Watch The Throne: “GOT” Named Best Drama Series A Second Time At Emmys

Also: Welcome Mr. Robot to the stage.

The Emmys went down in Los Angeles this morning (Sunday night for America, because time differences) and though there were plenty of surprises, 2015’s victors Veep and Game of Thrones repeated as overall champs.

Despite being snubbed in the acting categories (where it had five contenders), Game of Thrones secured its second consecutive prize for Best Drama Series. It also won Best Writing and Best Directing for the “Battle of the Bastards” episode. The Academy must really hate Ramsay Bolton.

(Noted GOT live-tweeter Leslie Jones was on-hand, mostly just to joke around with the accountants who actually have to tally the votes.)

Veep, meanwhile, was named Best Comedy Series for its fifth season. Its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, picked up her fifth consecutive Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy, which is exactly the correct number of Emmys for Veep she deserves. (Actually, let’s give her an extra one, just ‘cos.)

The biggest twists of the night, fittingly, came from Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek and Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany, who won Best Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a Drama Series, respectively. Today marked their first trip to the podium.

Jeffrey Tambor was named Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Transparent, while Louie Anderson was honoured as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Baskets. Surely this is the first time that these two prizes have gone to men playing women in the same year.

Most awesomely, however, was the awarding of Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series to Australia’s own Ben "Mendo" Mendelsohn. The prize is bittersweet though, as his show Bloodline was just axed this week. Never mind. The absent Mendelsohn is off making Star Wars movies these days, so he’s set.

Elsewhere, Maggie Smith won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the shuttered Downton Abbey and Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Transparent also earned Best Directing for a Comedy Series, while Master of None collected Best Writing for a Comedy Series.

The People v. O.J. Simpson cleaned up in the limited series, miniseries and TV movie categories, notching prizes for the lawyers played by Courtney B. Vance, Sarah Paulson and Sterling K. Brown. We’d say “justice!” but that’s probably not really befitting the subject matter.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won Best Talk Series, while Key & Peele won Best Variety Sketch Series for its final bow.

The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who got off some good, snarky lines throughout the night.

Here's how he "GOT" to the ceremony.

For the full list of winners, head here.

Photo: ABC.