Game of Thrones has made history by becoming the most decorated fictional show at TV’s Oscars, the Emmy Awards, since the US awards ceremony was first staged in 1949.
The fantasy drama, based on George RR Martin’s novels, was named best drama series, while also picking up honours for outstanding writing and directing. The show’s 12 awards at this year’s celebrity-laden bash in LA included another nine in technical categories and took its overall total to 38, beating previous record of 37 set by comedy Frasier.
Game of Thrones missed out, however, in the prestigious acting categories. Despite three of its stars – Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Maisie Williams – being hotly tipped in the supporting actress category. That award went to Dame Maggie Smith for her performance as the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in the final series of Downton Abbey. It was Dame Maggie’s third Emmy for the role, although she was again not present at the ceremony.
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You can, for example, have odds of 9/10 that a cure is found before greyscale turns Ser Jorah is turned to stone and Beric Dondarrion, Thoros Of Myr and Melisandre are all 11/4 to be the next victim of Arya Stark’s hit list.
However, it appears that rumours of a prequel or spin-off from GOT are wide of the mark with makers HBO saying everything will come to an end when the final season is aired, probably in 2018.
