Jharrel Jerome and Billy Porter Make History At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards

TV’s biggest night went on without a hitch Sunday in downtown Los Angeles and the host-less evening included a few historical moments. The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards recognized TV’s elites in writing, directing and acting. 

Jharrel Jerome took home a well-deserved award for Lead Actor In A Limited Series for his role in ’When They See Us.’ Jerome portrayal of Korey Wise, who’s one of five juvenile males of color who were wrongly convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, and his performance was nothing short of exceptional. The star made history as the youngest person to win an Emmy in this category as well as the first Afro-Latino to win for acting.

In his acceptance speech, Jerome dedicated his Emmy to the five men — Wise, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson, who were in attendance and seen on camera cheering and giving a standing ovation to the actor.

Billy Porter, who plays the stylishness and confident ballroom emcee Pray Tell in FX’s “Pose,” also made Emmy history Sunday night by becoming the first openly gay black man to win the lead actor in a drama category.

To wrap up the 8th Season of ’Game of Thrones,’ the show took home one of the biggest and most prestigious awards of the night for Outstanding Drama Series

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us)

Mahershala Ali (True Detective)

Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora)

Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)

Jared Harris (Chernobyl)

Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Billy Porter (Pose)

Jason Bateman (Ozark)

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)

Kit Harington (Game of Thrones)

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

WINNER: RuPaul’s Drag Race

The Amazing Race

American Ninja Warrior

Nailed It!

Top Chef

The Voice

Outstanding Drama Series

WINNER: Game of Thrones

Better Call Saul

Bodyguard

Killing Eve

Ozark

Pose

Succession

This Is Us

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)

Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)

Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)

Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones)

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)

Michael Kelly (House of Cards)

Chris Sullivan (This Is Us)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER: Bill Hader (Barry)

Anthony Anderson (black-ish)

Don Cheadle (Black Monday)

Ted Danson (The Good Place)

Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Outstanding Limited Series

WINNER: Chernobyl

Escape at Dannemora

Fosse/Verdon

Sharp Objects

When They See Us

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER: Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Anthony Carrigan (Barry)

Stephen Root (Barry)

Henry Winkler (Barry)

Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)

Tony Hale (Veep)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER: Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Sarah Goldberg (Barry)

Sian Clifford (Fleabag)

Olivia Coleman (Fleabag)

Betty Gilpin (GLOW)

Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

WINNER: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, “Episode 1”

Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Barry, “ronny/lily”

Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Stacy Osei-Kuffor, PEN15, “Anna Ishii-Peters”

Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Russian Doll, “Nothing in This World Is Easy”

Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, The Good Place, “Janet(s)”

David Mandel, Veep, “Veep”

Directing for a Comedy Series

WINNER: Harry Bradbeer, Fleabag, “Episode 1”

Alec Berg, Barry, “The Audition”

Bill Hader, Barry, “ronny/lilly”

Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory, “The Stockholm Syndrome”

Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “All Alone”

Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “We’re Going to the Catskills!”

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)

Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll)

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Patricia Arquette, The Act

Emily Watson, Chernobyl

Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon

Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects

Vera Farmiga, When They See Us

Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us

Directing for a Limited Series

WINNER: Johan Renck, Chernobyl

Stephen Frears, A Very English Scandal

Ben Stiller, Escape at Dannemora

Jessica Yu, Fosse/Verdon

Thomas Kail, Fosse/Verdon

Ava DuVernay, When They See Us

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal)

Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl)

Paul Dano (Escape at Dannemora)

Asante Blackk (When They See Us)

John Leguizamo (When They See Us)

Michael K. Williams (When They See Us)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series Or Movie

WINNER: Craig Mazin, Chernobyl

Russell T Davies, A Very English Scandal

Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Jerry Stahl, Escape at Dannemora, “Episode 6”

Brett Johsnon, Michael Tolkin, Escape at Dannemora, “Episode 7”

Steven Levenson, Joel Fields, Fosse/Verdon, “Providence”

Ava DuVernay, When They See Us, “Part Four”

Outstanding Television Movie

WINNER: Bandersnatch, Black Mirror

Brexit

Deadwood: The Movie

King Lear

My Dinner with Herve

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon)

Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)

Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)

Aunjanue Ellis (When They See Us)

Joey King (The Act)

Niecy Nash (When They See Us)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Documentary Now!

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

WINNER: Saturday Night Live

At Home With Amy Sedaris 

Documentary Now! 

Drunk History

I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman

Who Is America?

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

WINNER: Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live

Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas, Documentary Now!

Derek Waters, Drunk History

Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Daniel Gray Longino, Dan Mazer, Who is America?

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

WINNER: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Late Show With James Corden

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

WINNER: Jesse Armstrong, Succession, “Nobody is Ever Missing”

Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul, “Winner”

Jed Mercurio, Bodyguard, “Episode 1”

David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Game of Thrones, “The Iron Throne”

Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, The Handmaid’s Tale, “Holly”

Emerald Fennell, Killing Eve, “Nice and Neat”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)

WINNER: Julia Garner (Ozark)

Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones)

Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)

Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)

Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

WINNER: Jason Bateman, Ozark, “Reparations”

David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones, “The Iron Throne”

David Nutter, Game of Thrones, “The Last of the Starks”

Miguel Sapochnik, Game of Thrones, “The Long Night”

Daina Reed, The Handmaid’s Tale, “Holly”

Adam McKay, Succession, “Celebration”

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER: Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)

Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)

Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)

Laura Linney (Ozark)

Mandy Moore (This Is Us)

Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

Robin Wright (House of Cards)

Outstanding Comedy Series

WINNER: Fleabag

Barry

The Good Place

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Russian Doll

Schitt’s Creek

Veep