Game of Thrones and Fleabag Shine at Emmy Awards Ceremony

As the 71st edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards took place last night, it was an evening that offered everything. There were big winners, big names, and big laughs…mostly awkward when Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner announced that ‘truly compelling television comes from real people just being themselves’. However, there were two shows and one person in particular that will take the headlines.

Success for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fleabag

Ever since Fleabag hit our screens, it has been a huge success on both sides of the Atlantic. The British comedy series is shown on BBC in the UK and Prime Video in the US, and the audience has only grown over time. Created, written by, and starring the magnificent Phoebe Waller-Bridge, all her hard work was rewarded last night as the show walked away with four big awards.

In truth, the whole awards ceremony was a success for British talent, and it goes to show the ever-shrinking barrier between the UK and US in terms of entertainment. Once the evening had reached its conclusion, Fleabag had won Outstanding Comedy Series, Waller-Bridge had her hands on the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award, and even Harry Bradbeer won Outstanding Directing for a Comedy. Finally, Waller-Bridge completed her rout with Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

In true British comedy fashion, however, Waller-Bridge has already said there will be no third season of Fleabag. Much like Fawlty Towers and The Office, Fleabag will end with around a dozen episodes. According to the creator, ‘this just feels like the most beautiful, beautiful way to say goodbye to it, actually. It does feel like the story is complete.’

Game of Thrones Wins Again While Chernobyl Excels

To nobody’s surprise, there were two huge names that appeared so often last night the stars and directors may as well have just stayed on stage. Firstly, Game of Thrones won the Outstanding Drama Series award, and this was perhaps most surprising given the negative attention the final season received earlier in 2019. Elsewhere, Peter Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Elsewhere, it’s fair to say Chernobyl has been getting TV viewers excited this year and this showed with their successful evening at the Emmys. Not only did they take home the Outstanding Limited Series award, Craig Mazin won for his writing and Johan Renck for his directing of the series.

Although only five episodes in a limited series, Chernobyl has been praised all over the world. Produced by Sky UK and HBO, three of the actors from the show received nominations and it has a Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 98% (as well as a 9.5 rating on IMDB). With this, it’s likely to go down as one of the most memorable TV shows of all time.

The following also won big awards;

• Black Mirror (Bandersnatch)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Bill Hader (Barry)
• Bill Porter (Pose)
• Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
• Jason Bateman (Ozark)