Sherlock at the 2014 Emmys!

[shadowfireflame]

Ah, this is glorious. Sherlock: "His Last Vow" has won seven Emmys, including 3 Primetime ones and 4 creative ones. To put this into perspective, Sherlock won more awards than any other show (the runner-up was Breaking Bad). And Benedict finally gets an Emmy for this show, after being a three-time nominee for Sherlock. :)

Primetime:

Lead Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch (one of the other nominees in this category was Martin Freeman for Fargo!)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Martin Freeman (yay!!!)

Outstanding Writing in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Steven Moffat (finally!)

Creative ones included: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special; Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special; and Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie.

(The episode was also nominated for Outstanding TV Movie and Outstanding Directing in a TV Miniseries or Movie in the Primetimes.)

It's a crying shame the categories don't work for the entire show or series to be nominated and that it instead has to pick just one episode in the TV Movie Category. This is especially crazy because this one episode is occasionally nominated against entire series (like Fargo or Luther or American Horror Story: Coven). And I probably would have put "The Sign of Three" up instead of "His Last Vow" this year (especially since all three of the writers worked on it), but I think they just always submit Moffat's episode.

However, it's always nice when what I consider the best thing on television I have ever seen—a show that has brought me at this point years of joy and intrigue and speculation (I have read meta after meta and the onion still has more layers)—finally gets its due. Well done, team Sherlock.

Comments

[drinkingcocoa.livejournal.com]

I was so happy for my guy, Steven Moffat. I was thrilled to see beautiful Sue Vertue next to him and Mark Gatiss crying with joy. And Steven Moffat telling the world what I've been saying for ages, that every word he writes for Sherlock goes by Mark Gatiss as well.

[sunshine304]

I was so happy when I read the winner's list! Didn't really expect them to win, because it's just that little British show against a whole lot of American big name shows. But it seems even the Emmy's can't ignore any longer how good the show is and how very popular (because that surely plays into the win).
I think they decided to go for Martin in the support category so that they could reward both main actors, and the Emmy for Martin also includes his Fargo performance. *g*

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

YESSS, all of this, so very much. I loved how Moffat said it was basically ridiculous that Gatiss wasn't up there with him. It just really brought out to me how much of a family labor of love this show really is. :)

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think these awards really mean the show is finally getting more widespread/mainstream American recognition to add to the global recognition it already has.

And Martin's so phenomenal in both Fargo and Sherlock (well, in everything, really!). :)