'Veep,' 'Game of Thrones' win big at Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES -- While "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" took home the top honors for the second consecutive year, it was a mini-series on "the trial of the century" that earned the most honors at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night.

"The People v. O.J. Simpson" won best limited series and writing, and earned awards for stars Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paulson.

The star-studded night ended with "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" winning the big outstanding drama and outstanding comedy awards during the show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

"Game of Thrones," HBO's dark fantasy, is now the most honored primetime series ever with a cumulative 38 Emmy awards - one more than the classic show "Frasier."

Co-creator and showrunner David Benioff credits the team both on and off the screen for the drama's success.

"A great director can make you look a lot better, and great actors make you seem a lot smartly, so we're just very lucky that we get to work with the people we work with," he said.

The night was filled with politics, fashion, diversity and even sandwiches.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus of HBO's "Veep" received a record-breaking sixth Emmy Award as best comedy series actress. During her acceptance speech, she took a dig at presidential nominee Donald Trump by saying her show seems to have morphed from comedy to documentary during the current election season.

Soon after, her face was filled with tears as she dedicated the award to her father, who died Friday.

While accepting his award for best comedy actor in the Amazon show "Transparent," Jeffrey Tambor asked the people of Hollywood to make him the last non-transgender actor to play a transgender person on screen.

Newcomers like Rami Malek, who won the award for best actor in a drama series for his role in the USA Network show "Mr. Robot," shocked many, including themselves, as they took home trophies.

"Oh, my God. Please tell me you're seeing this too," he said.

Tatiana Maslany of "Orphan Black" also beat out tough competition in the drama category.

Meantime, veterans like comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler also got recognition.

Of course, the Emmy Awards would not be complete without memorable funny moments.

Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin of Netflix's "Stranger Things" helped host Jimmy Kimmel pass out 7,000 home-made PB&J sandwiches, which were made for the celebrity audience from Kimmel's very own mother.

The sandwiches were paired with juice boxes inside brown paper bags, which also came with a note from "mom."

Overall, television's biggest night of the year proved to be an eventful one yet again.