Television's biggest stars braved the red carpet heat ahead of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, where the dramatization of O.J. Simpson's sensational 1995 double murder trial looked set to sweep to victory after an extraordinarily colourful year for U.S. television.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt nominee Ellie Kemper, Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor, Jerry Seinfeld, and Project Runway host Heidi Klum were among early arrivals under the blazing Los Angeles sun for the three-hour ceremony honouring the best in television.
Ellie Kemper, of the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, arrives at the 2016 Emmys. She is nominated for best lead actress in a comedy series. (REUTERS)
Kemper's co-star Tituss Burgess flashes a smile. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
People of colour were nominated this year in every leading actor category for the first time in the 68-year history of the Emmys.
Leading the charge is FX's The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which won 22 nominations on the wave of a true crime trend in television coupled with a contemporary backdrop of racial tension.
"I knew it was going to be popular but I didn't know it was going to be so widely popular. That was a really pleasant surprise," said John Singleton, a best director nominee for the limited series show.
Angela Bassett, right, of FX Network's American Horror Story and her husband Courtney B. Vance of FX Network's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
Elsewhere, Rami Malek, 35, who is of Egyptian descent, is a frontrunner for his first Emmy for his lead role as a socially awkward computer hacker in USA Network's Mr. Robot.
Rami Malek is a frontrunner for his first Emmy for his lead role in Mr. Robot. ( Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Awards pundits say the Golden Globe-winning show, beloved by critics despite an audience of only about one million, could also cause an upset in the drama series race where it is competing against HBO's medieval fantasy Game of Thrones, which dominates with 23 nominations.
"Rami has a very strong shot. He anchored the first season for a new show and helped create a character that is entirely unique and interesting," said James Hibberd, editor at large for Entertainment Weekly.
Sophie Turner from the HBO series Game of Thrones arrives. The show is the favourite in the drama series race. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
Malek is also up against Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, who has never won an Emmy, in his role as manipulative President Frank Underwood in the Netflix White House drama House of Cards. The comedy acting race includes Anthony Anderson of ABC's modern black family series Black-ish, and Indian-American Aziz Ansari who is nominated for his new Netflix comedy Master of None.
Gaten Matarazzo, left, Caleb McLaughlin and Millie Bobby Brown from the Netflix series Stranger Things pose for the press at the 2016 Emmys. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
However, awards watchers say the best comedy actor Emmy is more likely to go once again to Tambor for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon's ground-breaking Transparent.
Emmy darling Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the favourite for best comedy actress for a fifth time for playing the vainglorious Selina Meyer in HBO's White House satire Veep. As Americans prepare to vote in November for a new president after an extraordinary election campaign, Veep is also expected to win the comedy series category on Sunday.
Sarah Hyland from the ABC series Modern Family shows off her ensemble. The show is up for best comedy. (REUTERS)
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