The Award for Awards Show That Actually Got It Right Goes to…the Emmys

Rami Malek said it better than anyone: "Please tell me you're seeing this, too." It was a reference to his Mr. Robot character Elliot's tenuous grip on reality, but as he stood there accepting his Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, it was also the phrase so many viewers had to be whispering to themselves for hours. Throughout last night's telecast, underdogs like Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany actually won, TV's growing diversity was celebrated (take that, Oscars), and streaming services proved their method of shaking up the TV model was working by scoring scads of trophies. It felt like a dream. Sure, Jimmy Kimmel wasn't the best host, and there was a sense of immobility at the top, as HBO's Veep and Game of Thrones took home Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series, respectively, for the second year in a row.