EP 189: Game of Thrones Emmy Recap, #GamerGate, Collective Soul

‘Game of Thrones’ ties Emmys records, wins best drama series

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Despite a universally panned final season that saw fans start a Change.org petition — signed by thousands — asking for reshoots, the sprawling epic fantasy drama made history Sunday at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

The eighth and final season of the wildly popular HBO series ended Sunday’s award show by winning best drama series to tie its own record for most Emmys for a single season of a show.

That final honor gave Season 8 of “Game of Thrones” 12 Emmys in 2019, matching a mark previously set by the show’s fifth season in 2015.

Season 8 entered Sunday’s primetime ceremony having already won 10 awards at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, leaving it just two shy of the record. In addition to winning best drama series Sunday, the show also saw Peter Dinklage win best supporting actor for a drama.

Emmy winners by the numbers…

–Most winners by network: HBO, 34, Netflix, 27, Amazon, 15, National Geographic, 8, NBC, 7, CNN, 5, FX, 5, CBS, 4, Fox, 4, Hulu, 4, VH1, 4, YouTube, 4…

–Most winners by show: Game of Thrones (HBO), 12, Chernobyl (HBO), 10, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), 8, Free Solo (Net Geo), 7, Fleabag (Amazon),
6, Love, Death & Robots (Netflix), 5, Saturday Night Live (NBC), 5, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO), 4, Queer Eye (Netflix), 4, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1), 4…

The full list of winners. The big stories…

►A night of surprises and upsets: Who says the Emmys are predictable?
From Fleabag’s haul to surprise wins for Jodie Comer and Billy Porter, the Emmys were anything but boring for awards handicappers. “Sunday night’s 71st Primetime Emmys probably cost Las Vegas bookies a lot of money, as there were more upsets than anticipated wins, reflecting the challenges of reading a voting body as large as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (which is comprised of some 25,000 members) in the era of Peak TV (with its roughly 500 shows),” Scott Feinberg
writes.

+While the drama genre wasn’t free of surprise, “the fact that Game of Thrones’ best drama win for its s

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