LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS‘Game of Thrones’ show-runners D.B. Weiss (L) and David Benioff, with cast and crew, accept the award for outstanding drama series.
Sunday night was most definitely not full of terrors for the cast and crew of “Game of Thrones.”
HBO’s hit fantasy series upset a crowded field of esteemed dramas to win the top Emmy Award of the night — outstanding drama series.
It was enough to drive Don Draper to drink: among the contenders it bested was two-time winner, “Mad Men,” which many prognosticators had predicted would be honored with a third outstanding drama series Emmy for its final season.
“Downton Abbey,” “Better Call Saul,” “Homeland,” “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New Black” rounded out a category jam-packed with more contenders than Westeros has would-be kings.
The Emmy proved a vindication of sorts for show-runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who were hit with backlash over a rape storyline during this past season.
But “Game of Thrones” dominated television’s biggest night all around, notching three other statuettes on Sunday night — for writing (Benioff and Weiss), directing (David Nutter) and supporting actor (Peter Dinklage). It was Dinklage’s second Emmy for his role as fan-favorite manipulator, Tyrion Lannister.
Combined with the treasure horde of eight awards previously bestowed during the Creative Arts Emmys, the series broke the show's previous record of nine won by "The West Wing" in 2000.
Coincidentally, the magical evening also marked “Game of Thrones” creator George R.R. Martin’s birthday, and its hard to imagine the bearded wizard getting more out of a wish after blowing out the 67 candles on his cake.
“Thank you to George for telling me that Jon Snow is still alive during the commercial,” joked Emmy host Andy Samberg after wishing Martin a happy birthday on air.
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