LIVE UPDATES From The 70th Emmy Awards

8:30 AM: 'Game Of Thrones' wins the Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series.

8:25 AM: 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' again wins the award for the for Outstanding comedy series.

8:21 AM: 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace' wins the award for the Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special.

8.15 AM: John Oliver wins the Emmys for HBO's TV show 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'

8.06 AM: Lorne Michaels wins the award for NBC's television show 'Saturday Night Live'

8.01 AM: RuPaul's Drag Race wins the Emmys for Reality Competition Program.

7:45 AM: Claire Foy wins the award for the Lead Actress in a drama series for 'The Crown'

7.44 AM: Mathews Rhys wins the Emmys for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for 'The Americans'

7:24 AM: Thandie Newton wins outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for her role in 'Westworld'

7.22 AM: Peter Dinklage wins the award for the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama series for 'Game Of Thrones' 

7:13 AM: Tina Fey takes up the stage to introduce the in memoriam segment of the Emmys

7:05 AM: Filmmaker Glenn Weiss proposed his girlfriend on the stage of the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. As the director went up to the stage to accept the award for a variety special, remembered his mother and talked about how his mother loved his girlfriend. Going down on his knees for his beloved the filmmaker said, "You wonder why I don't like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife." The crowd cheered this unique way of proposing during Emmys.

(Source: AP)

7.02 AM: John Mulaney wins the award for writing, variety special.

6:59 AM: Michael Che talks about how black comedians have been overlooked in history and presents a video titled 'The Reparations Emmys'

6.54 AM: Darren Criss wins the award for the Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'

6:49 AM: Regina King wins Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series on 'Seven Seconds'

6:41 AM: Ryan Murphy wins the award for best directing in a limited series 'The Man Who Would Be Vogue' from 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.'

6:38 AM: Betty White addresses the audience on the stage of the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards saying, "little did I dream then that I would be here, and it's incredible that I'm still in this business, and you are still putting up with me."

6.33 AM: William Bridges and Charlie Brooker wins the Emmys for writing on a limited series or movie for 'USS Callister (Black Mirror)' 

6.30 AM: Jeff Daniels wins the award for the Supporting Lead Actor for the comedy series 'Godless'

6.24 AM: Merritt Wever wins the Primetime Emmys for Supporting Actress in a limited Series for 'Godless'

6:13 AM: Bill Hader wins the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for 'Barry' aired on HBO

6:08 AM: Rachel Brosnahan wins the award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 'Mrs Maisel'

6:01 AM: Amy Sherman-Palladino wins the award for writing and directing 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' 

5.58 AM: Henry Winkler wins his First Emmy and recited the speech he wrote 43 Years Ago.

5:56 AM: Alex Borstein wins the award for the best supporting actress in a comedy in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'

5:47 AM: Colin Jost and Michael Che deliver the opening monologue of the event.

5: 38 AM: Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson opened the Emmy Awards arm in arm.

5. 28 AM: Sandra Oh arrived at the red carpet with her parents.She has the chance to become the first performer of Asian descent to win a lead drama actress trophy for the BBC America’s spy thriller “Killing Eve.” Oh talked about being the first Asian actor nominated for a lead actress category.

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The prestigious television award ceremony, the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards is all set to be held at Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, United States, on Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018. The event will be hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che from the 'Saturday Night Live'. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards that celebrates outstanding artistic and technical achievement across a variety of television genres recorded huge achievement of the television series.

Here are the nominees in all the awards’ major categories. The complete list is available in Emmys’ website.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Atlanta
• Barry
• Black-ish
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Glow
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Silicon Valley
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Drama Series

• The Americans
• The Crown
• Game of Thrones
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us
• Westworld

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
• Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
• Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
• Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
• John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
• Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Jessica Biel, The Sinner
• Laura Dern, The Tale
• Michelle Dockery, Godless
• Edie Falco, Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
• Regina King, Seven Seconds
• Sarah Paulson, America Horror Story: Cult

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Ted Danson, The Good Place
• Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Donald Glover, Atlanta
• Bill Hader, Barry
• William H. Macy, Shameless

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
• Henry Winkler, Barry
• Louie Anderson, Baskets
• Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
• Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
• Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Pamala Adlon, Better Things
• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Ms, Maisel
• Allison Janney, Mom
• Issa Rae, Insecure
• Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
• Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
• Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
• Betty Gilpin, GLOW
• Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
• Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
• Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
• Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Matthew Rhys, The Americans
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
• Ed Harris, Westworld
• Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
• David Harbour, Stranger Things
• Matt Smith, The Crown
• Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
• Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
• Keri Russell, The Americans
• Claire Foy, The Crown
• Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
• Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
• Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
• Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Thandie Newton, Westworld

Outstanding Reality Competition Series

• The Amazing Race
• American Ninja Warrior
• Project Runway
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef
• The Voice

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

• At Home With Amy Sedaris
• Drunk History
• I Love You America with Sarah Silverman
• Portlandia
• Saturday Night Live
• Tracey Ullman’s Show

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• The Late Late Show with James Corden
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Limited Series

• The Alienist
• The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
• Genius: Picasso
• Godless
• Patrick Melrose