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The 69th Emmy Awards broadcasted this Sunday and it was a night of black history! Stephen Colbert may have hosted the laughs, but black creatives officially dominated the comedy category!

First off, Issa Rae kicked off the night by verbalizing the very thing every black person is thinking when watching award shows, game shows, sports, or any other broadcasted competition in existence.

Then, it was a wild rollercoaster ride of wins starting with Donald Glover, who won for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for the “B.A.N.” episode of Atlanta. He became the first African-American to win an Emmy in the Directing category for a comedy series.

Next up, was Lena Waithe who won Outstanding Writer in a Comedy Series, along with Aziz Ansari for the “Thanksgiving” episode of Master of None. Waithe made history, becoming the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing.

Take a second and think about the sheer significance of this: Black people and POC dominated the writing and directing category for comedy series. That’s major!

Just when you thought Glover had stopped shining, he went on to scoop the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Atlanta.

To round out the night, Sterling K. Brown won the highest television acting honor by scooping the Oustanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in This Is Us.

As Colbert noted, this year marked the most diverse group of Emmy nominees in the award ceremony’s history. Black excellence and joy reverberated through the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and we couldn’t be prouder! Congrats to the winners!

The complete list of 2017 Emmy Winners (in bold):

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

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Robin Wright, House of Cards

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

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

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

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Carrie Coon, Fargo
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan

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

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

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

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

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

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, Drunk History – “Hamilton”
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live – “The (RED) Show”
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Multi-Level Marketing”
Jim Hoskinson, The Last Show with Stephen Colbert – “Episode 0179”
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live – “Host: Jimmy Fallon”

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
David E. Kelley, Big Little Lies
Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror: San Junipero
Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, and Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “Pilot”
Richard Price and Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Call of the Wild”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Vince Gilligan, Better Call Saul – “Witness”
Stephen Daldry, The Crown – “Hyde Park Corner”
Reed Morano, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred”
Kate Dennis, The Handmaid’s Tale – “The Bridge”
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland – “America First”
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – “The Bicameral Mind”

OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.”
Stephen Glover, Atlanta – “Streets on Lock”
Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Master of None – “Thanksgiving”
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley – “Success Failure”
Billy Kimball, Veep – “Georgia”
David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”

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

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live

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

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies
Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
Ron Howard, Genius – “Einstein: Chapter One”
James Marsh, The Night Of – “The Art of War”
Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Beach”

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

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Americans – “The Soviet Division”
Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul – “Chicanery”
Peter Morgan, The Crown – “Assassins”
Bruce Miller, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred”
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – The Bicameral Mind”

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Billy on the Street
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Show

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.”
Jamie Babbit, Silicon Valley – “Intellectual Property”
Morgan Sackett, Veep – “Blurb”
David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”
Dale Stern, Veep – “Justice”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Judy Davis, Feud
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Jackie Hoffman, Feud
Regina King, American Crime
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

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

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

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