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This year鈥檚 Emmy Awards included major victories for the HBO shows 鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥� and 鈥淰eep,鈥� actor Jon Hamm of 鈥淢ad Men,鈥� and actress Viola Davis, who became the first black actress to win the Emmy Award for best lead actress in a drama for her work on the ABC show 鈥淗ow to Get Away With Murder.鈥澛�

鈥淭he only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity," Davis during her acceptance speech. "You cannot win Emmys with roles that are simply not there.鈥澛�

Actor Jeffrey Tambor won the Emmy for best lead actor in a comedy for the Amazon show 鈥淭ransparent,鈥� while Julia Louis-Dreyfus of 鈥淰eep鈥� won the award for best lead actress in a comedy. Peter Dinklage of 鈥淭hrones鈥� won the best supporting actor in a drama Emmy and Uzo Aduba won the best supporting actress in a drama Emmy for her work on the Netflix show 鈥淥range Is the New Black.鈥�

Meanwhile, Tony Hale won the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy for his appearances on 鈥淰eep鈥� and Allison Janney captured the Emmy Award for best supporting actress in a comedy for the CBS show 鈥淢om.鈥澛�

Hamm鈥檚 win for the final season of 鈥淢ad Men鈥� came after he had been nominated for and lost the award seven times before this year鈥檚 ceremony.聽

鈥淭hrones鈥� became the first fantasy series to win the Emmy for Best Drama Series, which is one of the most high-profile awards at the ceremony. (The ABC show "Lost" became the first science fiction show to take the prize in 2005.) The HBO drama, which takes place in the fictional land of Westeros and is based on the book series of the same name by George R.R. Martin, had been nominated before in the category but had previously won in such categories as best supporting actor in a drama series (Dinklage again) and best special visual effects.

This year, 鈥淭hrones鈥� actresses Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke missed out on the best supporting actress prize and Diana Rigg did not win the prize for best guest actress in a drama series. However, series co-creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff won the Emmy for best writing for a drama series for the newest season finale.聽

The success of 鈥淭hrones鈥� at the Emmys echoes a first at the Academy Awards more than 10 years ago. The 2003 film 鈥淭he Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King鈥� became the first fantasy movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars. (The previous two films in the "Rings" series were both nominated for Best Picture.) In addition to its critical success, the 鈥淩ings鈥� trilogy found box office success, with 鈥淜ing鈥� becoming the highest-grossing movie domestically of the year in which it was released.聽

鈥淭hrones鈥� is one of the most acclaimed series on television right now, though it has received criticism for its onscreen violence, particularly with recent episodes. However, in terms of its status as a genre TV show, it has a lot of company on broadcast, cable, and streaming television. Comic book TV shows are popular right now, with almost every TV network and streaming service currently airing one, and the popular Starz show 鈥淥utlander鈥� has science fiction elements, while ABC鈥檚 popular show 鈥淥nce Upon a Time鈥� is set in a fantasy world, as is the ABC show 鈥淕alavant.鈥� Meanwhile, the Fox show 鈥淪leepy Hollow鈥� has supernatural elements.聽