The 2019-20 Fall TV season officially kicks off this week with several cable and streaming services debuting shows as the broadcast networks launch their new and returning series.

Epix’s drama series Godfather of Harlem debuts Sept. 29, and stars Forest Whitaker as notorious gangster Bumpy Johnson, who looks to take back the Harlem underworld in the late 1960s after a long jail stint.

Streaming service Shudder on Sept. 26 will launch a reboot of the classic horror anthology series Creepshow, while Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 27 debuts a special musical finale for its Emmy-winning series Transparent.

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting this week on cable networks and streaming services:

Sept. 23 -- Team Kaylie (comedy) -- Netflix

Sept. 25 -- Buzz (documentary) -- HBO

Sept. 25 -- Cake (animation) -- FXX

Sept. 25 -- Crank Yankers (returning series) -- Comedy Central

Sept. 25 -- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (returning series) -- FXX

Sept. 25 -- Liza on Demand (returning series) -- YouTube

Sept. 26 -- Untold Stories of Hip Hop (music series) -- WEtv

Sept. 27 -- In the Shadow of the Moon (movie) -- Netflix

Sept. 27 -- The Politician (drama) -- Netflix

Sept, 27 -- Van Helsing (returning series) -- Syfy

Amazon Studios Saturday released first-look trailers for several of its upcoming series premieres as part of its Television Critics Association press tour session.

Below are the trailers as well as premiere dates (if available) and short descriptions for each show:

Transparent (movie, premiering Sept. 27): The musical-tinged finale of Amazon’s long-running series follows the Pfefferman family as they face a life-changing loss and begin a new transition, confronting grief as they come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.

Carnival Row (new series, premiering Aug. 30): The series, which stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, is set in a Victorian fantasy world filled with a growing population of mythological immigrant creatures that struggles to coexist with humans — forbidden to live, love, or fly with freedom. A recent string of gruesome murders threatening the uneasy peace of the Row.

Modern Love (new series, premieres Oct. 18):The romantic comedy anthology series explores love in all of its complicated and beautiful forms as each standalone episode brings some of the most beloved stories to life with a stellar cast, including Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, John Slattery and Brandon Victor Dixon.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (returning series): The second season of the series finds CIA Officer Jack Ryan heading down to South America to investigate a potentially suspicious shipment of illegal arms in the Venezuelan jungle. As Jack’s investigation threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home for Jack, leading him and his fellow operatives on a global mission spanning the United States, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel the President’s nefarious plot and bring stability to a country on the brink of chaos.

Undone (animated series, Sept. 13): Amazon's new animated series that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character Alma, a twenty-eight-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas. After getting into a car accident and nearly dying, Alma finds she has a new relationship to time. She develops this new ability in order to find out the truth about her father’s death.

Amazon Wednesday released a teaser video trailer for the finale of its Emmy-winning drama series Transparent, which will air this fall.

The "Musicale Finale” will follow the series' main family the Pfeffermans, who --facing a life-changing loss -- begin a journey where they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation, according to Amazon. 

Transparent, created by Jill Soloway, stars Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, Alexandra Billings, Kathryn Hahn, Shakina Nayfack and Trace Lysette, said the streaming service. 

RELATED: Amazon Pulls Jeffrey Tambor from 'Transparent' 

Amazon confirmed Thursday (Feb. 15) that Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor will not return for the show’s fifth season in light of sexual harassment allegations, according to published reports.

Tambor, who won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of transgender character Maura Plefferman, was accused last November of sexual harassment by members of the Transparent team.

RELATED: Who's Next? Harrassment Charges Roil TV 

Amazon said Thursday that after an internal investigation of the matter, it decided to cut ties with the veteran actor as it moves forward with a fifth season of the show, according to several published reports.

In November Tambor told Deadlinethat he could not return to the show given its “politicized atmosphere.”

Tambor joins a list of high-profile actors, anchors, entertainers and execs who have been dismissed from shows due to sexual harassment allegations, including Kevin Spacey (Netflix's House of Cards), Matt Laurer (NBC's Today) and Louis C.K. (FX's Louie).

Amazon will bring back its Emmy Award-winning series Transparent for a fifth season, the video streaming service announced Thursday.

The Jill Soloway-produced series, which stars Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Jay Duplass (Togetherness)and Amy Landecker (Louie) will begin production of its fifth season in early 2018 and return to Amazon later in the year, said officials.

The fourth season of Transparent debuts Sept. 22. 

Andrea Sperling will continue as executive producer for Transparent along with Soloway, said Amazon.

“Over the past few seasons the Pfeffermans have gone across the world, back in time and made many, many trips to the deli,” said Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy, Drama and VR for Amazon Studios in a statement. “We’re so excited to see what magic Jill and the incredible team bring to this always groundbreaking series in season five.”

Jeff Garlin, who returns to TV on ABC’s The Goldbergs on Sept. 27 and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm on Oct. 1, is getting a bit sick of Emmys advertising.

Speaking with reporters from the set of The Goldbergs in Los Angeles during the recent Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, Garlin lashed out against the billboards touting TV series all around the city.

Related: HBO, Netflix Diminate Emmy Nominations

“We’re the billboard capital of the United States of America,” he started. “At least half of them, I don’t know what they’re for. Is that a singer? Is that a band?” Garlin saved his sharpest contempt for the road signs looking to sway Emmys voters. He mentioned one for Amazon Studios’s Transparentthat said, “We are courageous.”

