Lightbulb Big Little Lies, The Handmaid's Tale And More Score At The 2017 Emmy Awards

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We've hit the point in awards season where the American TV academy hands out its trophies. The 2017 Emmys, hosted by comedian and Late Night presenter Stephen Colbert happened this weekend and it was a good night for the likes of Big Little Lies, Atlanta, This Is Us and Black Mirror.

There were some pleasant surprises among the winners, with Donald Glover taking home both Directing and Acting awards for Atlanta and Aziz Ansari and Waithe landing a writing award for Master Of None's Thanksgiving episode. Waithe was a particular milestone, the first African American to win the trophy.

Black Mirror took two gongs, with Charlie Brooker scoring writing in the Limited Series/Movie category and the actual TV Movie award itself for San Junipero.

Big Little Lies stormed the stage, nabbing Limited Series, and awards for Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard, Laura Dern and Directing for Limited Series Or Movie went to the show's Jean-Marc Vallée. Also scoring plenty of glory? The Handmaid's Tale, which won the Drama series award, Drama Directing for Reed Morano, Drama Writing for showrunner Bruce Miller, and acting trophies for Ann Dowd and Elisabeth Moss.

The main show and acting categories can be found below. For all the results, take a look at the Television Academy's own site.

DRAMA SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale
Better Call Saul
The Crown
House Of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

COMEDY SERIES
Veep
Atlanta
Black-ish
Master Of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

LIMITED SERIES
Big Little Lies
Fargo
Feud: Bette And Joan
Genius
The Night Of

TV MOVIE
Black Mirror: San Junipero
Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
The Wizard Of Lies

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master Of None
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Claire Foy, The Crown Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Robin Wright, House Of Cards

LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Jane Fonda, Grace And Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie

LEAD ACTOR, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Robert De Niro, The Wizard Of Lies
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
John Turturro, The Night Of

LEAD ACTRESS, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Carrie Coon, Fargo
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette And Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette And Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
John Lithgow, The Crown
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
Matt Walsh, Veep

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Judith Light, Transparent

SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Bill Camp, The Night Of
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
David Thewlis, Fargo
Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan
Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Judy Davis, Feud: Bette and Joan
Jackie Hoffman, Feud: Bette And Joan
Regina King, American Crime
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard Of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

VARIETY TALK SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Real Time With Bill Maher

VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Saturday Night Live
Billy On The Street
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Portlandia
Tracy Ullman’s Show