Michaela Coel makes history as the first Black woman to win at the #Emmys for limited series writing. It is her first Emmy win, for “I May Destroy You. In 2017, Michaela Coel turned down Netflix’s $1 million offer for “I May Destroy You” because they wouldn’t allow her to retain any percentage of the copyright. Tonight, she won an Emmy for Best Writing (Limited Series).
“The Television Academy last night celebrated the 73rd Emmy® Awards, recognizing excellence in primetime programming and individual achievement for the 2020-2021 television season.
A complete list of this year’s Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is attached.
The 73rd Emmy® Awards were broadcast live from L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on the
CBS Television Network, hosted by Cedric The Entertainer and produced by Done+Dusted and Hudlin Entertainment. The telecast featured awards in 27 Emmy categories, plus the Governors Award, presented by top talent from some of television’s most acclaimed programs. Presenters and surprise guests included Uzo Aduba, Paulina Alexis, Anthony Anderson, Annaleigh Ashford, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett, Adrien Brody, Aidy Bryant, Sophia Bush, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Coolidge, Misty Copeland, Kaley Cuoco, Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, Lane Factor, Beanie Feldstein, Allyson Felix, America Ferrera, Sterlin Harjo, Taraji P. Henson, Gayle King, LL COOL J, Devery Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Mindy Kaling, Daniel Dae Kim, Vanessa Lachey, Dan Levy, Eugene Levy, Jessica Long, Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara, Dolly Parton, Sarah Paulson, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Amy Poehler, Ellen Pompeo, Billy Porter, Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez, Seth Rogen, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Patrick Stewart, Wilmer Valderrama, Kerry Washington, Rita Wilson, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Bowen Yang and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
GRAMMY®-winning artist Leon Bridges and Academy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste performed a special “In Memoriam” song.
Additionally, Emmys were awarded in 92 other categories at the Creative Arts
Emmy Awards during three ceremonies the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 12, followed by an edited broadcast of the Creative Arts ceremonies on Saturday, Sept. 18, on FXX.
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The awards, as tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows:
| Creative Arts | Telecast | Total | |
| Netflix | 34 | 10 | 44 |
| HBO/HBO Max | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Disney+ | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Apple TV+ | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| NBC | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| VH1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| ABC | 3 | – | 3 |
| FX Networks | 3 | – | 3 |
| Adult Swim | 2 | – | 2 |
| CNN | 2 | – | 2 |
| FOX | 2 | – | 2 |
| National Geographic | 2 | – | 2 |
| Showtime | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Apple TV | 1 | – | 1 |
| Facebook Watch | 1 | – | 1 |
| IFC | 1 | – | 1 |
| Oculus | 1 | – | 1 |
| Paramount+ | 1 | – | 1 |
| Pluto TV | 1 | – | 1 |
| Quibi | 1 | – | 1 |
| YouTube | 1 | – | 1 |
A complete list of all awards presented tonight is attached. The following pages include a recap of all programs and individuals with multiple awards.
PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS
The Crown 11
The Queen’s Gambit 11
Saturday Night Live 8
Ted Lasso 7
The Mandalorian 7
Love, Death + Robots 6
RuPaul’s Drag Race 5
Mare Of Easttown 4
Bo Burnham: Inside 3
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet 3
Hacks 3
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 3
Pose 3
WandaVision 3
David Byrne’s American Utopia 2
Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square 2
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal 2
Hamilton 2
I May Destroy You 2
Life Below Zero 2
Lovecraft Country 2
The Social Dilemma 2
INDIVIDUALS WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS
| Name | Count Credits | |
| Burnham, Bo | 3 | Director, Music Director, Writer |
| Charles, RuPaul | 3 | Executive Producer, Host |
| Allen, Debbie | 2 | Choreographer, Executive Producer |
| Aniello, Lucia | 2 | Director, Writer |
| Bailey, Fenton | 2 | Executive Producer |
| Barbato, Randy | 2 | Executive Producer |
| Campbell, Tom | 2 | Executive Producer |
| Carvell, Tim | 2 | Executive Producer, Writer |
| Coombe, Davis | 2 | Editor, Writer |
| Corfe, Steven | 2 | Executive Producer |
| Frank, Scott | 2 | Executive Producer, Director |
| Hirsch, Eric | 2 | Co-Supervising Sound Editor, Re-Recording Mixer |
| Hoehn, Eric | 2 | Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor |
| Krentz, David | 2 | Storyboard Artist, Writer |
| Morgan, Peter | 2 | Executive Producer, Writer |
| Oliver, John | 2 | Executive Producer/Host, Writer |
| Palazzola, Tim | 2 | Executive Producer |
| Passovoy, Jen | 2 | Supervising Producer |
| Rudolph, Maya | 2 | Host, Performer |
| Salangsang, Mandy | 2 | Executive Producer |
| Smothers, Thairin | 2 | Senior Producer |
| Sudeikis, Jason | 2 | Executive Producer, Performer |
| Valley, Robert | 2 | Director, Production Designer |
(Please note: The order of the awards in this press release may differ from the order in which the awards were presented during the ceremony.)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
HANNAH WADDINGHAM as Rebecca Welton APPLE TV+
Ted Lasso
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
BRETT GOLDSTEIN as Roy Kent APPLE TV+
Ted Lasso
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
JULIANNE NICHOLSON as Lori Ross HBO
Mare Of Easttown
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
