AW Emmy Winners: Fargo wins Program of the Year, Orange is the New Black, Veep and The Good Wife Win Big

Orange is the New Black and Fargo cleaned up at the AW Emmys with the Netflix dramedy winning 4 awards (including New Series, Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Directing of a Comedy Episode) and winding up in the top 5 of Program of the Year, the only comedy to do so. Still, it lost out to Veep for Comedy Series. The Coen Brothers spin-off miniseries swept the TV Movie/Mini section and was crowned Program of the Year. On the drama side, Breaking Bad won Drama Series while The Good Wife took both Supporting wins (for Josh Charles and Christine Baranski). Matthew McConaughey won Drama Actor for True Detective and a tie in Drama Actress saw wins for Lizzy Caplan for Masters of Sex and Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black. Hannibal managed a win in Directing and also placed in the top 5 for Program of the Year.

Check out the full list below:

Program of the Year
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Fargo (FX)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Hannibal (NBC)
Louie (FX)
Mad Men (AMC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
True Detective (HBO)
Veep (HBO)

#5 – Orange is the New Black

#4 – The Good Wife

#3 – Breaking Bad

#2 – Hannibal

#1 – Fargo

Drama Series
Breaking Bad (AMC)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Hannibal (NBC)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Detective (HBO)

Comedy Series
Broad City (Comedy Central)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Louie (FX)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)

Best Directing of an Episode of a Drama Series
“Mizumono,” Hannibal (David Slade)
“The National Anthem,” Black Mirror (Otto Bathurst)
“Ozymandias,” Breaking Bad (Rian Johnson)
“Waterloo,” Mad Men (Matthew Weiner)
“Who Goes There,” True Detective (Cary Fukunaga)

Best Directing of an Episode of a Comedy Series
“Beach House,” Girls (Jesse Peretz)
“Elevator, Part 6,” Louie (Louis C.K.)
“Geographical Escapism,” Community
“Lesbian Request Denied,” Orange is the New Black (Jodie Foster)
“Looking for the Future,” Looking (Andrew Haigh)

Best Writing of an Episode of a Drama Series
“Behind the Red Door,” The Americans (Melissa James-Gibson)
“Hitting the Fan,” The Good Wife (Robert King, Michelle King)
“Ozymandias,” Breaking Bad (Moira Walley-Beckett)
“The Strategy,” Mad Men (Semi Chellas)
“Waterloo,” Mad Men (Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray)

Best Writing of an Episode of a Comedy Series
“Beach House,” Girls (Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham, Jenni Konner)
“Debate,” Veep (Armando Iannucci, David Quantick, Tony Roche)
“Lesbian Request Denied,” Orange is the New Black (Sian Heder)
“Pancakes, Divorce, Pancakes,” Review (Leo Allen, Andy Blitz, Jeffrey Blitz, Andy Daly, Kevin Dorff, Carol Kolb, Gavin Steckler)
“So Did the Fat Lady,” Louie (Louis C.K.)

Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Hugh Dancy, Hannibal
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal

Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K., Louie
Andrew Daly, Review
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation

Actress in a Drama Series
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Actress in a Comedy Series
Ilana Glazer, Broad City
Abbi Jacobson, Broad City
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Dean Norris, Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Peter Sarsgaard, The Killing

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Tony Hale, Veep
Reid Scott, Veep
Parker Young, Enlisted

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Annet Mahendru, The Americans
Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Danielle Brooks, Orange is the New Black
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Zosia Mamet, Girls
Kate Mulgrew, Orange is the New Black

Ensemble in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
Masters of Sex

Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Orange is the New Black
Parks and Recreation
Trophy Wife
Veep

Guest Actor in a Drama/Comedy
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Raul Esparza, Hannibal
Pedro Pascal, Game of Thrones
Michael Pitt, Hannibal
Pablo Schreiber, Orange is the New Black

Guest Actress in a Drama/Comedy
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Gillian Anderson, Hannibal
Sarah Baker, Louie
Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex

TV Movie/Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Broadchurch (BBC America)
Fargo (FX)
The Hollow Crown (PBS)
The Normal Heart (HBO)

Best Actor in a TV Movie/Miniseries
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Ben Whishaw, The Hollow Crown

Best Actress in a TV Movie/Miniseries
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven
Olivia Colman, Broadchurch
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart
Allison Tolman, Fargo

Variety, Comedy or Music Program
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Key and Peele (Comedy Central)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

New Series
Broad City (Comedy Central)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
True Detective (HBO)

TALLY

Fargo – 4
Orange is the New Black – 4

Veep – 3

Breaking Bad – 2
Game of Thrones – 2
The Good Wife – 2
Masters of Sex – 2

Brooklyn Nine-Nine – 1
Hannibal – 1
Inside Amy Schumer – 1
Louie – 1
Orphan Black – 1
True Detective – 1

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