At 8 p.m. Eastern Time on September 20 (8 a.m. Beijing time on September 21), the 2020 Emmy Awards announced the award list. This year, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the Emmy Awards finally canceled the traditional offline award ceremony. So the awards ceremony changed from the star-studded past, and this year only host and producer Jimmy Kimmel performed alone in the air. The specific awards ceremony has also been changed to online, and the finalists can either dress up at home and walk the homemade red carpet, or simply dress up and wait for the final winner list to be announced.
Among the earlier nominations, Netflix's original work "Dark Money Resort" and HBO's "Battle of Succession" were the two frontrunners in the "drama category", with 18 nominations, while Amazon's "The Amazing Mrs. Maisel" ranked first in the "comedy category" with 20 nominations. In the limited drama and television film categories, HBO's DC comics super British drama "Watchmen" received the most nominations.
Although the streaming platform Netflix broke the record number of nominations in the history of the Emmy Awards with 160 nominations, however, HBO, the veteran TV series production giant without "Game of Thrones", is still fearless, and has pushed Netflix to become the biggest winner in the drama and limited drama categories.
Among the first comedy series awards, "Rich Family Road" created by the Canadian television network POP TV won 7 Emmy Awards in the comedy category, won the best drama series, best director, best screenwriter, best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress in the comedy series, becoming the first drama in the history of the Emmy Awards to win all awards in one category, Daniel Levy also won 4 awards to create history because of the four identities of producer, actor, director and screenwriter in the series. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," which had dominated the unit for two consecutive years, ended up with no results.
In the most important drama category, HBO's "Battle of Succession" season two beat Netflix's "Dark Money Resort" season three, winning several major awards in the drama category, namely Best Drama Series, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
The drama revolves around the inside story of a family scandal involving the roy family of international media magnates. In the series, Logan Roy and his four children control one of the world's largest entertainment media conglomerates, and his elderly father (Brian Cox) begins to quit the company, while his children ponder how to seize the opportunity to inherit the empire. The series was accused of alluding to the Murdoch media empire, and the ratings received after two seasons of broadcasting were even higher.
The best actress in the drama category was spent in Zaandaa, and her performance was also from the HBO-produced teenage drama "Excitement". At just 24 years old, Zandaya also became the youngest best actress in the drama category in primetime Emmy Award history. Accompanied by his family, Zandaya welcomed the Emmy Award for Drama Series. In the online video link, Zandaya excitedly said: "It's crazy, I can't cry. After trying to calm down, Zandaya confessed to the same nominee, thanked the crew and the creator, and said: "I just want to say that there is hope in young people. This drama also reflects this. ”
HBO's DC comic adaptation series Watchmen won four awards in the Best Limited Series/TV Movie section, namely Best Series, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, and the series was the first comic book adaptation to win Best Limited Series. Created by Lost and Watchman producer Damon Lindelof, Watchmen has nothing to do with zach Schneider's 2009 film adaptation of the same name, but is based on a new original story based on the original comic book world.
Alain Moore's original comic is full of scrutiny and doubt about the identity of superheroes, and the drama version is based on this superhero back to the dimension of reality, while exploring the practical significance of contemporary superhero myths, further connecting with the present and reflecting on the racism problems that have long been breeding in American culture.
Like Dr. Manhattan's famous line "Nothing Ever Ends," evil is always wearing a different mask, and it is constantly being repeated in history, the present, and the future. From the perspective of the current wave of racial equality movement in the United States, the drama version of "Watchmen" has a very strong practical significance, but when the lesions of society cannot be cured, it will always recur at a certain time.
The lead actress of Watchmen and Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress, Regina King, also won her fourth Emmy trophy for the show. At home, she received the trophy from the organizer staff, "this is really strange." She said participating in Watchmen was a journey out of her comfort zone and into the art of truth and power, calling the show invaluable. She also urged Americans to vote and "be a good person," ending with a tribute to Justice Ginsburg, who had just died.
