'Game of Thrones', 'Fleabag' and 'Chernobyl', among the main winners of the Emmy Awards

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"Chernobyl" won the Emmy for best miniseries.

(CNN) - "Game of Thrones" culminated his epic career with his fourth Emmy as best drama series, entering the exclusive club of the best dramas of all time and matching his record of a dozen trophies in the same year, in the 71st edition of the Emmy Awards, the most prestigious in the television industry.

"Fleabag", Amazon series, surprised as best comedy and won four awards in total, including best acting and screenplay for its star, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

"Well, this is getting ridiculous," Waller-Bridge said, causing laughter.

Not all fans were satisfied with the final season of six episodes of "Thrones," but with his fourth Emmy, George RR Martin's fantastic story joins former multigamers to best drama such as "Hill Street Blues," "LA Law." , "The West Wing" and "Mad Men".

The two additional prizes on Sunday bring his all-time total to 59, a record for any program, after getting a record number of nominations in his farewell year.

The Emmy had familiar faces, but also highlighted a surprising number of newcomers, on a historic night that saw a great victory for the "Pose" star Billy Porter and several speeches about the LGBTQ community and women's rights.

Amazon met in the comedy categories, with five awards for the series "Fleabag" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", of only two seasons.

As usual, "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" won for the fourth time in the variety show category, in the same way that "The Daily Show" was the owner of that category for a decade. Peter Dinklage also left with his fourth prize as a supporting actor in "Thrones."

Even so, everything that shone was not old, on a night that divided the profits between the chains and the series, reflecting the breadth and depth of the current television landscape.

Voters also recognized nominees for the first time as Jodie Comer on BBC's "Killing Eve," "Julia Garner of" Ozark, "and Jharrel Jerome on the limited miniseries" When They See Us. "

Jerome triumphed on a list full of veterans and Oscar winners for the Netflix miniseries based on real events “When They See Us,” by writer and director Ava DuVernay, over the Central Park Five, to whom he dedicated the award, together with his parents

"Chernobyl" was named best miniseries, with additional screenplay and direction awards in a category that included "When They See Us" and "Fosse / Verdon," whose star, Michelle Williams, triumphed as lead actress.

Upon accepting the award for "Chernobyl," screenwriter and producer Craig Mazin said he hoped the story about the nuclear plant disaster in 1986 would remind people "the value of truth and the danger of a lie." It was one of several not-so-subtle political messages interwoven in the broadcast, although US President Donald Trump was never mentioned openly.

Meanwhile Michelle Williams was one of several winners who talked about female empowerment and listening to women, after being recognized for her portrayal of actress / dancer Gwen Verdon, in another example of Hollywood who has a fondness for Hollywood stories .

In her acceptance speech, Patricia Arquette, winner of a supporting actress for “The Act” of Hulu, began to cry over the death of her sister, actress and transgender activist Alexis Arquette, while advocating for rights and acceptance of transgender people.

The Netflix interactive episode "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" was awarded as the best television movie, on a list that included the rebirth of "Deadwood" by HBO.

HBO finished the two-part Emmy process with 34 awards, including nine on Sunday night, or a third of all deals; followed by Netflix, with 27. Amazon, second place in terms of high profile victories this Sunday, with 7, finished with 15 in total, on a night that saw ads for new streaming channels, Disney + and Apple TV + , which will be launched in November.

In a sign of the times, NBC won a couple of awards for "Saturday Night Live." In total, the four main stations totaled 16 awards this year, mainly in technical areas, since eight chains or streaming services had at least one prize during Sunday's event.

"Chernobyl" accumulated 10 victories, while "Mrs. Maisel ”and“ Fleabag ”finished with eight and six, respectively.

HBO and Netflix entered the Emmy night with 25 and 23 awards, respectively, from the Creative Arts Emmys, which were presented last weekend.

Like this year's Oscars, the Emmy were presented without a host, but as usual it was presented as a wide celebration for the media. "Television has never been so good," Bryan Cranston said in the show's presentation.

Fox televised the ceremony and used the previous show as a springboard to help promote the return of his musical reality show "The Masked Singer."

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