The Handmaid's Tale won the award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, with series star Elisabeth Moss winning for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
The series, which is streaming now via SBS On Demand, also saw awards for cast members Ann Dowd and Alexis Bledel, with writer Bruce Miller and director Reed Morano also awarded.
With the politically-minded late night TV host Stephen Colbert hosting the awards, it was inevitable that Donald Trump would be a focus of the host's opening monologue. "I thought you people loved morally compromised anti-heroes," Colbert explained, blaming Emmy voters for the rise of Trump by not awarding him for The Apprentice.
Doubling down on the political focus of this year's Emmy Awards, in a surprise cameo, former White House Communications Chief Sean Spicer appeared stage to boast about the viewing audience for this year's Emmy Awards.
It wasn't all politics, with Colbert opening the show with a musical number dedicated to the best of TV. The song, "Everything is always better on TV", made reference to and had gust stars from popular series including Stranger Things, Veep, and The Handmaid's Tale. Closing out the musical number, Colbert was joined on stage by singing and dancing Handmaid's of different genders who all stripped down to sexy Handmaid outfits.
Stephen Colbert dances with sexy Handmaids - which may have missed the point? Source: The Emmy Awards
The awards:
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
John Lithgow – The Crown
John Lithgow – The Crown
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Donald Glover wins Outstanding Director for a Comedy Series for Atlanta, seen in Australia on SBS. Source: Emmy Awards
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Bruce Miller wins for writing the pilot episode of The Handmaid's Tale. Source: Emmy Awards
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special
Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies
Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Alexander Skarsgård, Big Little Lies
Alexander Skarsgård, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale actress Ann Dowd wins her first Emmy following seven prior nominations. Source: The Emmy Awards
Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Master of None
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Voice
The Voice
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Following her second nomination, Reed Morano won for directing the pilot episode of The Handmaid's Tale. Source: The Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie
Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror: San Junipero
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Comedy Series
Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed, The Night of
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Television Movie
Black Mirror: San Junipero
Black Mirror: San Junipero
Outstanding Limited Series
Big Little Lies
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale returns to SBS soon. The first season is still streaming at SBS On Demand:
Atlanta star Donald Glover won an Emmy Award for Lead Actor and Directing for a Comedy Series. Watch the first episode of Atlanta via SBS On Demand:
