2020 Emmy Awards
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards took place on September 20 (yesterday) amid the ongoing pandemic. The award ceremony took place virtually, to a larger extent, as winners gave winning speeches from their homes. The popular television host Jimmy Kimmel hosted this year’s Emmy Awards and the ABC network broadcast the event.
The Academy of Television Arts & Science, colloquially known as the television academy, picked the Emmys winners. The event honoured performances in prime time television programmes airing in the US and Canada.
2020 Emmys major highlights
This year’s Emmys highlights were the Canadian comedy sitcom Schitt’s Creek — which won 7 awards in a single year — and its lead actor Dan Levy, who became the first person to win 4 awards in a single year.
Other significant projects that marked their presence in the 2020 Emmys were HBO’s drama Succession and limited series Watchmen, winning 4 awards each. Watchmen set the record for its nomination in 11 different categories in a single year and Succession for 10 different categories.
As the Emmys unfolded, Euphoria actress Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman won the best drama actress. With the award, she made history by becoming the youngest ever winner in the category. The 24-year-old, a former Disney Channel star, Zendaya bagged the award for portraying the role of drug addict Rue in the series, Euphoria.
Jimmy Kimmel lightens up the show
The 2020 Emmys were as cheerful as in the past. The Emmys hosted virtually was highly unusual. Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel did an outstanding job of entertaining everybody and did not let the show lose its charm. He hosted the show with empty seats, packed with cardboard cut-outs of celebrities to make up for the crowd. To make the awards more realistic, footage of previous Emmy audiences laughing and cheering was inserted between Kimmel’s jokes.
Winners of 2020 Emmy Awards
The award has a format that includes 4 disciplines: Programmes, Acting, Directing, and Writing, with each discipline having its own sub-categories.
To find out the winners of different categories of respective disciplines, refer the tables below:
1. Programs
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
|
Outstanding Comedy Series |
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Drama Series |
Succession (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Limited Series |
Watchmen (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Variety Talk Series |
LastWeekTonightwithJohnOliver (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Competition Program |
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) |
2. Acting
Lead Performance
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
|
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “The Pitch”) (Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
Catherine O’Hara as Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “The Incident”) (Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy on Succession (Episode: “This Is Not for Tears”) (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
Zendaya as Rue Bennett on Euphoria (Episode: “Made You Look”) (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
Mark Ruffalo as Dominick and Thomas Birdsey on I Know This Much Is True (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie |
Regina King as Angela Abar / Sister Night on Watchmen (HBO) |
Supporting performances
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
|
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Dan Levy as David Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “Happy Ending”) (Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “The Presidential Suite”) (Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison on The Morning Show (Episode: “Chaos Is the New Cocaine”) (Apple TV+) |
|
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore on Ozark (Netflix) |
|
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Calvin “Cal” Abar / Doctor Manhattan on Watchmen (Episode: “A God Walks into Abar”) (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie |
Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm on Mrs. America (Episode: “Shirley”) (FX) |
3. Directing
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
|
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “Happy Ending”), Directed by Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy (CBC / Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
Succession (Episode: “Hunting”), Directed by Andrij Parekh (HBO) |
|
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special |
Unorthodox, Directed by Maria Schrader (Netflix) |
4. Writing
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
|
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “Happy Ending”), Written by Dan Levy (CBC / Pop TV) |
|
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
Succession (Episode: “This Is Not for Tears”), Written by Jesse Armstrong (HBO) |
| Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | Watchmen (Episode: “This Extraordinary Being”), Written by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (HBO) |
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