“Game Of Thrones” Takes Home Emmy Award

September 23, 2019 4:57 pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Game of Thrones” has won the best television drama series Emmy Award.   The HBO fantasy epic takes the award for the fourth time in its eighth and final season.  It was the just the second Emmy on what had been a mostly quiet night for “Game of Thrones.” Peter Dinklage won best supporting actor in a drama for the show. He set a record for most wins for the same  role, four, breaking a tie with Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad.”  “Fleabag” won the Emmy for best comedy series  The win Sunday for the Amazon Prime Video series added on to an already huge night for show creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.  Her acting win blocked “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus from setting a record as the most-honored performer in Emmy history.