This year, longtime Emmy nominations leader HBO was out-nominated by Netflix. Netflix then won the most Emmys on the main telecast, with seven noms to HBO’s six. But earlier HBO won one more award than Netflix at the Creative Arts Awards ceremonies, 17 to 16. So, by the time the curtain came down on the 70th Emmy Awards, technically — and sort of poetically — Netflix and HBO had fought to a draw.

Almost all of the major content providers left with several wins to celebrate. Netflix scored its biggest win yet in the drama categories when outgoing monarch Claire Foy won best actress for “The Crown” (the show’s Stephen Daldry won for his direction), and limited series “Godless”’ lead actor Jeff Daniels and supporting actress Merritt Wever — both past winners for other shows — also walked away with statuettes*.

The streamer even snagged a shocking win for Regina King, who was recognized for “Seven Seconds,” a show it canceled — making this the third ceremony in a row that the actress has left with a statuette, and the second for a show that ended prematurely*. And John Mulaney also won variety writing for his Netflix standup special.

Fellow streamer Amazon Prime arrived in a major way, running the comedy tabled with “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the winner for series, directing and writing (with those two prizes going to the top-hatted Amy Sherman-Palladino), lead actress (Rachel Brosnahan) and supporting actress (Alex Borstein). Prime doesn’t have as many major shows as Netflix, but it still become the first streamer ever to win a comedy series prize, a year after Hulu became the first streamer ever to win a drama series prize for “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

All in all, it was a terrible night for broadcast networks — even as NBC aired the show and its talent, “Saturday Night Live”’s Michael Che and Colin Jost hosted.

(SD-Agencies)