Veteran Jeffrey Tambor won best comedy actor for a second time for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon's ground-breaking Transparent. Louis-Dreyfus, who plays the vainglorious US president Selina Meyer on HBO's Veep, apologized for what she called "the current political climate." Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels like a sobering documentary," she said while accepting her award. Other early winners included Saturday Night Live comedian Kate McKinnon, who plays Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who won for supporting comedy actress. Louie Anderson was named best supporting actor for playing the wholesome mother of Zach Galifianakis' quirky clown in the FX comedy Baskets.

Source: dna September 19, 2016 02:30 UTC