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Schitt’s Creek Sweeps Comedy Category at Virtual 2020 Emmys Ceremony

Schitt’s Creek won all of its nominated categories at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

The sitcom, which aired from 2015 to 2020, aired in the US on cable channel Pop TV and streamed globally on Netflix. Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy swept their acting categories and Daniel Levy won Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series alongside Andrew Cividino.

HBO’s global media empire dramady Succession and limited series Watchmen, based on Alan Moore’s graphic novel, won four Emmys apiece.

Actress Zendaya made history as both the youngest actress to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at 24 years old and only the second Black women to win the category in the Emmys 70+ year history.

HBO dominated the ceremony with eleven Emmy wins, while Pop TV had seven Emmy wins and Netflix had two Emmy wins.

Outstanding Comedy Series

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
The Good Place (NBC)
Insecure (HBO)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV) (WINNER)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Ozark (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Succession (HBO) (WINNER)

Outstanding Limited Series

Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
Mrs. America (Hulu)
Unbelievable (Netflix)
Unorthodox (Netflix)
Watchmen (HBO) (WINNER)

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) (WINNER)
Late Night With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding Competition Program

The Masked Singer (Fox)
Nailed It! (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) (WINNER)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)
Don Cheadle, Black Monday (Showtime)
Ted Danson, The Good Place (NBC)
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV) (WINNER)
Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me (Netflix)
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV) (WINNER)
Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark (Netflix)
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)
Steve Carell, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Brian Cox, Succession (HBO)
Billy Porter, Pose (FX)
Jeremy Strong, Succession (HBO) (WINNER)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Olivia Colman, The Crown (Netflix)
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix)
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO) (WINNER)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Jeremy Irons, Watchmen (HBO)
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education (HBO)
Paul Mescal, Normal People (Hulu)
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood (Netflix)
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True (HBO) (WINNER)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America (Hulu)
Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Shira Haas, Unorthodox (Netflix)
Regina King, Watchmen (HBO) (WINNER)
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Mahershala Ali, Ramy (Hulu)
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Hulu)
Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
William Jackson Harper, The Good Place (NBC)
Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV) (WINNER)
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
D’Arcy Cardin, The Good Place (NBC)
Betty Gilpin, GLOW (Netflix)
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV) (WINNER)
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nicholas Braun, Succession (HBO)
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO)
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession (HBO)
Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown (Netflix)
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix) (WINNER)
Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO)
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO)
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen (HBO) (WINNER)
Jovan Adepo, Watchmen (HBO)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (Netflix)
Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen (HBO)
Dylan McDermott, Hollywood (Netflix)
Jim Parsons, Hollywood (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America (Hulu) (WINNER)
Toni Collette, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Margo Martindale, Mrs. America (Hulu)
Jean Smart, Watchmen (HBO)
Holland Taylor, Hollywood (Netflix)
Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America (Hulu)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

The Great, Matt Shakman
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Daniel Palladino
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino
Modern Family, Gail Mancuso
Ramy, Ramy Youssef
Schitt’s Creek, Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy (WINNER)
Will & Grace, James Burrows

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

The Crown, Benjamin Caron
The Crown, Jessica Hobbs
Homeland, Leslie Linka Glatter
The Morning Show, Mimi Leder
Ozark, Alik Sakharov
Ozark, Ben Semanoff
Succession, Andrij Parekh (WINNER)
Succession, Mark Mylod

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Little Fires Everywhere, Lynn Shelton
Normal People, Lenny Abrahamson
Unorthodox, Maria Schrader (WINNER)
Watchmen, Nicole Kassell
Watchmen, Steph Green
Watchmen, Stephen Williams

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

The Good Place, Michael Schur
The Great, Tony McNamara
Schitt’s Creek, Daniel Levy (WINNER)
Schitt’s Creek, David West Read
What We Do in the Shadows, Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil
What We Do in the Shadows, Paul Simms
What We Do in the Shadows, Stefani Robinson

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Better Call Saul, Thomas Schnauz
Better Call Saul, Gordon Smith
The Crown, Peter Morgan
The Crown, Jessica Hobbs
Ozark, Chris Mundy
Ozark, John Shiban
Ozark, Miki Johnson
Succession, Jesse Armstrong (WINNER)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Mrs. America, Tanya Barfield
Normal People, Sally Rooney and Alice Birch
Unbelievable, Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman
Unorthodox, Anna Winger
Watchmen, Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (WINNER)

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