Director Guillermo del Toro was not on hand at the Beverly Hilton to receive the honor. The romantic fantasy film’s supporting actor Richard Jenkins told the audience at the Beverly Hilton that del Toro was in Mexico with his father, who is ill, and read a letter from him.
Other film honors went to Coco for animated feature and Jane took the documentary prize.
The television trophies cemented the status of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, both of which have been awards magnets this season. Each program also took home prizes at the recent Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice awards in their respective comedy and drama categories.
Other TV honors went to the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror for longform television, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for live entertainment and talk and Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath won for nonfiction program.
The ceremonies also featured noteworthy honorary awards with Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele receiving the Stanley Kramer Award from TV icon Norman Lear. “It feels like we are living in the sunken place right now,” he said, referring to the film’s signature moment that he sees as a symbol for marginalized people who don’t have a voice in our society. “We won’t be silenced. We won’t be suppressed. Art is our weapon. We can break out of the sunken place together.”
Speaking of Lear, Ryan Murphy was honored with the Norman Lear Award and in this era of #MeToo and Time’s Up, he devoted his speech to women, noting that his company now employs them in 60% of its directing slots. Several years ago, Murphy started the Half Initiative aimed at giving women half of those positions.
Director Ava Duvernay was awarded the Visionary Award. “Don’t think of diversity is a good thing to do. Think of it as a must. An absolute must,” she said.
Here’s a list of all the nominees, alphabetized, with winners boldfaced:
FILM
BEST PICTURE
“The Big Sick”
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“I, Tonya”
“Lady Bird”
“Molly’s Game”
“The Post”
X — “The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“Wonder Woman”
BEST ANIMATED FILM “The Shape of Water”
“The Boss Baby”
X — “Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“Ferdinand”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Chasing Coral”
“City of Ghosts”
“Cries from Syria”
“Earth: One Amazing Day”
X — “Jane”
“Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower”
“The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee”
TELEVISION
BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Big Little Lies”
“The Crown”
“Game of Thrones”
X — “The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Stranger Things”
BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
X — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
“Master of None”
“Silicon Valley”
“Veep”
BEST LONG-FORM TELEVISION
X — “Black Mirror”
“Fargo”
“Feud: Bette and Joan”
“Sherlock: The Lying Detective”
“The Wizard of Lies”
BEST NONFICTION TELEVISION
“30 for 30”
“60 Minutes”
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”
X — “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath”
“Spielberg”
BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT/TALK SHOW
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”
X — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
“Saturday Night Live”
BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
“The Amazing Race”
“American Ninja Warrior”
“Lip Sync Battle”
“Top Chef”
X — “The Voice”
BEST SHORT-FORM PROGRAM
“Better Call Saul’s Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training”
X — “Carpool Karaoke”
“Humans of New York: The Series”
“National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts”
“Viceland at the Women’s March”
BEST SPORTS PROGRAM
“All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams”
“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers”
X — “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”
“SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt”
“VICE World of Sports”
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
“Doc McStuffins”
“Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2017”
“School of Rock”
X — “Sesame Street”
“SpongeBob SquarePants”