“A man becoming a woman in real life? Courageous,” Garlin bellowed. “Actors on a set getting a lot of money? There’s a craft services table! There’s nothing courageous about that. They get good salaries. It’s air-conditioned!” Transparent’sJeffrey Tambor is up for an outstanding actor prize this fall. He won last year. Judith Light and Kathryn Hahn are in the running for best supporting actress.

Garlin then shifted to Mozart in the Jungle, also an Amazon series. That billboard said, “We are iconic.”

“Bob Dylan — iconic. Mozart — iconic. Ella Fitzgerald — iconic,” howled Garlin. “A show that comes out on a place where you buy napkins? That’s not iconic.”

Amazon did not comment.

Mozart in the Jungle cleaned up at the 2016 Golden Globes awards, winning best musical or comedy, and with Gael Garcia Bernal taking home the best actor in a musical or comedy trophy.

Garlin suggested the folks at Amazon may not know what iconic means. “It’s a show most people don’t know!” he said of Mozart. “They’re buying a toaster!

Freeform’s Shadowhunters and Amazon’s Transparent were the big winners at Saturday night’s 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.

Shadowhunters won the award for Outstanding Drama Series while Transparent was the big winner in the Outstanding Comedy Series Category, according the organization. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.

USA Network’s Eyewitness also won an award for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited series, said the organization.

Additional awards will be presented at the GLAAD Media Awards event at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Saturday, May 6.  

GLADD Media Award winners include:

Vanguard Award: Patricia Arquette  

Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Troye Sivan

Outstanding Film – Wide Release: Moonlight (A24)

Outstanding Drama Series: Shadowhunters (Freeform)

Outstanding Comedy Series: Transparent (Amazon)

Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Other People (Vertical Entertainment)

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series: Eyewitness (USA Network)

Outstanding Individual Episode: "San Junipero" Black Mirror (Netflix)

Outstanding Daily Drama: The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS)

Outstanding Comic Book: The Woods, written by James Tynion IV (BOOM! Studios)

Better Call Saul,Mr. Robot,Veep and Mad Men are among a bevy of new and veteran shows nominated for 2016 Writers Guild Awards, the Writers Guild of America announced Thursday.

AMC’s Saul and USA’s Mr. Robot will battle Mad Men-- in its last year of eligibility -- along with HBO’s Game Of Thrones and FX’s The Americans in the best drama category, according to the Guild.

In the best comedy series category, Comedy Central’s Broad City will face off against HBO’s Silicon Valley and Veep; Amazon’s Transparent and Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

The Writer’s Guild Awards winners will be announced Feb. 13, according to the organization.  

A list of Writers Guild Award nominees appears below:

DRAMA SERIES

 The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Lara Shapiro, Joe Weisberg, Tracy Scott Wilson, Stuart Zicherman; FX

 Better Call Saul, Written by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Bradley Paul, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith; AMC

 Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, D.B. Weiss; HBO

Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tom Smuts, Robert Towne, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC

Mr. Robot, Written by Kyle Bradstreet, Kate Erickson, Sam Esmail, David Iserson, Randolph Leon, Adam Penn, Matt Pyken; USA

COMEDY SERIES

 Broad City, Written by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Naomi Ekperigin, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Chris Kelly, Anthony King, Jen Statsky; Comedy Central

Silicon Valley, Written by Amy Aniobi, Alec Berg, Carrie Kemper, Sonny Lee, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner; HBO

 Transparent, Written by Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway; Amazon Studios

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Written by Emily Altman, Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Charla Lauriston, Sam Means, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Allison Silverman, Lon Zimmet; Netflix

Veep, Written by Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Peter Fellows, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Sean Gray, Callie Hersheway, Armando Iannucci, Sean Love, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO

NEW SERIES

 Better Call Saul, Written by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Bradley Paul, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith; AMC

Bloodline, Written by Jonathan Glatzer, Carter Harris, Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, Addison McQuigg, Arthur Phillips, Jeff Shakoor, Daniel Zelman; Netflix

The Last Man On Earth, Written by Andy Bobrow, Liz Cackowski, Erik Durbin, Will Forte, Kira Kalush, Matt Marshall, Tim McAuliffe, David Noel, Erica Rivinoja, John Solomon, Emily Spivey; Fox

Mr. Robot, Written by Kyle Bradstreet, Kate Erickson, Sam Esmail, David Iserson, Randolph Leon, Adam Penn, Matt Pyken; USA

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Written by Emily Altman, Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Charla Lauriston, Sam Means, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Allison Silverman, Lon Zimmet; Netflix

LONG FORM ORIGINAL

 American Horror Story: Hotel, Written by Brad Falchuk, John J. Gray, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu, Ned Martel, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, James Wong; FX

 Flesh and Bone, Written by Bronwyn Garrity, Jami O’Brien, Adam Rapp, Moira Walley-Beckett, David Wiener; Starz

 Saints & Strangers, Written by Seth Fisher, Walon Green, Chip Johannessen, Eric Overmyer; National Geographic Channel

Sons of Liberty, Written by Stephen David, Kirk Ellis, David C. White; History Channel

LONG FORM ADAPTED

 Fargo, Written by Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, Based on the film Fargo; FX

 The Red Tent, Written by Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Meredith, Based on the book The Red Tent by Anita Diamant; Lifetime

