The 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards was announced on 18 September 2016 at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
The Game of Thrones won best drama series at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards, while Veep took home the top comedy award.
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story also earned several awards, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fifth consecutive Emmy in the lead comedy actress category.
Complete list of the winners
|
Award |
Winner |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Veep |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Game of Thrones |
| Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Key & Peele |
| Outstanding Limited Series | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| Outstanding Television Movie | Sherlock: “The Abominable Bride” |
| Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | The Voice |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman on Transparent |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer on Veep |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson on Mr. Robot |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Tatiana Maslany as Sarah Manning, Alison Hendrix, Cosima Niehaus, Beth Childs, Rachel Duncan, and MK on Orphan Black |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets on Baskets |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn on Bloodline |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden on The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Regina King as Terri LaCroix on American Crime |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Transparent (Episode: “Man on the Land”), Directed by Jill Soloway |
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (Episode: “Battle of the Bastards”), Directed by Miguel Sapochnik |
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski for Grease: Live |
| Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | The Night Manager, Directed by Susanne Bier |
| Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Master of None (Episode: “Parents”), Written by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (Episode: “Battle of the Bastards”), Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping, Written by Patton Oswalt |
| Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Episode: “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”), Written by D. V. DeVincentis |