Emmy Awards 2016: 'GoT,' 'The People V. O.J. Simpson,' 'Key & Peele' Emerge As Winners

By MJ D. - 20 Sep '16 00:25AM

The winners of the Emmy Awards 2016, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, have been revealed. The ceremony was held on Sunday, Sep. 18, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

USA Today reported that "Game of Thrones" nabbed the award for Outstanding Drama Series. The HBO hit show, based on George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy novel series, competed with "The Americans," "Better Call Saul," "Downton Abbey," "Homeland," "House of Cards" and "Mr. Robot."

Another of HBO's shows, "Veep," also won the Outstanding Comedy Series award. It beat ABC's "Black-ish," "Master of None" (Netflix), "Modern Family" (ABC), "Silicon Valley" (HBO), "Transparent" (Amazon) and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix).

Rami Malek won the Outstanding Actor for a Drama Series award for his role in "Mr. Robot." He beat "Bloodline's" Kyle Chandler, Matthew Rhys of "The Americans," and Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards," among others.

The Outstanding Actress for a Drama Series is Tatiana Maslany of "Orphan Black." She competed with Claire Danes ("Homeland"), Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder") and Taraji P. Henson ("Empire"), among others.

For the comedy series awards, Jeffrey Tambor of Amazon's "Transparent" won the Outstanding Actor award while Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the Outstanding Actress award for her performance on "Veep." The actress dedicated her victory to her father who passed away on Friday. "I'm so glad he liked 'Veep' because his opinion was the one that really mattered," she said.

Ben Mendelsohn took home the Outstanding Supporting Actor for Drama Series award for "Bloodline," beating "Game of Thrones" stars Peter Dinklage and Kit Harington. "GoT" actresses Emilia Clarke and Lena Headey also lost to "Downton Abbey's" Maggie Smith for the Outstanding Supporting Actress award.

"The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" beat "Fargo," "The Night Manager," "American Crime" and "Roots" for the Outstanding Limited Series award. "Key & Peele" won the Outstanding Variety Sketch Series award.