All Hail Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fleabag with Their Emmy Wins
The outstanding second season of Fleabag got its proper due as it nabbed the Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Directing for a Comedy Series, and Writing for a Comedy Series (three of which went to the very deserving series creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge).
This should make up for the lack of awards for Fleabag’s also brilliant first season and really make Waller-Bridge shine in real life as much as her character does in the saintly key art for season 2.
Also, what’s interesting to note from last night’s Emmys is that The Marvelous Ms. Maisel’s Alex Borstein and Tony Shaloub won Outstanding Supporting Actress and Actor. That’s quite a sweep for Amazon in the comedy field (made all the more impressive by the fact that we did wonder a couple years ago what was going to happen with their comedy branding after Transparent had to reconfigure after the #MeToo exit of Jeffrey Tambor).
Here are the rest of the comedy winners from 2019 Emmys:
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Fleabag
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Saturday Night Live • Host: Adam Sandler
Don Roy King, Directed by
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Dan Gurewitch, Senior Writer
Jeff Maurer, Senior Writer
Jill Twiss, Senior Writer
Juli Weiner, Senior Writer
Tim Carvell, Written by
Raquel D’Apice, Written by
Josh Gondelman, Written by
Daniel O’Brien, Written by
John Oliver, Written by
Owen Parsons, Written by
Charlie Redd, Written by
Joanna Rothkopf, Written by
Ben Silva, Written by
Seena Vali, Written by
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Barry
Bill Hader as Barry
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Fleabag • Episode 1
Harry Bradbeer, Directed by
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Fleabag • Episode 1
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Written by
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman