71st Primetime Emmy Awards


The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2018 until May 31, 2019, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the U.S. by Fox; it was preceded by the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14 and 15.
The show did not have a host for the fourth time in its history, following the telecasts in 2003, 1998, and 1975.
The nominations were announced by D'Arcy Carden and Ken Jeong on July 16, 2019. Game of Thrones led the nominations with fourteen, including nine for acting and three for directing, followed by When They See Us with eleven and Barry with nine. Including its nominations at the Creative Arts Awards, Game of Thrones established a new record for most Emmy nominations received in the same year by any comedy or drama series with 32, while Pop TV received its first ever Primetime Emmy Award nominations with Schitt's Creek.
For the first time in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, two programs originating from the United Kingdom won two of the three major awards. Fleabag won the most major awards with four including Outstanding Comedy Series, followed by Chernobyl with three including Outstanding Limited Series.
Game of Thrones broke or tied several records with its wins: it became the first series in history to win Outstanding Drama Series for an eighth season and tied the record for most wins in the category with four. It also, including its Creative Arts wins, tied its own record for most Emmys won by a series in a single season, while cast member Peter Dinklage established a new record for most wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series with his fourth win for the series.
Watched by 6.9 million viewers in the United States, it was the lowest-rated Emmy broadcast in history, amounting to a 32% drop from the 2018 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

On April 9, 2019, it was announced that ', the eighth season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story, and the second season of The Sinner would be ineligible for the Limited Series categories unlike their previous seasons, and instead be moved to Drama due to "continuing story threads, characters and actors reprising those same character roles from previous seasons", therefore making the series less fit for an anthology format. For similar reasons, the second season of American Vandal was moved from Limited Series to Comedy. None of the shows were nominated.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold''':
, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie winner

Comedy

Drama

Limited Series & Movie

Reality

Variety

Most major nominations

Programs that received multiple major nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work and per network:
NominationsShowNetwork
14Game of ThronesHBO
11When They See UsNetflix
9BarryHBO
7Escape at DannemoraShowtime
7Fosse/VerdonFX
7The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
6ChernobylHBO
6FleabagPrime Video
6Killing EveBBC America
5Better Call SaulAMC
5OzarkNetflix
5This Is UsNBC
5VeepHBO
4Russian DollNetflix
4Saturday Night LiveNBC
4A Very English ScandalPrime Video
3Documentary Now!IFC
3The Good PlaceNBC
3Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
3The Late Show with Stephen ColbertCBS
3Schitt's CreekPop TV
3Sharp ObjectsHBO
3SuccessionHBO
2The ActHulu
2BodyguardNetflix
2Drunk HistoryComedy Central
2Full Frontal with Samantha BeeTBS
2The Handmaid's TaleHulu
2House of CardsNetflix
2The Kominsky MethodNetflix
2PoseFX
2Who Is America?Showtime

NominationsNetwork
47HBO
30Netflix
18Prime Video
15NBC
10Showtime
9FX
6BBC America
6CBS
6Hulu
5AMC
3ABC
3Comedy Central
3IFC
3Pop TV
2TBS

Most major wins

WinsShowNetwork
4FleabagPrime Video
3ChernobylHBO
2Game of ThronesHBO
2Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
2The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
2OzarkNetflix
2Saturday Night LiveNBC

WinsNetwork
9HBO
7Prime Video
4Netflix
2FX
2NBC

Ceremony information

The ceremony took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with no host; comedian and actor Thomas Lennon served as an announcer for the ceremony, injecting with jokes and commentary as winners approached the stage to receive their Emmy. Televised by Fox, the ceremony began with a ruse where Homer Simpson appeared in an augmented-reality stage to host the event, before an animated piano dropped from the ceiling to land on The Simpsons' character. With the event now "host-less", Anthony Anderson rushed on stage in a skit where he insisted that "We’re going to go without a host tonight!" and pushed the first presenter Bryan Cranston to the stage to welcome the audience and introduce a montage of video clips. The ceremony continued is such fashion with only Lennon and montages and clips filling the time between presenters.
Several winners made notable "statement speeches" while accepting their awards. After winning the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Borstein said:
The winner for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie, Patricia Arquette, in her acceptance speech said "I'm grateful at 50 to be getting the best parts of my life" and paid tribute to her sister, Alexis Arquette, who had died in 2016. Michelle Williams, after winning the award for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie for Fosse/Verdon, made references to the gender and racial wage gaps in the film industry, as well as the Time's Up movement:
In the In Memoriam presentation, a photograph of conductor Leonard Slatkin, who is alive and working in Ireland, was mistakenly used and captioned as André Previn, who died in February 2019.
The telecast was watched by 6.9 million viewers in the United States, making it the lowest-rated Emmy broadcast in history, amounting to a 32% drop from the 2018 ceremony.

Presenters

The awards were presented by the following people:
NameRole

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Introducer of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series winner Luke Kirby
and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series winner Jane Lynch

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Competition Program
Introducer of the accountants from Ernst & Young
Presenter of a special tribute to Game of Thrones









Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
RuPaul
Zendaya		Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Television Movie
Presenter of a special tribute to Veep










Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Limited Series
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Cedric the Entertainer
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Presenters of a special presentation paying tribute to series ending in the 2018–19 TV season
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Introducer of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winner Cherry Jones
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Presenters of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series

Performers

''In Memoriam''

sang "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman. The following people were included in the In Memoriam presentation: