

“Chernobyl,” HBO's dramatization of the Soviet Union's 1986 nuclear disaster ultimately won 10 Emmys as well, Actors including Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, and Emily Watson led an ensemble cast that portrayed various scientists, engineers, and Soviet officials who reacted to the disaster. Series creator and writer Craig Mazin won for Outstanding Limited Series and for Writing for a Limited Series 


Amazon was the surprise big winner on Sunday night, walking away with almost all of the major comedy awards. “Fleabag” scored best comedy series and best actress in a comedy (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), while “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” nabbed best supporting actor and actress in a comedy series for Tony Shalhoub and Alex Borstein, respectively. Bill Hader took home his second consecutive Emmy for best actor in a comedy series for "Barry" .

Billy Porter was chosen lead actor in a drama series for "Pose," and Jodie Comer won best Actress in a drama series for "Killing Eve."

May 12, 2019



‘Game of Thrones’ Changed TV. Let Us Count the Ways.

It is a show whose budgets and scale were once unthinkable for television — and now it’s become the gold standard.




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