Alex Borstein accepts the Supporting Actress in a Comedy award for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Bill Hader accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series award for "Barry." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Tony Shalhoub accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series award for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Phoebe Waller-Bridge accepts the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series award for "Fleabag." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Harry Bradbeer accepts the Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series award for "Fleabag." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
James Corden on stage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Jharrel Jerome accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie award for "When They See Us." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Johan Renck accepts the Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series award for "Chernobyl." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Ben Whishaw accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie for "A Very English Scandal." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Patricia Arquette accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie award for "The Act". Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Billy Porter wins the Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama award for "Pose." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Jodie Comer accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series for "Killing Eve." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Julia Garner accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama award for "Ozark" onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Peter Dinklage, winner of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "Game of Thrones," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
RuPaul, winner of the award for Outstanding Competition Program for "RuPaul's Drag Race," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Michelle Williams, winner of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for "Fosse/Verdon," poses with her Emmy backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Don Roy King, winner of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for "Saturday Night Live," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker and Russell McLean, winners of the award for Outstanding Television Movie for "Bandersnatch (Black Mirror)" appear backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
John Oliver, winner of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Talk Series "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Lorne Michaels, winner of the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series for "Saturday Night Live," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Cast and crew of "RuPaul's Drag Race" accept the Outstanding Competition Program award onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Jesse Armstrong accepts the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series award for "Succession" onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Harry Bradbeer, winner of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for "Fleabag," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Jason Bateman, winner of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Ozark," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Craig Mazin accepts the award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for "Chernobyl." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, winner of the awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for "Fleabag," appears backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Don Roy King accepts the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series award for "Saturday Night Live" onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Stellan Skarsgård (L) and Jared Harris. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
The cast and crew of "Game of Thrones," winner of the award for Outstanding Drama Series, appear backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
The cast and crew of "Fleabag," winner of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series, appear backstage. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Nick Cannon (L) and Ken Jeong onstage during the show. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Maya Rudolph (L) and Ike Barinholtz onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Left to right, Alfie Allen, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Gwendoline Christie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Carice van Houten of "Game of Thrones" onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Stephen Colbert (L) and Jimmy Kimmel onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Lilly Singh onstage. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Halsey performs a piano rendition of the Cyndi Lauper classic "Time After Time," over a presentation of television entertainers who had passed away earlier this year. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Gwyneth Paltrow. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Hugh Laurie. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Left to right, Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Timothy Simons. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Naomi Watts (L) and Jon Hamm. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Performers dance onstage during the Emmy Awards. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Fleabag was named Best Comedy and its creator/star Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the prizes for Best Writing for a Comedy and Best Lead Actress in a Comedy at the Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Jodie Comer also took home the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama for Killing Eve, a show Waller-Bridge wrote.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel cast-mates Tony Shalhoub and Alex Borstein accepted the trophies for Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Comedy, and Bill Hader was named Best Actor in a Comedy for Barry.
Game of Thrones was voted Best Drama and co-star Peter Dinklage won for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.
Billy Porter earned the Best Actor in a Drama accolade for Pose.
The Best Direction of a Drama Emmy went to Jason Bateman for Ozark and cast member Julia Garner was deemed Best Supporting Actress in a Drama.
Chernobyl won the honors for Best Limited Series, Best Direction of a TV Movie or Limited Series and Best Writing for a TV Movie or Limited Series.
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch was deemed Best TV Movie.
Michelle Williams won for Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series for Fosse/Verdon and Jharrel Jerome picked up the trophy for Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series for When They See Us.
Patricia Arquette earned the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series for The Act, while the Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series went to Ben Whishaw for A Very English Scandal.
The gala honoring excellence in television aired live on FOX from the Microsoft Theater.
Since there was no host this year, the show opened with the animated character Homer Simpson welcoming the crowd and revealing how it has always been his "impossible dream" to emcee the telecast.
A piano then fell on him, sending him crashing through the stage.
"What the hell was that?" Black-ish star Anthony Anderson said from his seat in the audience.
Jumping on stage, he assured the crowd: "I've got this! Alright, ladies and gentlemen, wait! I will get this show back on track because that is what I will do."
After barking orders at everyone backstage, Anderson declared: "What we need is an Emmy winner. Somebody who can talk about the power of television."
A man with a clipboard was then dispatched to find the person Anderson pointed to on a list, who turned out to be Breaking Bad icon Bryan Cranston.
Cranston talked about the history of television and how it has "never been this damn good," offering a nod at some of this year's nominees, including Game of Thrones, Killing Eve, The Big Bang Theory, This is Us, Modern Family and The Late Late Show with James Corden.