The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano also became the first woman to win the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series in 22 years, while This Is Us’ Sterling K. Brown became the first black man to win Outstanding Lead Actor In a Drama in 19 years.
It was a night of firsts and broken records; ones which honoured, in particular, the often ignored contributions of women and people of colour.
Beyond celebrating the innovative and unique television that is currently populating the landscape, 2017’s Emmys became quite the historic event.
Donald Glover became the first black winner of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, while Master of None’s Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.