FX’s The People vs. O.J. Simpson stole the show – and most of the awards – at tonight’s Primetime Emmys. Awards include Outstanding Limited Series and wins for Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and a first-time Emmy for Sarah Paulson. The limited series is one of this year’s most talked about shows and was nominated for 22 awards, already carrying with it to the Primetime Emmys four wins from the Creative Arts Emmys. These are the categories the series won:
Outstanding Limited Series
Outstanding Actress for a Limited Series or a Movie
Sarah Paulson
Outstanding Actor for a Limited Series of a Movie
Courtney B. Vance
Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Limited Series or a Movie
Sterling K. Brown
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or a Movie
D.V. DeVincentis, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or a Movie
C. Chi-Yoon Chung, “Race Card”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Movie
Douglas Andham, Joe Earle, Judah Getz, John Bauman, “From the Ashes of Tragedy”
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or a Movie
Chris Clark, Natalie Driscoll, Shay Sanford-Fong, Katrina Chevalier
Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series or a Movie
Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, Courtney Bright, Nicole Daniels
The People vs. O.J. Simpson, produced by Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Ryan Murphy and Brad Simpson is based on the book “The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson” by Jeffrey Toobin.
Making its debut in February of 2016, the critically-acclaimed anthology centers around the notorious O.J. Simpson murder trial and stars Cuba Gooding Jr. (as O.J. Simpson), Sarah Paulson (Marcia Clark), David Schwimmer (Robert Kardashian) and John Travolta (Robert Schapiro).