The 71st Emmy Award Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. The Game of Thrones won only two nominations, and the authors of another favorite Chernobyl project received three Emmy awards, Gazeta.ru reported.
It took home the prize for best drama and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag
Chernobyl won the award for Best Writing in a Limited Series.
“It was the Primetime Emmy Awards, and it was a night of surprises—like Fleabag‘s win for Best Comedy Series, and the total shutout for perennial favorite Veep—and expected wins, like Game of Thrones taking Best Drama Series, and love for Saturday Night Live resulting in two trophies. John Oliver also doubled up, winning Variety Talk Series as well as Writing. In the Limited Series race, Chernobyl prevailed, taking three trophies including the top prize,” Deadline reported.
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