71st Primetime Emmy Awards


The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2018, until May 31, 2019, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the United States by Fox; it was preceded by the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14 and 15. The show did not have a host for the fourth time in its history, following the telecasts in 2003, 1998, and 1975.
At the main ceremony, Fleabag led all programs with four wins and won the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Game of Thrones won two awards, including its record-tying fourth win for Outstanding Drama Series. Chernobyl received the award for Outstanding Limited Series among its three wins. Other overall program awards went to Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Saturday Night Live, while The Act, Barry, Fosse/Verdon, Killing Eve, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ozark, Pose, Succession, A Very English Scandal, and When They See Us each received at least one award. Including Creative Arts Emmys, Game of Thrones won 12 awards from 32 nominations – tying and breaking the single-season records, respectively – and helped HBO to 34 total wins, the most of any network. Watched by 6.9 million viewers in the United States, it was the lowest-rated Emmy broadcast in history, amounting to a 32% drop from the 2018 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced by D'Arcy Carden and Ken Jeong alongside Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma on July 16, 2019. Including its nominations at the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Game of Thrones established a new record for the most Emmy nominations received in a single year by any comedy or drama series with 32 nominations, breaking the record of 26 nominations set by NYPD Blue in 1994. Game of Thrones also extended its own record for most total nominations for a scripted series, ending with 161 nods across its eight-season run, and it finished tied for the second-most nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, its eight nominations trailing only Law & Orders 11. HBO returned to its status as the most-nominated network after being surpassed the previous year by Netflix, earning a record-setting 137 nominations to beat its own record from 2015. Pop TV received its first ever Emmy nominations, earning four nominations with Schitt's Creek.
The main ceremony was held on September 22. Fleabag led all shows with four wins, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge winning three of those for producing, writing, and acting on the show. Fleabags win for Outstanding Comedy Series gave Prime Video its second straight win in the category. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel also performed well for Prime Video, tying its record of eight wins from the previous year between the main and Creative Arts ceremonies. British television shows such as Fleabag and Chernobyl had strong showings; according to Deadline Hollywood, 13 of 27 awards went to shows produced or co-produced by British individuals.
Game of Thrones broke or tied several records with its wins. Its fourth win for Outstanding Drama Series tied it with Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, The West Wing, and Mad Men for most wins in the category. When including its Creative Arts wins, the show tied its own record for most Emmys won by a series in a single season with 12 awards, a feat it previously achieved in 2015 and 2016. It ended its run with 59 total Emmys, extending its record for most wins for a scripted series. Cast member Peter Dinklage established a new record for most wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series with his fourth win and eighth nomination for the series.
For his role on Pose, Billy Porter made history as the first openly gay man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Jharrel Jerome became the first Afro-Latino to receive an Emmy for acting, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing Korey Wise on When They See Us; he also became the youngest actor to win the category, at 21 years old. In the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category, Jodie Comer became the youngest winner at 26 years old for her performance on Killing Eve.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Nominations and wins by program

For the purposes of the lists below, "major" constitutes the categories listed above, while "total" includes the categories presented at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
NominationsShowNetwork
14Game of ThronesHBO
11When They See UsNetflix
9BarryHBO
7Escape at DannemoraShowtime
7Fosse/VerdonFX
7The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
6ChernobylHBO
6FleabagPrime Video
6Killing EveBBC America
5Better Call SaulAMC
5OzarkNetflix
5This Is UsNBC
5VeepHBO
4Russian DollNetflix
4Saturday Night LiveNBC
4A Very English ScandalPrime Video
3Documentary Now!IFC
3The Good PlaceNBC
3Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
3The Late Show with Stephen ColbertCBS
3Schitt's CreekPop TV
3Sharp ObjectsHBO
3SuccessionHBO
2The ActHulu
2BodyguardNetflix
2Drunk HistoryComedy Central
2Full Frontal with Samantha BeeTBS
2The Handmaid's TaleHulu
2House of CardsNetflix
2The Kominsky MethodNetflix
2PoseFX
2Who Is America?Showtime

NominationsShowNetwork
32Game of ThronesHBO
20The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
19ChernobylHBO
18Saturday Night LiveNBC
17BarryHBO
17Fosse/VerdonFX
16When They See UsNetflix
13Russian DollNetflix
12Escape at DannemoraShowtime
11FleabagPrime Video
11The Handmaid's TaleHulu
10Our PlanetNetflix
9Better Call SaulAMC
9Killing EveBBC America
9Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
9OzarkNetflix
9RuPaul's Drag RaceVH1
9This Is UsNBC
9True DetectiveHBO
9VeepHBO
8Deadwood: The MovieHBO
8The OscarsABC
8Sharp ObjectsHBO
7Free SoloNational Geographic
7The VoiceNBC
6Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownCNN
6Homecoming: A Film by BeyoncéNetflix
6PoseFX
6Queer EyeNetflix
5American Horror Story: ApocalypseFX
5Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from LiverpoolCBS
5GLOWNetflix
5The Good PlaceNBC
5Leaving NeverlandHBO
5RENTFox
5SuccessionHBO
5World of DanceNBC

WinsShowNetwork
4FleabagPrime Video
3ChernobylHBO
2Game of ThronesHBO
2Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
2The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
2OzarkNetflix
2Saturday Night LiveNBC

WinsShowNetwork
12Game of ThronesHBO
10ChernobylHBO
8The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
7Free SoloNational Geographic
6FleabagPrime Video
5Love, Death & RobotsNetflix
5Saturday Night LiveNBC
4Fosse/VerdonFX
4Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
4Queer EyeNetflix
4RuPaul's Drag RaceVH1
3Age of SailYouTube
3BarryHBO
3Russian DollNetflix
3State of the UnionSundance TV
3The Handmaid's TaleHulu
2Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownCNN
2Bandersnatch Netflix
2Crazy Ex-GirlfriendThe CW
2Our PlanetNetflix
2OzarkNetflix
2RENTFox
2SuccessionHBO
2United Shades of America with W. Kamau BellCNN
2When They See UsNetflix