72nd Primetime Emmy Award Winners List: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Dominates Show

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Award Ceremony was held on Sunday night, remotely awarding 12 different shows. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time, and featured one performer and 29 celebrity presenters, some of whom won Emmys themselves.

The ceremony was the first of its kind held remotely, and had an interesting set-up – Kimmel hosted in-person, with some presenters, from the Staples Center, while winners gave speeches from their homes with state-of-the-art cameras provided to them by the organizers. Over one hundred live feeds from all over the world were used to broadcast the show and its winners on ABC, and the ceremony was also live-tweeted from the official Television Academy Twitter account. To maintain the element of surprise, each nominee was treated as a potential winner, complete with hazmat-wearing staff waiting outside each of their doors with a statuette. When nominees lost, they left with the award, a maneuver some Twitter users regarded as cruel (but most seemed to find funny).

The award show was dominated by HBO’s Watchmen, which received 11 nominations and four wins, HBO’s Succession, which received ten nominations and four wins, and Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek, which received eight nominations and a whopping seven wins.

As follows is the complete list of winners:

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Daniel Levy, “Happy Ending,” Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy, “Happy Ending,” Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Regina King, Watchmen

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, “This Extraordinary Being,” Watchmen

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Maria Schrader, Unorthodox

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America

Outstanding Limited Series

Watchmen

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jeremy Strong, Succession

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Zendaya, Euphoria

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Jesse Armstrong, “This is Not for Tears,” Succession

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Andrij Parekh, “Hunting,” Succession

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Julia Garner, Ozark

Outstanding Drama Series

Succession