User blog:ARTaylor/69th Primetime Emmy Awards Winners

Yesterday was the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, honored the best in United States prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Donald Glover won twice. Once for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Atlanta, becoming the first African-American to win in the category, and the other for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as Earn Marks of Atlanta. Jane Lynch also won for her role as Olivia Vanderstein in Dropping the Soap for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

Among those nominated but not winning included Glover for Atlanta for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson in This is Us and Liev Schreiber as the title character of Ray Donovan for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy in Modern Family for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Rocket & Groot for Outstanding Short Form Animated Programming, Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus in American Dad! for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria as Ed Cochran in Ray Donovan for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Schrieber in Muhammad Ali: Only One and UConn: The March to Madness for Outstanding Narrator, Burrell as Ty in Boondoggle and Alan Tudyk as Con Man in Wray Nerely for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, and Jeph Loeb and Joe Quesada for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.

Jim Parsons and Jeremy Piven served as presenters.

Adam West, Miguel Ferrer, and Martin Landau were in the In Memoriam presentation.