Emmys 2020: Succession, Watchmen and Schitt’s Creek win big at virtual awards show
Watch: ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Watchmen’ and ‘Succession’ Win Emmys 2020
Watchmen and Schitt’s Creek are the two heavy-hitters at this year’s Emmy Awards, with each show sweeping the board in their respective categories.
Having been nominated for 26 awards for the 72nd annual ceremony, Damon Lindelof’s ‘remix’ on Alan Moore’s comic classic Watchmen won Outstanding Limited Series and Writing in a Limited Series, as well as the show’s lead Regina King landing Best Actress and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II receiving Best Supporting Actor.
Elsewhere, Schitt’s Creek, which concluded earlier this year, took every comedy award on the big night, with the show nabbing the awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, Directing in a Comedy Series and Writing in a Comedy Series.
Dan Levy and Annie Murphy won Best Supporting Actor and Actress in their respective categories, while Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara won Best Actor and Actress for their roles in the riches-to-rags comedy.
However, the big winner was the critically-lauded Succession, who took the top prize for Outstanding Drama Series.
Accepting his award from London describing it as “such a very nice moment and it’s very sad not to be with the cast and some of the crew”.
Here’s your full list of who (virtually) took home a trophy at the awards show.
Outstanding drama series
Succession – WINNER
Better Call Saul
Killing Eve
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Supporting actress in a drama series
Julia Garner (Ozark) – WINNER
Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)
Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Supporting actor in a drama series
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) – WINNER
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Macfayden (Succession)
Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Directing for a drama series
Andrij Parekh (Succession, “Hunting”) – WINNER
Benjamin Caron (The Crown, “Aberfan”)
Jessica Hobbs (The Crown, “Cri de Coeur”)
Mimi Leder (The Morning Show, “The Interview”)
Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, “Prisoners of War”)
Mark Mylod (Succession, “This Is Not for Tears”)
Alik Sakharov (Ozark, “Fire Pink”)
Ben Semanoff (Ozark, “Su Casa Es Mi Casa”)
Writing for a drama series
Jesse Armstrong (Succession, “This Is Not for Tears”) – WINNER
Miki Johnson (Ozark, “Fire Pink”)
Peter Morgan (The Crown, “Aberfan”)
Chris Mundy (Ozark, “All In”)
Thomas Schnauz (Better Call Saul, “Bad Choice Road”)
John Shiban (Ozark, “Boss Fight”)
Gordon Smith (Better Call Saul, “Bagman”)
Lead actress in a drama series
Zendaya (Euphoria) – WINNER
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Jennifer Aniston (Morning Show)
Laura Linney (Ozark)
Olivia Colman (The Crown)
Lead actor in a drama series
Jeremy Strong (Succession) – WINNER
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Sterling K Brown (This Is Us)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Steve Carrell (Morning Show)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Reality competition program
RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding limited series
Watchmen – WINNER
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Supporting actor in a limited series or TV movie
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen) – WINNER
Jovan Adepo (Watchmen)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend)
Louis Gossett Jr. (Watchmen)
Dylan McDermott (Hollywood)
Jim Parsons (Hollywood)
Directing for a limited series
Maria Schrader (Unorthodox) – WINNER
Steph Green (Watchmen, “Little Fear of Lightning”)
Lenny Abrahamson (Normal People, “Episode 5”)
Nicole Kassell (Watchmen, “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”)
Lynn Shelton (Little Fires Everywhere, “Find a Way”)
Stephen Williams (Watchmen, “This Extraordinary Being”)
Writing for a limited series
Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (Watchmen, “This Extraordinary Being”) – WINNER
Tanya Barfield (Mrs America, “Shirley”)
Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman (Unbelievable, “Episode 1”)
Sally Rooney and Alice Birch (Normal People, “Episode 3”)
Anna Winger (Unorthodox, “Part 1”)
Actor in a limited series
Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True) – WINNER
Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
Hugh Jackman (Bad Education)
Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
Paul Mescal (Normal People)
Actress in a limited series
Regina King (Watchmen) – WINNER
Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)
Octavia Spencer (Self Made)
Cate Blanchett (Mrs America)
Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
Variety talk series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – WINNER
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Outstanding comedy series
Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Good Place
Dead To Me
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
What We Do In The Shadows
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Yvonne Orji (Insecure)
Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
Mahershala Ali (Ramy)
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Sterling K Brown (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
William Jackson Harper (The Good Place)
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
Directing for a comedy series
Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending”) – WINNER
James Burrows (Will & Grace, “We Love Lucy”)
Gail Mancuso (Modern Family, “Finale Part 2”)
Daniel Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, “Marvelous Radio”)
Matt Shakman (The Great, “The Great”)
Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, “It’s Comedy or Cabbage”)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy, “Miakhalifa.mov”)
Writing for a comedy series
Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek, Happy Ending) – WINNER
Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil (What We Do in the Shadows, “Collaboration”)
Tony McNamara (The Great, “The Great”)
Stefani Robinson (What We Do in the Shadows, “On the Run”)
Michael Schur (The Good Place, “Whenever You’re Ready”)
Paul Simms, (What We Do in the Shadows, “Ghosts”)
David West Read (Schitt’s Creek, “The Presidential Suite”)
Lead actor in a comedy series
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Ted Danson (The Good Place)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Lead actress in a comedy
Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) – WINNER
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me)
Tracee Ellis-Ross (black-ish)
Issa Rae (Insecure)
Guest actor in a comedy series
Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live) – WINNER
Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Dev Patel (Modern Love)
Adam Driver (Saturday Night Live)
Brad Pitt (Saturday Night Live)
Guest actress in a comedy series
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) – WINNER
Angela Bassett (A Black Lady Sketch Show)
Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)
Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Bette Midler (The Politician)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Saturday Night Live)
Guest actor in a drama series
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) – WINNER
Andrew Scott (Black Mirror)
Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian)
Martin Short (The Morning Show)
Jason Bateman (The Outsider)
James Cromwell (Succession)
Guest actress in a drama series
Cherry Jones (Succession) – WINNER
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Cicely Tyson (How To Get Away With Murder)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is The New Black)
Harriet Walter (Succession)
Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us)
Outstanding documentary or nonfiction series
The Last Dance – WINNER
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