Amazon had its best Emmys season yet with seven wins at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Fleabag and A Very English Scandal.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag took home four awards for winning comedy series, Bridge winning lead actress in a comedy series and writing in a comedy series, and Harry Bradbeer nabbing directing in a comedy series. Tony Shalhoub and Alex Borstein won in the comedy supporting actor and actress categories for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. A Very English Scandal’s Ben Whishaw took home an award for best supporting actor in a limited series or movie.
Amazon also won eight Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, including best guest actress and actor for Jane Lynch and Luke Kirby, respectively, for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Last year, Amazon won a total of eight Emmys. The streaming site nabbed five Primetime awards, all going to Maisel, for best comedy, writing, directing, actress (Rachel Brosnahan) and supporting actress (Alex Bornstein). Amazon’s Maisel also grabbed three Creative Arts Emmys in 2018 for music, editing and comedy casting.
In 2017, Amazon won just two Creative Arts Emmys — Jane Lynch for best actress in a shortform comedy or drama series and Mozart in the Jungle for best sound mixing for a comedy or drama series and animation.
Heading into the 2019 Emmys, Amazon had a total of 47 nominations, up from 22 last year.
Overall, including the Creative Arts Emmys, HBO led all networks with 34 total wins, while Netflix nabbed 27, Amazon claimed 15, National Geographic won 8, NBC earned 7, CNN picked up 5 and FX Networks picked up 5.
The 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The hostless show aired on Fox. Head here for a list of winners.
