Hulu and FX Were the Big Winners at the 2017 TCA Awards

Chenoweth pictured at top set some kind of record for the number of appearances by a host on stage throughout a TCA Awards event frequently appearing throughout the show in a number of different outfits telling jokes singing and introducing various luminaries in the roomamp160 If the TCA Awards amp8211 which she dubbed The Chenoweth Awards for the evening amp8211 were televised she might find herself with an Emmy nomination for her efforts amp160Sheamp160opened the show in cowl and cape with a comic tribute to Huluamp8217s dystopian thriller The Handmaidamp8217s Tale which was honored with awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Program of the Year amp160She then pulled out her phone to take a picture of the audience taking care to tell the cast of NBCamp8217s This Is Us amp8211 on hand to accept the award for Outstanding New Program amp8211 to smile because amp8220you don39t get to do that very oftenquotamp160 She concluded her opening performance by surprisingly calling This Is Us star Sterling K Brown pictured below right to the stage for a moving duet of amp8220For Goodamp8221 from the musical Wicked that brought the entire audience to its feet and had many of us wondering amp8220Is there anything Sterling K Brown canamp8217t doamp8221There were many stars on stage throughout including Reese Witherspoon accepting the award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies Miniseries and Specials for HBOamp8217s Big Little Lies Leah Remini accepting the award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming for AampampEamp8217s Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath and Carrie Coon honored for Individual Achievement in Drama for her work in two series FXamp8217s Fargo and HBOamp8217s The LeftoversBut in many ways the night belonged to former NBC Entertainment President Warren Littlefield now one of the hottest showrunners working in televisionamp160 He took the stage twice with the cast of The Handmaidamp8217s Tale to accept its awards and again to accept the coveted TCA Heritage Award which recognized Seinfeld the classic comedy Littlefield supported while overseeing NBC Entertainment in the amp821690s amp160Littlefield is pictured below second from right with members of the Handmaid39s teamFX took home the two top comedy awards as the TCA honored Atlanta for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and series creator and star Donald Glover for Individual Achievement in Comedyamp8220Thank you amp8230 this adds value to our familyamp8221 said Stephen Glover who with his brother in England shooting the next Star Wars installment accepted both awards on his behalf amp160quotIt39s been a crazy year and our run started with you guysquot he told the criticsCoon pictured below made TCA Awards history as the first actor to be recognized for two separate performances on two different networks as police chief Gloria Burgle on Fargo and survivor Nora Durst on The Leftoversamp8220Wow I feel like I cheated being on two exceptional showsquot she joked amp160quotThis has been a special year for me and this goes beyond anything I could have reasonably expectedamp8221The ABC comedy Speechless also made history at the awards when it became the first network comedy ever to be honored for Outstanding Achievement in Youth ProgrammingIn a true show of their appreciation for being supported by the TCA from the beginning all of the stars of This Is Us turned out to accept their award The cast is pictured below amp160amp8220It39s meant quite a bit to us that you took in a show that delves into sentimentality and sometimes comedyamp8221 said series creator Dan Fogelberg of the winamp160 There were many jokes throughout the night about the fact that the show is often a tearjerkeramp160 Two days earlier when NBC showed a clip reel from Us there wasnamp8217t a dry eye in the houseReminiamp8217s brave mission to lift the curtain and expose the behindthescenes activities of Scientology brought her the first award of the nightamp160 amp8220I was hoping I39d have won something for comedyamp8221 she jokedamp160 amp8220I guess you didn39t think I was funnyquot amp160Then she turned serious delivering a passionate speech about the negative impact Scientology has had on her life and the lives of othersamp160 amp8220I was told outside of Scientology I wouldn39t amount to muchamp8221 she saidamp160 amp8220Thank you for proving those theories wrongquotWitherspoon pictured below was especially charming when accepting the award for Big Little Liesamp160 amp8220This is so exciting you have been so good to usamp8221amp160she beamed lighting up the stageamp160 amp8220This has been such a gift and the support from HBO was incredibleamp8221 amp160She read a special thankyou note from her costar Nicole Kidman in a perfect mockAustralian accentamp160 Kidman was actually in Australia on Saturday night but critics are still talking about her luminous appearance at the TCA tour one week earlier to promote the upcoming Sundance TV limited series Top of the Lake China Girl amp8211 in which she costars with Elisabeth Moss of Handmaidamp8217s Taleamp160amp160A full list of the nightamp8217s winners is belowIndividual Achievement in Drama amp160Carrie Coon The Leftovers FargoIndividual Achievement in Comedy amp160Donald Glover AtlantaOutstanding Achievement in News and Information amp160OJ Made in America ESPNOutstanding Achievement in Reality Programming amp160Leah Remini Scientolgy and the AftermathOutstanding Achievement in Youth Programming amp160Speechless ABCOutstanding New Program amp160This Is UsOutstanding Achievement in Movies Miniseries and Specials amp160Big Little LiesOutstanding Achievement in Drama amp160The Handmaidamp8217s TaleOutstanding Achievement in Comedy amp160AtlantaProgram of the Year The Handmaidamp8217s TaleCareer Achievement Award amp160Ken BurnsHeritage Award amp160SeinfeldEd Martin contributed to this columnClick on the social media tiles above or below to share this content with your friends and 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