71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019), Live Thread!

An Emmy Award (via Giphy)

WELCOME to the live thread for the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. This is your space to sound-off during the Primetime Emmy Awards as well as the red carpet arrival, if you arrive early. Give us your witty comments, hot takes, and sharp Emmy criticisms to help make this award show tolerable. Winners will be announced in the comment stream (gifs included) and will also be added to The Winner's Guide section below. So let's get to it!

THE SCHEDULE

4:30 PM: Countdown to the Red Carpet begins on E!
6 PM: Red carpet coverage begins on E!
7 PM: Red carpet coverage begins on Fox (if sportsballs ends on time)
8 PM: Ceremony begins on Fox; there are 27 categories to present and three hours to do it.

Louis Anderson, 2016 (via Giphy)

ABOUT TONIGHT

Host: none
Presenters: Angela Bassett, Stephen Colbert, Viola Davis, Michael Douglas, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Jimmy Kimmel, Peter Krause, Seth Meyers, Billy Porter, Naomi Watts, Zendaya, the cast of Game of Thrones (Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Carice van Houten, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Maisie Williams [source]; Anthony Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Bill Hader, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, cast of Veep (Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, Kevin Dunn, Clea DuVall, Tony Hale, Sam Richardson, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Sarah Sutherland, Matt Walsh), Gwyneth Paltrow, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, RuPaul, Lilly Singh, Ben Stiller, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and cast of Keeping Up with the Kardashians (Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner) [source]; Tim Allen, Nick Cannon, James Corden, Jon Hamm, Timothy Hutton, Jharrel Jerome, Ken Jeong, Cherry Jones, Regina King, Luke Kirby, Hugh Laurie, Jane Lynch, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Catherine O'Hara, Randall Park, Jimmy Smits, Brittany Snow, Marisa Tomei, Kerry Washington, and Bradley Whitford [source]
Changes/Tweaks: After a year away, Television Movie is back in the ceremony. The variety program presentation in writing and directing this year is for series. (They rotate annually with variety specials.) No orchestra this year, too.
Tonight's Top Nominees: Game of Thrones (14); When They See Us (10); Barry (9); Escape at Dannemora, Fosse/Verdon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (7); Chernobyl, Fleabag, Killing Eve (6); Better Call Saul, Ozark, This Is Us, Veep (5) (a complete ballot of all the nominees can be found below)
Already Winners (Creative Arts, Night 1, Creative Arts, Night 2): Game of Thrones (10); Chernobyl (7); RuPaul's Drag Race, Saturday Night Live (3); Barry, Fleabag, Last Week Tonight, Russian Doll (2)
Order of Presentation: Here with presenters

RuPaul, 2018 (via Giphy)

THE WINNER'S GUIDE

Here is the handy-dandy guide to all the awards tonight. Winners will be in the comment stream, but refresh the page because this guide will be updated during commercial breaks (at least, that's the plan).

Comedy Series

Comedy Series: Fleabag
Lead Actor: Bill Hader, Barry
Lead Actress: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Supporting Actor: Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Supporting Actress: Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Directing: Fleabag, "Episode 1" (Harry Bradbeer)
Writing: Fleabag, "Episode 1" (Phoebe Waller-Bridge)

Drama Series

Drama Series: Game of Thrones
Lead Actor: Billy Porter, Pose
Lead Actress: Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Supporting Actor: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Supporting Actress: Julia Garner, Ozark
Directing: Ozark, "Reparations" (Jason Bateman)
Writing: Succession, "Nobody Is Ever Missing" (Jesse Armstrong)

Limited Series and Movie

Limited Series: Chernobyl
Movie: Black Mirror, "Bandersnatch"
Lead Actor: Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Lead Actress: Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Supporting Actor: Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, The Act
Directing: Chernobyl (Johan Renck)
Writing: Chernobyl (Craig Mazin)

Variety Program

Variety Talk Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Variety Sketch Series: Saturday Night Live
Directing, Series: Saturday Night Live, "Host: Adam Sandler" (Don Roy King)
Writing, Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Reality Program

Competition Program: RuPaul's Drag Race

Ballot for the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (via me)

Claire Foy, 2018 (via Giphy)