The Handmaid's Tale, Veep, win big at Emmys

Elisabeth Moss.
(Image credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The Handmaid's Tale was the big winner at Sunday night's Emmy awards in Los Angeles, coming in to the night with 13 nominations.

The show won for Outstanding Drama series; Elisabeth Moss won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a drama; Ann Dowd won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a drama; Alexis Bledel won for Outstanding Guest Actress in a drama; Reed Morano won for directing a drama series; and Bruce Miller won for writing for a drama series.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.