HBO Receives Primetime Emmy Awards, the Most of Any Network is Year; Game of rones Leads all Programming with Emmys

HBO Receives 22 Primetime Emmy Awards, the Most of Any Network this Year; Game of Thrones Leads all Programming with 12 Emmys September 19, 2016

LOS ANGELES - HBO received 22 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most of any network for the 15th year in a row, in the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards competition. Game of Thrones led all programming with 12 Emmys .

HBO's Emmy wins this year include:

* 12 Emmys for Game of Thrones, including Outstanding Drama Series; Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Miguel Sapochnik); Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss); Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More); Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series; Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie; Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series; Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour); Outstanding Special Visual Effects; and Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie.

* 3 Emmys for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series; Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series; and Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming.

* 3 Emmys for Veep, including Outstanding Comedy Series; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Julia Louis-Dreyfus); and Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.

* 1 Emmy for Girls : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Peter Scolari).

* 1 Emmy for Jim: The James Foley Story : Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.

* 1 Emmy for Project Greenlight : Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program.

* 1 Emmy for VICE: Fighting ISIS : Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera).

Catch up with HBO's Emmy -winning programming on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and affiliate portals.

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