70th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2017, until May 31, 2018, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held live on September 17, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, where 26 awards were presented, and was broadcast in the U.S. by NBC. The ceremony was hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost.
The nominations were announced by Ryan Eggold and Samira Wiley on July 12, 2018. The biggest winner of the night was Amazon Prime Video's comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which won five trophies, including the honor for Outstanding Comedy Series, making history by becoming the first streaming television series to claim the prize. Game of Thrones also won its third trophy for Outstanding Drama Series, and Peter Dinklage tied for the most wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, with his third victory for Game of Thrones. He would get the sole record by winning for the eighth and final season the very next year.
With a U.S. viewership of 10.2 million that reflects an 11% drop from the previous year, it was the then-least watched show in Emmy history. It was also the first time in the show's history that Modern Family was not nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series after eight successive nominations and a record five wins from 2010 to 2014.
The three wins of John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice made them the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth persons to become an EGOT.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Presenters and performers

The awards were presented by the following:

Presenters

Performers

Most major nominations

Programs that received multiple major nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work and per network:

Nominations	Show	Category	Network
9	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Limited	FX
8	Atlanta	Comedy	FX
8	The Handmaid's Tale	Drama	Hulu
7	Game of Thrones	Drama	HBO
6	Barry	Comedy	HBO
6	The Crown	Drama	Netflix
6	Godless	Limited	Netflix
6	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Comedy	Amazon Prime Video
6	Saturday Night Live	Comedy/Variety	NBC
5	Stranger Things	Drama	Netflix
5	Westworld	Drama	HBO
4	The Americans	Drama	FX
4	Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert	Movie	NBC
4	Patrick Melrose	Limited	Showtime
3	Black-ish	Comedy	ABC
3	GLOW	Comedy	Netflix
3	The Looming Tower	Limited	Hulu
3	Ozark	Drama	Netflix
3	Silicon Valley	Comedy	HBO
3	This Is Us	Drama	NBC
2	American Horror Story: Cult	Limited	FX
2	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Comedy	HBO
2	Genius: Picasso	Limited	Nat Geo
2	Killing Eve	Drama	BBC America
2	Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life	Variety	Netflix
2	Twin Peaks	Drama	Showtime
2	USS Callister	Movie	Netflix
2	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Comedy	Netflix

Nominations	Network
37	Netflix
29	HBO
25	FX
19	NBC
12	Hulu
8	Showtime
6	ABC
6	Amazon Prime Video
5	CBS
3	BBC America
2	Comedy Central
2	Nat Geo
2	TBS

Most major wins

Wins	Show	Category	Network
5	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Comedy	Amazon Prime Video
3	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Limited	FX
2	The Americans	Drama	FX
2	Barry	Comedy	HBO
2	The Crown	Drama	Netflix
2	Game of Thrones	Drama	HBO
2	Godless	Limited	Netflix

Wins	Network
7	Netflix
6	HBO
5	FX
5	Amazon Prime Video