| EVAN PETERS as Detective Colin Zabel | HBO |
| Mare Of Easttown OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES | |
| PETER MORGAN, Written by | NETFLIX |
| The Crown War OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES | |
| JESSICA HOBBS, Directed by | NETFLIX |
| The Crown |
War
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
| GILLIAN ANDERSON as Margaret Thatcher | NETFLIX |
| The Crown OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES | |
| TOBIAS MENZIES as Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh | NETFLIX |
| The Crown OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES | |
| JOHNATHAN APPEL, Writer ALI BARTHWELL, Writer TIM CARVELL, Writer LIZ HYNES, Writer GREG IWINSKI, Writer MARK KRAMER, Writer DANIEL O’BRIEN, Writer JOHN OLIVER, Writer OWEN PARSONS, Writer CHARLIE REDD, Writer JOANNA ROTHKOPF, Writer CHRISSY SHACKELFORD, Writer BEN SILVA, Writer SEENA VALI, Writer | HBO |
| Last Week Tonight With John Oliver OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES | |
| LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER | HBO |
| John Oliver, Executive Producer/Host Tim Carvell, Executive Producer Liz Stanton, Executive Producer Jeremy Tchaban, Co-Executive Producer Christopher Werner, Supervising Producer Laura L. Griffin, Producer Kate Mullaney, Producer Catherine Owens, Producer Matt Passet, Producer Marian Wang, Producer Charles Wilson, Producer |
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NBC
Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer
Steve Higgins, Produced by
Ken Aymong, Supervising Producer
Lindsay Shookus, Producer
Erin Doyle, Producer
Tom Broecker, Producer
Caroline Maroney, Producer
Erik Kenward, Produced by
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
LUCIA ANIELLO, Written by HBO MAX
PAUL W. DOWNS, Written by
JEN STATSKY, Written by
Hacks
There Is No Line (Pilot)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
LUCIA ANIELLO, Directed by HBO MAX
Hacks
There Is No Line (Pilot)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
JEAN SMART as Deborah Vance HBO MAX
Hacks
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
JASON SUDEIKIS as Ted Lasso APPLE TV+
Ted Lasso
OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PROGRAM
RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE VH1
Fenton Bailey, Executive Producer
Randy Barbato, Executive Producer
Tom Campbell, Executive Producer
RuPaul Charles, Executive Producer
Steven Corfe, Executive Producer
Mandy Salangsang, Executive Producer
Michele Mills, Executive Producer
Tim Palazzola, Executive Producer
Thairin Smothers, Senior Producer
John Polly, Co-Executive Producer
Zoe Jackson, Co-Executive Producer
Lisa Steele, Co-Executive Producer
Camilo Valdes, Co-Executive Producer
Michelle Visage, Producer
Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Producer
Jen Passovoy, Supervising Producer
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
SCOTT FRANK, Directed by NETFLIX
The Queen’s Gambit
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
MICHAELA COEL, Written by HBO
I May Destroy You
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
KATE WINSLET as Mare Sheehan HBO
Mare Of Easttown
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
EWAN MCGREGOR as Halston NETFLIX
Halston
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
OLIVIA COLMAN as Queen Elizabeth II NETFLIX
The Crown
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
JOSH O’CONNOR as Prince Charles NETFLIX
The Crown
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
STEPHEN COLBERT’S ELECTION NIGHT 2020: DEMOCRACY’S LAST SHOWTIME
STAND BUILDING BACK AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BETTER 2020
Stephen T. Colbert, Executive Producer/Host
Chris Licht, Executive Producer
Tom Purcell, Executive Producer
Jon Stewart, Executive Producer
Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Co-Executive Producer
Barry Julien, Co-Executive Producer
Opus Moreschi, Co-Executive Producer
Denise Rehrig, Co-Executive Producer
Aaron Cohen, Supervising Producer
Paul Dinello, Supervising Producer
Emily Gertler, Supervising Producer
Jay Katsir, Supervising Producer
Matt Lappin, Supervising Producer
Bjoern Stejskal, Supervising Producer
Sara Vilkomerson, Supervising Producer
Ballard C. Boyd, Producer
Michael Brumm, Producer
Gabe Gronli, Producer
Paige Kendig, Producer
Jake Plunkett, Producer
Adam Wager, Producer
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
| HAMILTON | DISNEY+ |
| Sander Jacobs, Executive Producer Jill Furman, Executive Producer Maggie Brohn, Executive Producer Jon Kamen, Co-Executive Producer Dave Sirulnick, Co-Executive Producer Justin Wilkes, Co-Executive Producer Thomas Kail, Produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Produced by Jeffrey Seller, Produced by OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES | |
| TED LASSO | APPLE TV+ |
| Bill Lawrence, Executive Producer Jason Sudeikis, Executive Producer Jeff Ingold, Executive Producer Bill Wrubel, Executive Producer Liza Katzer, Co-Executive Producer Jane Becker, Supervising Producer Jamie Lee, Supervising Producer Kip Kroeger, Supervising Producer Brendan Hunt, Producer Tina Pawlik, Produced by Joe Kelly, Consulting Producer OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES | |
| THE CROWN | NETFLIX |
| Peter Morgan, Executive Producer Suzanne Mackie, Executive Producer Stephen Daldry, Executive Producer Andy Harries, Executive Producer Benjamin Caron, Executive Producer Matthew Byam Shaw, Executive Producer Robert Fox, Executive Producer Michael Casey, Producer Andy Stebbing, Producer Martin Harrison, Producer Oona O Beirn, Producer |
OUTSTANDING LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT NETFLIX
William Horberg, Executive Producer
Allan Scott, Executive Producer
Scott Frank, Executive Producer
Mick Aniceto, Producer
Marcus Loges, Produced by
