This year’s Emmy Awards were a bit of a snooze, don’t you think? The comedy section was the same two shows winning over and over ( and I don’t care what anyone says, Transparent is a drama). The same with the miniseries; I never even heard of Oliver Kitteridge until tonight and, as my girlfriend said when it won its millionth award, I’m already sick of hearing about it.

The drama awards were a little better, if only because I was surprised at how many awards Game of Thrones got (for a relatively weak season, I thought). Honest the best part of the show was Andy Samberg’s opening number. Nothing would have been able to top that. 

Just as important as the awards, of course, is what was happening on Twitter. That was where the real action always is, for better or worse!

Here are the top five moments that caused the most discussion:

Coming in first was the speech by Viola Davis, who Outstanding Actress in a Drama for “How to Get Away with Murder.” She is  the first black woman to win in this category, which is astounding. I thought Kerry Washington won it a couple of years ago, but that was a Golden Globe. How did it take this long for something like this to happen? 

Next was Game of Thrones winning Outstanding Drama Series, which was presented in a surprise appearance by Tracy Morgan, which was my favorite moment of the entire show (which happened at the very end of the night).

That was followed by Veep winning Outstanding Comedy Series.

Then came my second favorite moment of the night: Jon Hamm finally (FINALLY!) winning Outstanding Actor in a Drama for “Mad Men.” It only took seven years but it finally happened. Now I can rest easy.

And, finally, the fifth most Tweeted moment was Uzo Aduba winning Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for “Orange is the New Black.” I honestly thought Christina Hendricks had this one, so I was a little surprised by this, but good for her.

The most Tweeted about star of the night, though, was Lady Gaga, who presented the award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. This is the second time this year that Gaga has unexpectedly dominated the conversation at an awards show. One thing is undeniable: Twitter loves her.

Other Tweeted about stars included Davis and Hamm, followed by Amy Poehler, who pretended not to care about the fact that she lost in her category, and Tatiana Maslany, who was never going to win, and was probably only nominated because of her rabid fanbase.

The most Tweeted about shows were the winners, as you’d expect: Game of Thrones, Veep, Orange is the New Black and Mad Men.

The only non winner mixed in there was American Horror Story, which just happens to be the show that Lady Gaga will be starring in this season. It’s also one of the shows that was getting the most buzz over the last few months. 

(Image source: npr.org)

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