 Show Me A Hero, Written by David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Based on the book by Lisa Belkin; HBO

SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ORIGINAL

 “Back to Reality” (Weight), Written by Daryn Strauss; weighttheseries.com

 “Born This Way” (Anyone But Me), Written by Susan Miller; hulu.com

SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ADAPTED

“Chapter Two: Phoebe” (Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters), Written by Zach Craley; nbc.com

 “Part 8” (Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462), Written by L. Signorino & Mike Zunic; amc.com

 “The Summer of Love, Part 1: Meet Charlie” (Aquarius), Written by Mike Moore & David Reed; nbc.com

ANIMATION

“Gayle Makin’ Bob Sled” (Bob’s Burgers), Written by Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux; Fox

 “Halloween of Horror” (The Simpsons), Written by Carolyn Omine; Fox

 “Hank After Dark” (BoJack Horseman), Written by Kelly Galuska; Netflix

 “Housetrap” (Bob’s Burgers), Written by Dan Fybel; Fox

 “Sky Police” (The Simpsons), Written by Matt Selman; Fox

 “Walking Big & Tall” (The Simpsons), Written by Michael Price; Fox

EPISODIC DRAMA

 “Explosivos” (Narcos), Written by Andy Black; Netflix

 “International Assassin” (The Leftovers), Written by Damon Lindelof & Nick Cuse; HBO

 “Mind’s Eye” (The Good Wife), Written by Robert King & Michelle King; CBS

 “Mother’s Mercy” (Game of Thrones), Written for Television by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; HBO

 “Person to Person” (Mad Men), Written by Matthew Weiner; AMC

 “Uno” (Better Call Saul), Written by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould; AMC

EPISODIC COMEDY

 “Alive in Tucson” (The Last Man On Earth), Written by Will Forte; Fox

 “Connection Lost” (Modern Family), Written by Megan Ganz & Steven Levitan; ABC

“Joint Session” (Veep), Teleplay by Simon Blackwell & Georgia Pritchett, Story by Armando Iannucci & Simon Blackwell & Georgia Pritchett; HBO

 “Racegate” (Maron), Written by Dave Anthony; IFC

 “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun” (black-ish), Written by Peter Saji; ABC

 “Sand Hill Shuffle” (Silicon Valley), Written by Clay Tarver; HBO

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES

 Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Josh Comers, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O'Brien, Matt O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Writers: Dan Amira, Steve Bodow, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parsons, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart, Delaney Yeager; Comedy Central

 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Writers; Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabriel Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack; CBS

 Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Danny Vermont; HBO

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Writers: Jonathan Adler, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Luke Cunningham, Mike DiCenzo, Mike Drucker, Jess Dweck, Dicky Eagan, Caroline Eppright, John Haskell, JR Havlan, Arthur Meyer, A.D. Miles, Chase Mitchell, Dan Opsal, Gavin Purcell, Jon Rineman, Albertina Rizzo, David Young; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – SKETCH SERIES

 Inside Amy Schumer, Head Writer: Jessi Klein Writers: Hallie Cantor, Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jon Glaser, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Central

Key & Peele, Written by Colton Dunn, Rebecca Drysdale, Keegan-Michael Key, Phil Augusta Jackson, Jay Martel, Jordan Peele, Ian Roberts, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico; Comedy Central

Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Colin Jost, Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Anderson, Jeremy Beiler, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Steve Higgins, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Claire Mulaney, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Alison Rich, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, Nick Rutherford, Meredith Scardino, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, John Solomon, Kent Sublette; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

 The 69th Annual Tony Awards, Written by Dave Boone; Special Material by Adam Goldman, Carol Leifer; CBS

 2014 Kennedy Center Honors, Written by Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson, Nell Scovell, George Stevens, Jr., Michael Stevens; CBS

 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Written by Benji Aflalo, Wayne Federman, Marika Sawyer, Frank Sebastiano, Erik Weiner; IFC

 Amy Schumer: Live at The Apollo, Written by Amy Schumer; HBO

 Jimmy Kimmel Live: 10th Annual After The Oscars Special, Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Greg Dorris, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo, Bridger Winegar; ABC

 Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, Written by James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Tina Fey, Steve Higgins, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Jeff Richmond, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Tom Schiller, Sarah Schneider, Marc Shaiman, Michael Shoemaker, Robert Smigel, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker; NBC

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

 Hollywood Game Night, Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter, Dwight D. Smith; NBC

Jeopardy!, Written by John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse; ABC

DAYTIME DRAMA

 The Bold and the Beautiful, Head Writers: Bradley P. Bell, Michael Minnis Writers: Rex M. Best, Shannon Bradley, Adam Dusevoir, Tracey Ann Kelly, Patrick Mulcahey, Mark Pinciotti, Michele Val Jean; CBS

General Hospital, Writers: Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC

CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – EPISODIC AND SPECIALS

 “Endless Night” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street), Written by Gretchen Enders & Aminta Goyel; Amazon Studios

 “Girl Meets I am Farkle” (Girl Meets World), Written by Mark Blutman; Disney Channel

“Gortimer and the Surprise Signature” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street), Written by Garrett Frawley & Brian Turner; Amazon Studios

 “Gortimer vs The Relentless Rainbow of Joy” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street), Written by David Anaxagoras and Luke Matheny; Amazon Studios

