Emmys 2018: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Wins Best Comedy Emmy

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Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel finished off a strong Emmy showing by winning the best comedy series award.

The series topped FX’s Atlanta, HBO’s Barry, Silicon Valley and Curb Your Enthusiasm, ABC’s black-ish, Netflix’s GLOW and Netflix The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Along with the best comedy award, the series won awards for best actress, best supporting actress, best directing and best writing. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.