Mark Ruffalo won the Best Actor in a Limited Series for his two-role performance in "I Know It's True", his first Emmy nomination for actor and his second Emmy trophy.
When he received the award at home, he thanked the crew, saying that the show was about family, about a man fighting mental illness with his brother, which is actually a common situation in the United States and the world, "we have to take care of each other with love and compassion", and fight for it, "When our whole family is together, when we respect each other's diversity, we are stronger."
"Mrs. America" and "The Land of Black Money" have both won the best supporting actress in different categories of dramas. Julia Gardner won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "The Dark Money Resort" and Netflix's only win in the main awards of the night.
As the Emmy Awards were held live online, host Jimmy Campoer and a group of award guests performed alone, and the audience was neatly "sitting" a piece of card people, the award guests took the stage one by one, and the nominees were distributed in the second scene or in their own homes waiting for the award results to be announced.
In order to deliver the trophy to the winner in the first place, the Emmy staff wore full protective clothing and held the trophy near the nominee's location, and if the prize was won, the staff would give the trophy, if not, he would say hello and leave.
Together with the previous Creative Emmy Awards and some subdivisions, this year's Emmy Awards eventually won 11 awards for "Watchmen" as the biggest winner, followed by "Rich And Poor Road" with 9 awards, "Inheritance Battle" and "Mandalorian" won 7 each, and "Rupaul Drag Queen Show" and SNL won 6 each.
From the perspective of the competitive latitude of traditional TV stations and streaming media, HBO still occupies an absolute advantage, winning a total of 30 awards to lead the entire list, the two main units are even more dominant, Netflix although there are 21 awards in the account, but in several major competition units are empty-handed, the Canadian television network Pop TV became a dark horse to get 10 awards, Disney+ and NBC each won 8 awards.
With the announcement of the Emmy Awards, this year's Hollywood Awards Season has also begun, but because the new crown epidemic still covers the entire United States, perhaps the next awards ceremony will learn this "new form" of the Emmy Awards.
Attached: Complete list of winners of the 72nd American Television Emmy Awards
Major awards in the Drama category
Best Drama Series: The Battle of Succession
Best Actress in a Drama Series: Zandaya, "Excitement"
Best Actor in a Drama Series: Jeremy Strong, "Battle of Succession"
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Julia Garner, "The Dark Money Resort"
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Billy Crudup, "Morning News"
Best Director in a Drama Series: Andrey Palrick, "Battle of Succession"
Best Screenplay in a Drama Series: Jesse Armstrong, "Battle for Inheritance"
Major award in the comedy category
Best Comedy Series: "The Rich Man's Road"
Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Catherine O'Hara, "The Rich Man's Poor Road"
Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Eugene Levy, "The Rich Man's Poor Road"
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Anne Murphy, "The Rich And the Poor"
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Daniel Levy, "The Rich Man's Poor Road"
Best Director in a Comedy Series: Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, "The Rich And the Poor Road"
Best Screenplay in a Comedy Series: Daniel Levy, "The Rich Man's Road"
Major awards in the Limited Edition Drama and Television Films categories
Best Limited Drama: "Watchmen"
Best TV Movie", Bad Education
Best Actress in a Limited Series/Tv Movie: Regina King, "Watchmen"
Best Actor in a Limited Series/Television Movie: Mark Ruffalo, "I Know It's True"
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series/Television Movie: Oakwood Aduba, "Mrs. America"
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Drama/Television Series: Yahya Abdul-Din II, "Watchmen"
Best Director for a Limited Series/Tv Movie/Drama Special: Maria Schrader's Deviant
Best Screenplay for a Limited Series/TV Movie/Drama Special: Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, "Watchmen"
Best Competitive Show: "Rupaul Drag Queen Show"
Best Variety Talk Show: "JIONG Olive Last Week Tonight Show"
Best Variety Talk Show: "John Oliver's Tonight Show Last Week"
Special Honorable Mention: Tyler Perry