 “Ranger vs. The Fabled Flower of Normal Street” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street), Written by Laurie Parres; Amazon Studios

CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL

 “Descendants,” Written by Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott; Disney Channel

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS

 “American Terrorist” (Frontline), Written by Thomas Jennings; PBS

 “Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

 “Firestone and the Warlord” (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria; PBS

 “The Forgotten Plague” (American Experience), Written by Chana Gazit; PBS

 “The Great Math Mystery” (Nova), Written by Daniel McCabe; PBS

 “Secrets, Politics and Torture” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS

TV NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

 “Cuba” (60 Minutes), Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Oriana Zill de Granados, Andy Court and Robert Anderson; CBS News

 “Yogi Berra Tribute,” Written by Gerald Mazza; CBS Newspath

TV NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

 “The Storm After the Storm” (60 Minutes), Written by Sharyn Alfonsi, Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS News

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Cable networks in general and HBO in particular were the big winners at the 67th annual Primetime Emmys Awards Sunday night as cable shows took home the lion’s share of awards in the major categories.

HBO series took home both the Best Drama series and Best Comedy series in Game Of Thrones and Veep respectively during the primetime awards telecast aired live on Fox.

Overall HBO won 14 primetime Emmy Awards, while Comedy Central won four. Amazon and Cartoon Network also won multiple awards with two each.

Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus also won the best actress in a comedy series for the fourth consecutive year, while Peter Dinklage won best supporting actor for his role in the Game Of Thrones fantasy series.

 HBO miniseries Olive Kitterage nearly ran the table in the newly-revamped Limited Series category, winning for best limited series, best actress in a limited series (Frances McDormand) best actor in a limited series (Richard Jenkins ) and best supporting actor in a limited series (Bill Murray).

The biggest non-cable award went to How To Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis, who became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for her role in the ABC series.

Two cable personalities won Emmy awards after ending their respective shows. John Hamm won his first Best Drama Actor Emmy for his role as advertising executive Don Draper in AMC’s Mad Men, while Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show won Emmys for best variety talk series and best director for a variety series for Chuck O’Neill.

Amazon’s Transparent won several awards, including The Best Actor In A Comedy award for Jeffrey Tambor, as well as Best Director for a Comedy Series for Jill Soloway.

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Amazon’s Transparent takes two major Emmys in the comedy category, including best actor honors for lead actor Jeffrey Tambor.

Tambor’s portrayal of a transgendered character beat out Anthony Anderson of ABC’s Blackish;  Showtime’s lineup of Matt LeBlanc (Episodes);  Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and William H. Macy (Shameless);  Louis C.K. of FX’s Louie, and Will Forte of Fox’s Last Man On Earth.

Jill Soloway picked up Transparent's first Emmy for best director in a Comedy Series, winning over  directors from The Last Man On Earth, Louie, Silicon Valley, and Veep.

HBO garnered the lion’s share of TCA Awards nominations, the Television Critics Association announced Thursday.

HBO drew seven nominations, leading all television networks. ABC, CBS, AMC, and FX each have five, with Fox PBS The CW, NBC, Comedy Central and ABC Family garnering multiple nominations, according to the organization.

OTT service Amazon garnered two nominations, both for its comedy series Transparent.

The TCA Awards, which recognize outstanding television programming in the 2014-2015 season, will be held Aug. 8 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel as part of the group’s annual Summer press tour.

“TCA members face yet another difficult decision this year, as they prepare to cast their votes for the winners in each category. This was an incredible season for returning favorites and new additions alike, and we’re looking forward to seeing what our members have chosen as the best of the best, when the winners are announced on August 8,” said TCA President Scott D. Pierce, television critic at The Salt Lake Tribune.

The TCA Awards nominations are as follows: 

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep,” HBO - (2014 Winner in Category)

Gina Rodriguez, “Jane The Virgin,” The CW

Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer,” Comedy Central

Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent,” Amazon

Constance Wu, “Fresh Off the Boat,” ABC

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

Viola Davis, “How to Get Away with Murder,” ABC

Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC

Taraji P. Henson, “Empire,” Fox

Matthew Rhys, “The Americans,” FX

Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul,” AMC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION

“CBS Sunday Morning,” CBS

“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central

“Frontline,” PBS

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” HBO

“60 Minutes,” CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMMING

“The Amazing Race,” CBS

“The Chair,” Starz

“Dancing with the Stars,” ABC

“RuPaul's Drag Race,” Logo - (2014 Winner in Category)

“Shark Tank,” ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING

“Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood,” PBS

“The Fosters,” ABC Family - (2014 Winner in Category)

“The Legend of Korra,” Nickelodeon

“Sesame Street,” PBS

“Switched at Birth,” ABC Family

OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM

“Better Call Saul,” AMC

“Empire,” Fox

“The Flash,” The CW

“Jane the Virgin,” The CW

“Transparent,” Amazon

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES, MINISERIES AND SPECIALS

“Bessie,” HBO

“The Honorable Woman,” SundanceTV

“The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” HBO

“Olive Kitteridge,” HBO

“Wolf Hall,” PBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

“The Big Bang Theory,” CBS

“Inside Amy Schumer,” Comedy Central

“Jane the Virgin,” The CW

 “Transparent,” Amazon

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Netflix

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

“The Americans,” FX

“Empire,” Fox

“Game of Thrones,” HBO

“Justified,” FX

“Mad Men,” AMC

HERITAGE AWARD

“Friends,” NBC

“Late Show/Late Night with David Letterman,” CBS/NBC

 “The Shield,” FX

“Star Trek,” NBC

“Twin Peaks,” ABC

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

“The Americans,” FX

“Empire,” Fox

“Game of Thrones,” HBO

“Mad Men,” AMC

“Transparent,” Amazon

HBO took home the lion’s share of Critics’ Choice Television Awards during Sunday night's live telecast.

