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By creammagazine, September 19, 2017

The Emmys provided for some ironic moments last night, some of which proved a little tenuous in the U.S.’s current political climate. Like former White House communications director Sean Spicer showing up and attempting to be funny when really he just looked hypocritical (Spicer was rolled out on a fake lectern like Melissa McCarthy did when impersonating him on Saturday Night Live; absurd, but not in a ‘ha-ha’ way).

Host Stephen Colbert (pictured above) won points for keeping things in check, highlighting President Trump’s toxicity in his opening monologue, while managing to keep the ‘show must go on’ comedic vibe without neglecting to highlight some of the greater issues of the day.

Indeed, in tough times, we’ve still got to laugh, and reliable comedy series fared well at this year’s awards ceremony, with Veep once again taking home the gong for Outstanding Comedy Series and its lead star Julia Louis-Dreyfus also winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (though many punters believed one of the serious competition should have nabbed a trophy – see: Atlanta, Black-ish, Master of None).

Still on a political-turned-comedic bent, the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy went to Alec Baldwin, namely for his highly talked-about turn as Donald Trump on SNL. Sure, Baldwin’s role was only temporary but the competition wasn’t exactly tough (including Ty Burrell in the now kinda redundant Modern Family, and Tituss Burgess in the love-it-or-loathe-it Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).

On the dramatic TV front, the big winners included Nicole Kidman for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (for Big Little Lies), Sterling K. Brown for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (for This Is Us), John Lithgow for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (The Crown), Laura Dern for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Alexander Skarsgard for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (both for Big Little Lies).

Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman in ‘Big Little Lies’.

Other series you may not have gotten into yet that did well (and that you’ll surely be hearing a lot more about in the next few weeks) include The Handmaid’s Tale (where have you been?), Feud: Bette and Joan (get it as soon as it hits DVD or streaming services), Fargo (the third season is as insanely addictive as the first two), Grace and Frankie (all seasons are very good), Stranger Things (season two starts on Netflix this month), RuPaul’s Drag Race (Ru won his second Emmy for the show, and, oh, you’ve only got nine seasons to catch up), The Night Of (the big crime/courtroom drama), and The Wizard of Lies.

All dressed up with nowhere to go in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (which is actually really going places).

All up, the 2017 Emmy Awards displayed far more diversity in gender and race than we’ve seen in previous years. Which can only be a brilliant thing, right? Antonino Tati

The main categories – nominees and winners: