Emmy Awards 2019: 'Game of Thrones' takes home Best Drama Series Award

The Game of Thrones' cast looked elegant and stylish as they graced the purple carpet at the 2019 Emmy Awards. For the uninitiated, the show was up for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards this year, including Outstanding Drama Series and nine acting nominations.  Sophie Turner is up for best-supporting actress along with Maisie Williams, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and the self-nominated Gwendoline Christie. 

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However, the critically acclaimed series won the Best Drama Series Award, along with Peter Dinklage, who plays the role of Tyrion Lannister in the show bagging the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. 

All the members of the cast took the stage when the award was announced. 

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Game of Thrones: 

The Watts-led project wrapped up its production earlier this summer. After a remarkable 8 year-long journey, the series concluded earlier this year with an eighth and last season. Game of Thrones became is a super hit and a very popular series among the viewers. On the other hand, the last season of the show has received mixed reactions from its fans and critics. Many fans got annoyed and filed a petition to remake the last season of the series with competent writers. More than 1 million people signed the petition, and many fans were left rather unhappy with how the show ended. 

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Emmy Awards

The 71st Emmy Awards started its telecast in India at 5:30 AM. The previous month, it was reported that the Primetime Emmy Awards will take place without a host. Emmy awards are the much-awaited award event to honor the excellent work of people in the TV industry and will take place on Sunday. Last year, these Emmy awards were held without a host in 2003, which was also aired on Fox network. The reason the awards were being considered to be hostless is that they had too many names on the board. 

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