HBO won seven awards to lead all cable shows, followed by FX with four wins, according to the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA). Amazon, AMC, Comedy Central and Fox also took home multiple awards with two each.

Olive Kitteridge (HBO) was most honored program with three wins including best limited series. AMC’s Better Call Saul, HBO’s Silicon Valley and Amazon’s Transparent won two awards each, according to the BTJA.

FX’s The Americans won the award for Best Drama Series, while Silicon Valley (HBO) won Best Comedy Series. HBO’s Bessie took top honors in the best movie made for television category. 

Best actor in a drama series went to Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), while Jeffrey Tambor took home top honors for best actor in a comedy series for his role in Amazon’s Transparent.

The Best actress in a drama series was awarded to Taraji P. Henson for her role in Fox’s Empire, while the best actress in a comedy series nod went to Amy Schumer (Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer.)

The 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Awards were hosted by Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) and aired live on A&E

The Complete list of Critics’ Choice Television Awards is as follows:

Best Drama Series: The Americans (FX)

Best Actor in a Drama Series: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Actress in a Drama Series: Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series: Sam Elliott, Justified (FX)

Best Comedy Series: Silicon Valley (HBO)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Allison Janey, Mom (CBS)

Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Bradley Whitford, Transparent (Amazon)

Best Movie Made for Television: Bessie (HBO)

Best Limited Series: Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

Best Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: David Oyelowo, Nightingale (HBO)

 Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)

Best Reality Series: Shark Tank (ABC) 

Best Reality Competition Series: Face Off (Syfy)

Best Reality Series Host: Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)

Best Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Best Animated Series: Archer (FX)

Critics’ Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award: Seth MacFarlane

The 2014-15 television season is almost in the books, and it will arguably go down as one of the most groundbreaking as it pertains to diversity.

The success of a group of new shows on both traditional and digital TV platforms has helped to eradicate some long-held preconceived notions about shows created by and starring people of diverse backgrounds.

First, this TV season has proven that content with diverse themes and lead characters can appeal beyond specific niche groups. The explosion this year of shows such as Empire, Jane the Virgin, How to Get Away With Murder, Black-ish and Power on traditional cable and broadcast TV, as well as Orange Is the New Black and Transparent on over-the-top subscription video services, is remarkable, given the unprecedented competition and fragmented viewership of the current TV environment.

The fact that all of these shows performed well — especially Fox’s Empire, which, incredibly, saw its viewership climb virtually every week of its 12-week run — is a testament to each show’s ability to appeal not just to multicultural viewers who are watching lead characters that reflect their images and cultures like never before, but to mainstream viewers as well.

Second, services including Amazon and Netflix have proven you can build successful series around transgender characters who are complicated, compelling and three-dimensional, rather than cartoonish caricatures that viewers could easily dismiss as weird or somehow not real. Jeffrey Tambor’s Golden Globe-winning portrayal of a middle-aged woman inside a man’s body in Amazon’s Transparent, as well as Netflix’s depiction of multiethnic and LGBT characters in Orange Is the New Black, have shown that realistic portrayals of LGBT people will get viewers to tune in, not tune out.

Third, it’s good to have diversity behind the camera as well as in front of it. From Empire’s Lee Daniels to The Haves and the Have Nots’s Tyler Perry, to How to Get Away With Murder’s Shonda Rhimes to Power’s Courtney Kemp Agboh and Fresh Off the Boat’s Eddie Huan, this new wave of multicultural producers, directors, writers and showrunners is providing viewers with narratives that reflect unique experiences and cultural nuances — no better or worse than anyone else’s; just different than what viewers have seen in the past — that have put a fresh and colorful coat of paint on traditional TV genres that viewers love to watch.

A transgender father struggles to come out to his self-absorbed kids who are dealing with their own sexual issues and identities. A hyper-aggressive, African-American lesbian inmate has the hots for a white inmate from the suburbs who mixes with a virtual ethnic rainbow of female prisoners at a federal correctional facility.

The unique and trans-cendent diversity of Jeffrey Tambor’s character of Morton/Maura Pfefferman in Amazon Prime Instant Video’s dramedy series Transparent, and Uzo Aduba’s portrayal of Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Netflix’s prison series Orange Is the New Black have made the two over-the-top services credible players in depicting diverse characters on television.

Their respective portrayals also earned Tambor the first-ever Golden Globe award for the portrayal of a transgender character and Aduba a rare Emmy Award for an African-American actress.

And in a 2014-15 television season that’s arguably been one of the most prolific ever for multicultural broadcast and cable shows (with such breakout hits as Fox’s Empire, The CW’s Jane the Virgin, ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat and Black-ish and Starz’s Power), it might be OTT that provides the ultimate platform for content depicting diversity for both multicultural and mainstream audiences.

ULTIMATE DIVERSE PLATFORM?

