Emmys 2016: The Highs and Lows

This may have been the best Emmys ever, but ABC’s three-hour telecast of the 68th Emmy Awards still had its highs and lows. Related: See the Complete List of Winners for the 2016 Emmy Awards On the plus side, you had such genuinely surprising victories as those for Rami Malek and Tatiana Maslany, two acclaimed performers from shows with passionate fan bases that don’t necessarily draw blockbuster ratings. And Matt Damon launched another hilarious broadside in his ongoing war with host Jimmy Kimmel, who enlisted his mother for one of the night’s most memorable gags. But alongside those winners, there were also missteps, like a badly timed Bill Cosby joke and an “In Memoriam” reel that felt noticeably incomplete. Here’s our roundup of the best and worst of Emmys night. The good news? This year, there were a lot more “Best” than “Worst.”