Emmys: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wins Best Comedy Actress

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus remains queen of the Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series category, winning the award for the fourth straight time.

Dreyfus, who plays a fictional vice president on the HBO series, beat out a tough lineup of nominees including Lily Tomlin in Netfilx’ Grace & Frankie, Lisa Kudrow of Showtime’s Comeback; Edie Falco of Showtime’s Nurse Jackie; Amy Schumer of Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer  and Amy Poehler of NBC’s Park & Recreation.

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.