The 68th Emmy Awards aired last night with host Jimmy Kimmel, and among the comedy-related winners were Veep for Outstanding Comedy Series, Last Week Tonight for Outstanding Variety Talk Series, and the final season of Key and Peele for Outstanding Variety Sketch series. Kate McKinnon took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang won Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Master of None, and Patton Oswalt won Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for his special Talking for Clapping. Check out some clips from the awards below as well as all of the comedy-related winners:
Outstanding Comedy Series Black-ish Master of None Modern Family Silicon Valley Veep Transparent Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Outstanding Variety Talk Series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Jimmy Kimmel Live Last Week Tonight With John Oliver The Late Late Show With James Cordon Real Time With Bill Maher Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Documentary Now Drunk History Inside Amy Schumer Key & Peele Portlandia Saturday Night Live Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson, Black-ish Aziz Ansari, Master of None Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth William H. Macy, Shameless Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Laurie Metcalfe, Getting On Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Louie Anderson, Baskets Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Matt Walsh, Veep Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ty Burrell, Modern Family Tony Hale, Veep Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Niecy Nash, Getting On Kate McKinnon, SNL Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent Allison Janney, Mom Judith Light, Transparent Anna Chlumsky, Veep Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Aziz Ansari, “Parents†(Master of None) Alec Berg, “Daily Active Users†(Silicon Valley) Mike Judge, “Founder Friendly†(Silicon Valley) Jill Soloway, “Man on the Land†(Transparent) Dave Mandel, Kissing Your Sister (Veep) Chris Addison, “Morning After†(Veep) Dale Stern, “Mother†(Veep) Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan, “Episode 1†(Catastrophe) Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, “Parents†(Master of None) Dan O’Keefe, “Founder Friendly†(Silicon Valley) Alec Berg, “The Uptick†(Silicon Valley) David Mandel, “Morning After†(Veep) Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck, “Mother†(Veep) Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted Triumph’s Election Special 2016