It was TV's biggest night of the year, when 'Game of Thrones' broke the record for winning the most Emmys in one night, another ceiling just got smashed with Viola Davis becoming the first black woman to win the gong for Outstanding Actress... but never mind all that history-making, how did we Brits fare?
ALL THE EMMY WINNERS BELOW IN BOLD
Answer? Not very well, really. Those tireless wits from 'Veep' were the winners of two of the major gongs, taking home Best Comedy Series and one for the writing on the same show. Awards also went to two of the show's actors, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (her sixth Emmy) and Tony Hale, playing her ever-subservient bodyman Gary.
However, it wasn't such good news for most of our familiar faces, soundly beaten in the leading categories. Jon Hamm, winning his first ever Emmy for the role of 'Mad Men's Don Draper saw off Hugh Bonneville, while Richard Jenkins for 'Olive Kitteridge' beat David Oyelowo, Mark Rylance and Ricky Gervais in the category of Outstanding Actor, Limited Series or Comedy-Drama.
And it seems the Americans' passion for 'Downton Abbey' has finally calmed down. As well as Hugh Bonneville's losing out, Jim Carter was beaten by 'Thrones' Peter Dinklage in his category, while Joanne Froggatt was beaten by 'Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba in hers.
And Best Drama Series? Well, that went to 'Game of Thrones', too - just one of the 12 awards the world-beating show took home, the most ever awards for one show on Emmys night.
The previous holder of this record was 'The West Wing' in 2002 and, true to form, two of that show's alumni scooped up another pair of gongs last night, with Bradley Whitford winning for his guest spot on 'Transparent', and Allison Janney adding to her ever-growing haul for 'Mom'.
Amazon's 'Transparent' also continued its Golden Globe-winning streak, collecting two awards for the streamed show about a family whose father is transgender. Jeffrey Tambor picked up the gong for Best Comedy Actor, while the show's director Jill Soloway also collected a gong.
Award for the most emotional speech of the night went to Viola Davis, accepting her gong for Outstanding Lead Actress for 'How To Get Away With Murder'.
She told the crowd: "The only thing that separates women of colour from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win Emmys with roles that are simply not there."
ALL THE NOMINEES BELOW - WINNERS IN BOLD:
Outstanding Drama Series:
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black
Outstanding Comedy Series:
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:
The Case Against 8
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All
Virunga
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series:
American Masters
Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies
The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Sixties
Lead Actor in a Drama Series:
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Liev Schrieber, Ray Donovan
Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elizabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series:
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie:
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Outstanding Actress in a Mini-series or Movie:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live from Lincoln Center
Supporting Actor, Drama:
Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Michael Kelly – House Of Cards
Supporting Actress, Drama:
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Man Men
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Guest Actor, Drama:
Alan Alda, The Blacklist
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Beau Bridges, Masters Of Sex
Pablo Schreiber, Orange Is The New Black
Guest Actress, Drama:
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Rachel Brosnahan, House Of Cards
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Allison Janney, Masters Of Sex
Khandi Alexander, Scandal
Supporting Actor, Comedy:
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting Actress, Comedy:
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate McKinnon Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Guest Actor, Comedy:
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Guest Actress, Comedy:
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie:
Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie:
Regina King, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Television Movie:
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace Of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale
Outstanding Reality Competition Series:
Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
The Voice
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
Outstanding Variety Talk Series:
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:
Inside Amy Schumer
Drunk History
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Limited Series:
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Olive Kitteridge
The Honorable Woman
Wolf Hall
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series:
Joshua Brand – The Americans
Gordon Smith – Better Call Saul
David Benioff and DB Weiss – Game Of Thrones
Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner – Mad Men
Matthew Weiner – Mad Men
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:
Phil Lord and Chirs Miller – The Last Man on Earth
Louis CK – Louie
Mike Judge – Silicon Valley
Jill Soloway – Transparent
Armando Iannucci – Veep
Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series:
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth
Louis CK – Louie
Alec Berg – Silicon Valley
Jill Soloway – Transparent
Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche – Veep
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special:
John Ridley – American Crime
Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Horton Foote – Bessie
Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg – Hello Ladies: The Movie
Hugo – The Honorable Woman
Jane Anderson – Olive Kitteridge
Peter Straughan – Wolf Hall
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Advertisement:
Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Barry Julien, Paul Dinello, Matt Lappin, Jay Katsir, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Max Werner, Eric Drysdale, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Gabe Gronli and Ariel Dumas – The Colbert Report
Elliott Kalan, Adam Lowitt, Steve Bodow, Jon Stewart, Dan Amira, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, Matt Koff, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver, Owen Parsons and Delaney Yeager – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jessi Klein, Hallie Cantor, Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jon Glaser, Christine Nangle, Kurt Metzger, Daniel Powell, Tami Sagher and Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer
Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele – Key & Peele
Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner and Josh Gondelman – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special:
Barry Adelman, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jon Macks, Dave Boone, Alex Baze, Robert Carlock, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Michael Shoemaker, Eric Gurian and Meredith Scardino– The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Brendan Hunt, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and Rich Talarico – Key & Peele Super Bowl Special
Mel Brooks – Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
Louis CK – Louis CK: Live At The Comedy Store
James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Tina Fey, Steve Higgins, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Jeff Richmond, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Tom Schiller, Sarah Schnieder, Marc Shaiman, Michael Shoemaker, Robert Smigel, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone and Bryan Tucker – The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series:
Tim Van Patten – Boardwalk Empire
David Nutter – Game of Thrones
Jeremy Podeswa – Game of Thrones
Lesli Linka Glatter – Homeland
Steven Soderbergh – The Knick
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special:
Ryan Murphy – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Dee Rees – Bessie
Hugo Blick – The Honorable Woman
Uli Edel – Houdini
Tom Shankland – The Missing
Lisa Cholodenko – Olive Kitteridge
Peter Kosminsky – Wolf Hall
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series:
James Hoskinson – The Colbert Report
Chuck O’Neil – The Daily Show
Amy Schumer and Ryan McFaul – Inside Amy Schumer
Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman
Dave Diomedi – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special:
Natalie Johns – Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert
Louis J Horvitz – The Kennedy Center Honors
Hamish Hamilton – The Oscars
Don Roy King – The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Glenn Weiss – 68th Annual Tony Awards
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Programme:
Tom Bergeron – Dancing With the Stars
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn – Project Runway
Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain – The Taste
Jane Lynch – Hollywood Game Night
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Million Dollar Listing New York
Naked and Afraid
Wahlburgers
Outstanding Structured Reality Program:
Antiques Roadshow
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
MythBusters
Property Brothers
Shark Tan
Undercover Boss
Outstanding Variety Special:
Bill Maher: Live from DC
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis CK: Live at the Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!
Outstanding Informational Series or Special:
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
Inside The Actors Studio
StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson
Vice