Established over-the-top services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have a unique opportunity to target multicultural viewers by offering content directly to an audience that increasingly streams its favorite content to smartphones, tablets and TV sets, executives said. Meanwhile, new multicultural OTT services like Urban Movie Channel, created by BET founder Bob Johnson, are creating targeted online-video services for specific segments of the multicultural audience.

“Over-the-top streaming is a quintessential answer to diversity because it allows consumers to access exactly the kind of content they want to access targeted to their primary viewing interest, whether it’s based on ethnicity, cultural behavior, or social interests or gender issues,” Johnson said. “There is no limitation on access and no limitations posed by gatekeepers if the consumers are willing to access the programming on an advertiser mode or a pay-basis mode.”

There is certainly a viable, growing multicultural audience for online video providers to mine. African-American and Hispanic viewers spent more time watching video content via the Internet or on smartphones on a monthly basis in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in the same period in 2013, per Nielsen’s Total Audience Report for the timeframe.

Further, multicultural viewers over-index on subscriptions to cable, SVOD, OTT and other pay TV services when compared with their white counterparts, according to a recent Horowitz Research study on the State of Viewing in the Age of OTT. Nearly 90% of African- Americans subscribe to some form of pay service, compared to 87% of Hispanics and 80% of Asian-Americans. Among whites, 75% have some form of pay TV subscription, according to Horowitz.

“This younger generation that is on these platforms is so diverse, naturally, that they will fi nd shows that are great and appeal to them,” said Rodrigo Mazon, director of content acquisitions for streaming service Hulu. “We do prioritize the audience that has been underserved traditionally, but it’s truly about great stories and shows that have a diverse and authentic composition.”

Indeed, the expanding multicultural online audience has not been lost on the top OTT providers. For one, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black has one of television’s most diverse casts, which netted Orange casting director Jennifer Euston a 2014 Emmy for outstanding casting in a drama series.

NATURAL FOR YOUNGER DEMOS

Orange’s Aduba in her Emmy acceptance speech for best supporting actress in a comedy series last August singled out Netflix “for putting something like this on television so that everyone can be represented in such a beautiful way.”

At the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour this past January, Netflix chief creative officer Ted Sarandos touted the diverse casts of Orange and of drama series Marco Polo as examples of the streaming service’s concerted effort to create more original programming with multicultural appeal. Netflix also signed Men In Black 2 star Rosario Dawson to appear in its upcoming Marvel Comics-based series Daredevil.

“Netflix was born on the Internet, so our demographic was younger and more male when we were beginning, [but] it’s far more mainstream today,” Sarandos told more than 200 reporters at the TCA tour. “So you really are covering all demographics and trying to find programming that people love and attach to in a way that leads to retention and creates a brand halo for Netflix as well. We really are trying to program something for everyone.”

Hulu, which already offers same-day replays of such shows as Empire, Jane the Virgin and Black-ish, also wants to ramp up its multicultural viewer appeal through its original content, Mazon said. Hulu original drama East Los High, with an all-Hispanic cast, is the linchpin of the network’s Latino-themed content, which also includes acquired movies and series from Latin America.

“We’ve been committed to diverse, multicultural millennial audiences and content before that and this just reaffirms that,” Mazon said. East Los High, which chronicles the lives of Latino students in a fictional Los Angeles High School, will launch its third season later this year. The service last fall also launched unscripted series Los Cowboys, which focuses on a multigenerational family steeped in the sport of Mexican rodeo.

For Amazon, diversity isn’t limited to ethnicity. The studio’s dramedy series Transparent has been lauded for Tambor’s breakthrough portrayal of a middle- aged transgendered father; he won a Golden Globe for best actor in a television music or comedy series this past January. The series also won a Globe for best musical or comedy.

But established OTT services are not the only choices for diverse viewers. Other startup services, such as Urban Movie Channel, are looking to get into OTT on the ground floor.

UMC’s Johnson said today’s OTT business looks a lot like cable in the early 1980s, when networks looked to differentiate themselves from the broadly focused broadcasters by targeting niche audiences.

Johnson, who launched BET in the early 1980s as the first TV network specifically for African-Americans, added that producers of quality content aimed at multicultural audiences have a great opportunity for success at this early stage of the industry’s development.

Urban Movie Channel, which launched last November as an SVOD service, offers urban-themed documentaries, comedies, horror films and stage plays targeted to a predominately African- American audience.

UMC recently secured the VOD rights to the much anticipated independent film Blackbird starring Isaiah Washington and Mo’Nique. The movie will have a limited run in theaters before it streams on the UMC SVOD service later this summer.

“The OTT content providers of today are a lot like the content providers of yesterday,” Johnson said. “Their mindset to some extent is to go for scale and large audiences, and tend not to think about targeting micro audiences or unique diverse audiences. We’re going to take advantage of that window and build us a unique brand, much like I built BET into that unique brand.”

OUT OF AFRICA

Cable network Africa Channel will launch an OTT service in 2016 that will feature African-themed content from the channel as well as exclusive content created on the continent, according to vice president of marketing and digital Brian Newton.

“We look at [OTT] as evening the playing field,” said Newton, whose service has struggled to gain linear MVPD distribution. “Right now, you have all these people at home paying for channels that they don’t watch, and they do not see themselves reflected, so there will come a time when the viewer will have a choice to spend $5 a month to access programming that reflects their sensibilities all the time as opposed to a more expensive package that may do that part of the time.”

