{"id":249515,"date":"2016-09-19T06:40:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T06:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=249515"},"modified":"2016-09-19T06:40:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T06:40:48","slug":"game-of-thrones-breaks-emmys-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/game-of-thrones-breaks-emmys-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones breaks Emmys record"},"content":{"rendered":"
Game of Thrones has broken the record for the highest number of Primetime Emmy Awards won by any show.<\/p>\n
The HBO series triumphed in 12 of the 24 categories it was nominated in at Sunday night’s ceremony, including outstanding drama series.<\/p>\n
The show has now surpassed Frasier’s all-time record of 37 Emmy wins.<\/p>\n
This year’s British winners included Dame Maggie Smith, who won outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for her role in Downton Abbey.<\/p>\n
Dame Maggie was not there in person to accept the award, so host Jimmy Kimmel joked: “We’re not mailing this to her. Maggie, if you want this, it will be in the lost and found.”<\/p>\n
John Oliver won best variety talk series for his HBO series Last Week Tonight, beating fellow British nominee James Corden, who was nominated for The Late Late Show.<\/p>\n
BBC One’s Sherlock was named best made for TV movie for its special episode The Abominable Bride. Susanne Bier, the Danish director of the BBC’s spy thriller The Night Manager, won for best directing in a limited series.<\/p>\n