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Politics took centre stage at Emmy Awards. While much of the evening was a celebration of the best and biggest moments on the small screen from the past year, the references - both sombre and jovial - to the current political and cultural climate were numerous.
The show was rife with jibes at Donald Trump, and none more so than from host Stephen Colbert. Here are a few of the highlights:

- "We all know that the Emmys mean a lot to Donald Trump because he was nominated multiple times for Celebrity Apprentice, but he never won. Why didn’t you give him an Emmy? I’ll tell you this - if he had won an Emmy, I bet he wouldn’t have run for president. So this is all your fault. I thought you people love morally compromised antiheroes. You like Walter White - he’s just Walter much whiter."
- "Unlike the presidency, Emmys go to the winner of the popular vote."
- "However you feel about the president, every show was influenced by Trump in some way. All the late night shows, obviously. House of Cards, the new season of American Horror Story, and of course next year's Latin Grammys hosted by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”

But it wasn't only the president that he had barbs for, he also took aim at Ted Cruz - a week after the Republican politician hit news headlines when his official Twitter account ‘liked’ a soft porn video - saying, “Everybody loves streaming video - just ask Ted Cruz. But knock first, you don’t want to just walk in”, and at talk-show host Bill Maher, who recently drew criticism for his use of the N-word. “I assume he’s black because he’s so comfortable using the N-word,” Colbert said.

In the most surprising appearance of the night, Colbert summoned Sean Spicer, the controversial former White House communications director, onto the stage. Standing behind a lectern reminiscent of the one he used to give press briefings from, Spicer jokingly referenced his repeated false claims that the crowds at Trump's inauguration were the largest that there had ever been. “This will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys period, both in person and around the world," he said. Cut to Melissa McCarthy, who portrayed the pilloried former political aide on Saturday Night Live, looking uncomfortable at the, widely deemed to be misjudged, joke.

At long last Mr President, here is your Emmy," Alec Baldwin opened his acceptance speech as he won the best supporting actor for comedy award for his much-celebrated impressions of Trump on Saturday Night Live (one of several accolades that the politically charged sketch show picked up).

Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin - stars of the Eighties feminist funny film 9 to 5 - reunited on stage, and made sure to draw comparisons between then and now. “Back in 1980, in that movie, we refused to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot," Fonda began, then Tomlin interrupted, "and in 2017, we still refuse to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.”

The big winner of the night was the dystopian (yet chillingly presently pertinent) Handmaid's Tale, which became the first show by a streaming site to take home the Emmy for best drama (as well as picking up accolades for female leads Elisabeth Moss and Ann Dowd). Bruce Miller who, as the show's writer and executive producer, won two trophies, thanked author Margaret Atwood for penning the 1985 novel that the television series was adapted from. Closing the show, Miller called on the audience to, "Go home, get to work, we have a lot of things to fight for".