Hulu’s Mazon expects to see more multicultural programming in general pop up on both traditional TV networks as well as in the OTT space, all competing for the eyeballs and dollars of multicultural viewers.

“I think because of the young, multicultural demographic that exists today, a lot of content is being developed and created to target that audience,” Mazon said. “Voices are being heard more loudly now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we started seeing a lot more multicultural [content] done in an authentic way.”

In keeping with its tradition of lauding the new, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honored freshman series, Showtime’s ‘The Affair,’ and Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ as the best TV drama and comedy at the 72nd Golden Globes Awards on Sunday night.

The HFPA’s statuefest, the last to be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on NBC, also favored the lead players in those shows, with Ruth Wilson (pictured) winning the best actress in a drama for her adultress turn as Allison Bailey and Jeffrey Tambor, the best actor for his portrayal of a father who reveals that he is a woman to his three adult children.

Another newcomer, Gina Rodriguez was the best actress in a musical or comedy for her Jane Villaneuva, in The CW’s ‘Jane The Virgin.’ The award was the first ever Globe for The CW and broadcast's only triumph of the night.

Premium network Showtime, which has renewed ‘The Affair’ for a second season, saw the series, starring Wilson, who is sexually and emotionally paired with Dominic West's writer Noah Solloway, as the married cheaters, beat out HBO's fantasy skein 'Game of Thrones,' CBS's revitalized 'The Good Wife,' Netflix's 'House of Cards,' and PBS's 'Downton Abbey' for TV drama laurels. 

Wilson unseated last year's winner Robin Wright, who was seeking a repeat for her role as Claire Underwood, in 'House of Cards.' A previous HFPA  nominee as best actress in a miniseries for 'Jane Eyre,' Wilson also topped Claire Danes, who was looking for a third Globe in the lead role of Carrie Mathison in Showtime's terrorist skein  'Homeland.' On the broadcast side,  Viola Davis in ABC's 'How to Get Away with Murder' and Julianna Marguiles in CBS's 'The Good Wife' were also recognized with nominations.

 West, though, could not match his TV lover's win. Instead, the top drama actor went to Keven Spacey, who plays Wright's husband, Frank Underwood, now the U.S. President, in 'House of Cards', as the veteran finally grabbed a Globe on this, his eighth nomination.

Clive Owens in Cinemax's 'The Knick,' James Spader in NBC's 'The Blacklist' and Liev Schreiber as the fixer in Showtime's ''Ray Donovan' were the other nominees.

Amazon placed two Golden Globes on its streaming mantle with 'Transparent' finishing ahead of HBO's 'Girls' and 'Silicon Valley,' the CW’s aforementioned 'Jane the Virgin,' and Netflix's 'Orange is the New Black.'

Tambor -- who during his acceptance speech dedicated his award to the transgender community -- beat out such cable notables as Don Cheadle in Showtime's 'House of Lies,' Louis C.K. in FX's 'Louie' and William H. Macy in Showtime's 'Shameless,'  as well as Ricky Gervais in Netflix's 'Derek.'

Rorriguez’s Golden moment came over such notables as Lena Dunham (HBO’s ‘Girls’), Julia Louis Dreyfus (HBO’s ‘Veep’), Edie Falco (Showtime’s ‘Nurse Jackie’) and Taylor Schilling (Netflix’s ‘Orange is the New Black’).

Not to be outdone, FX's freshman adaptation of Fargo won cable's first Golden Globe of the night, bringing home the award for best TV miniseries or movie. The show topped Starz's The Missing and HBO's trio of True Detective, The Normal Heart and Olive Kitteridge.

FX and Fargo, which will offer a different storyline during its second campaign, quickly doubled their total as Billy Bob Thornton grabbed the Globe for best actor in a TV miniseries or movie. Thornton, who kept his acceptance, short and safe from getting him in any trouble, topped fellow Fargoer Martin Freeman, HBO's initial ‘True Detective’ duo of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and Mark Ruffalo for the premium network's The Normal Heart.

HBO did garner entry into the Globes trophy case on Jan. 11, when Matt Bomer was hailed as best supporting actor for his portrayal of Felix Turner in "The Normal Heart,' the earlly 1980's AIDS/HIV crisis telefilm that Larry Kramer wrote based on his play of the same name. 

Bomer beat out Alan Cumming of CBS's 'The Good Wife,' Colin Hanks in FX's 'Fargo,' Bill Murray in HBO's 'Olive Kitteridge' and Jon Voight, who was seeking a Globe repeat for his role a Mickey in Showtime's 'Ray Donovan.'

In an all-cable category, Maggie Gyllenhaal was the best actress in a TV miniseries or movie for Sundance TV’s 'The Honorable Woman,' in which she finds herself inheriting her father’s arms business and in the middle of reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Her competition: Jessica Lange, for FX’s ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’; Frances McDormand , for HBO’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’;  Frances O’Connor, for Starz’s ‘The Missing’; and  Alison Tolman, for FX’s ‘Fargo.’

Joanne Froggatt of PBS' Downton Abbey won the first television award of the night, taking the Globe for best supporting actress in a TV miniseries or movie.

