Vince Bucci/Invision for the Television Academy/AP ImagesTalk about a sweep!
After stars Sterling K. Brown, Sarah Paulson, and Courtney B. Vance each picked up Emmy gold for their turns in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, the tide of Emmy love continued to the show itself as presenters Liev Schreiber and Keri Russell announced it has won Outstanding Limited Series at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. (The show only didn't win in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series because the male-heavy cast didn't have one to nominate.)
Accepting their win over American Crime, Fargo, Roots, and The Night Manager, Ryan Murphy and his fellow producers were played off so quickly, you'd wouldn't have been out of line to presume they were the victors of a category lesser than Outstanding Limited Series. However, Ryan did manage to get a few words in, making sure to thank the head of the network that's proved so lucrative to his career. "Thank you to John Landgraf at FX for being a leader of inclusion and supporting all types of storytelling," he said.
Prior to the big show win, each of the winning actors from The People v. O.J. Simpson got a chance to shine with no attempt to play them off in sight. Sarah Paulson used her time to apologize to her date, the real-life Marcia Clark, on behalf of the entire country for how she was treated during the actual O.J. Simpson murder trial. Sterling K. Brown used his time to make us fall even more in love with him than we were before. And an ecstatic Courtney B. Vance couldn't help but get political, shouting, "Obama out! Hillary in!" before he left the stage.
Something tells us the FX party is going to be the place to be tonight.