Margulies and Cheadle presented George Clooney with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime acheivement. "

Below find a listing of TV category nominations, with the winners in bold:

Best TV Drama

The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards

Best Actor – TV Drama
Clive Owen – The Knick
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist
Dominic West – The Affair

Best Actress – TV Drama
Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best TV Miniseries or Movie
Fargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge

Best Actor – TV Miniseries or Movie
Martin Freeman – Fargo
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

Best Actress – TV Miniseries or Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor – The Missing
Alison Tolman – Fargo

Best TV Comedy
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent

Best Actor – TV Comedy
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Louis C.K. – Louie
William H. Macy – Shameless

Best Actress – TV Comedy
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Julia Louis Dreyfus – Veep
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or TV movie
Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Colin Hanks – Fargo
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or TV movie
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Allison Janney – Mom
Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

Showtime’s The Affair and FX’s Fargo were cable’s big standouts during Sunday night's 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards telecast highlighted by big wins for online streaming shows.

Showtime’s freshman series The Affair won the Globe award for best drama, besting such veteran shows as PBS’ Downton Abbey, HBO’s Game Of Thrones, CBS’ The Good Wife and Netflix’s House of Cards.

The Affair star Ruth Wilson won best actress in a drama series, beating out last year’s winner Robin Wright (House of Cards) as well as Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife); Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder); and Claire Danes (Homeland).

FX’s Fargo took home two major awards during the telecast, including top miniseries and a best actor in a miniseries or TV movie for series star Billy Bob Thornton.

Over the top streaming service Amazon’s series Transparent was a big winner, garnering top honors in the best comedy category over HBO’s Girls, CW’s Jane The Virgin, HBO’s Silicon Valley and Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black. The series’ star Jeffrey Tambor took home a best actor in a comedy series for his role in the comedy series.

Transparent's wins marked the first Golden Globes Awards for the streaming service.

Netflix's House Of Cards star Kevin Spacey won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama series. 

Matt Bomer won best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or TV movie for his role in HBO’s The Normal Heart, while Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘s leading role in SundanceTV’s The Honorable Woman won her best actress in a miniseries or TV movie honors.

A partial list of winners in the Television Category appears below:

Best Musical Or Comedy

Transparent – Amazon

Best Performance In A Musical or Comedy -- Actor

JeffreyTambor – Transparent (Amazon)

Best Performance In A Musical Or Comedy -- Actress

Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin (CW)

Best Drama

The Affair – Showtime

Best Performance In A Television Series Drama -- Actor 

Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards (Netflix)

Best Performance In A Television Series Drama -- Actress

Ruth Wilson, The Affair (Showtime)

Best Miniseries or Television Film

Fargo – FX

Best Performance In A Miniseries Or TV Film -- Actor

BillyBob Thorton, Fargo (FX)

Best Performance In A Miniseries Or TV Film -- Actress

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV)

Best Supporting  Performance In A Series Or Television Film -- Actor 

Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart (HBO)

Best Supporting Performance In A Series Or Television Film -- Actress

Joanne Froggatt, Dowton Abbey (PBS)

Amazon cracked the Golden Globes' mantle with its 'Transparent' scoring the trophy for best TV comedy, as well as its lead Jeffrey Tambor.

The OTT player's family show in which a father, Mort (played by Tambor, pictured) reveals to his three adult children that he's a woman, came out ahead of HBO's 'Girls' and 'Silicon Valley,' The CW's 'Jane the Virgin,' whose star Gina Rodriguez earned the statue for best actress in a musical or a comedy, and Netflix's 'Orange is the New Black.'

Rodriguez's win was the first ever Globe for The CW.

Tambor -- who during his acceptance speech dedicated his award to the transgender community -- beat out such cable notables as Don Cheadle in Showtime's 'House of Lies,' Louis C.K. in FX's 'Louie' and William H. Macy in Showtime's 'Shameless,'  as well as Ricky Gervais in Netflix's 'Derek.'

Amazon Studios has renewed comedy series Transparent for a second season as the original series sets audience records for Amazon's Prime Instant Video OTT service, said network officials.

The series, which stars Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Amy Landecker (Louie) and Jay Duplass (Togetherness), is currently the top ranked series on Prime Instant Video, although the OTT service did not release specific audience numbers.

Amazon also said Transparent is the most binge-watched TV series on Prime Instant Video, with nearly 80% of all viewers binging on two or more episodes of the series in the same day.

 “We are absolutely thrilled that the response to Transparent has been so positive,” said Roy Price, Vice President of Amazon Studios. “Our goal is to create series that customers love, so it’s great to hear that Transparent has not only risen to the no. 1 series on Prime Instant Video, but that it’s deemed ‘binge worthy’ as well.”

Amazon will stream its original series Transparent for its Amazon Prime subscribers beginning today (Sept. 26), the OTT service announced Friday.

The 10-episode series about a Los Angeles family forced to deal with their long-held secrets together stars Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Amy Landecker (Louie) and Jay Duplass (Togetherness). Amazon Prime members can binge watch Transparent  via the Amazon Instant Video apps for Amazon Fire TV, Fire tablets, Fire phone, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Roku, Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, as well as hundreds of other connected devices such as smart TVs, said company officials.

Transparent was one of four scripted series greenlit by Amazon last March during its second original pilot season.

“We’re thrilled to bring this poignant, funny and beautifully-crafted series to Amazon Prime customers and to the world,” said Roy Price, Vice President, Amazon Studios. “It’s been an honor to partner with such a passionate storyteller as Jill Soloway to bring her vision for Transparent to life and we can’t wait for everyone to meet the Pfeffermans.”