Ashton Kutcher opens the show with remarks on travel ban —Photo courtesy: CBS News
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who bagged the award for best actress in a comedy series for Veep seconded the sentiment: "My father fled religious persecution in Nazi-occupied France. I’m an American patriot. And I love this country, and because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes, and this immigrant ban is a blemish, and it is un-American.”
The most blistering speech though was by David Harbour, who led the cast of Netflix's Stranger Things on stage to accept best ensemble in a TV drama series.
"We are united in that we are all human beings and we are all together on this horrible, painful, joyous, exciting and mysterious ride that is being alive. Now, as we act in the continuing narrative of Stranger Things, we 1983 Midwesterners will repel bullies, we will shelter freaks and outcasts, those who have no homes. We will get past the lies. We will hunt monsters."
"And when we are at a loss amidst the hypocrisy and the casual violence of certain individuals and institutions we will, as per Chief Jim Hopper, punch some people in the face when they seek to destroy the weak and the disenfranchised and the marginalized and we will do it with soul, with heart and with joy. We thank you for this responsibility. Thank you," he added.
The speech had his co-star Winona Ryder experiencing every human emotion in the span of 20 seconds.
Here's the full list of winners:
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Hidden Figures
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Emma Stone, La La Land
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Denzel Washington, Fences
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Fences
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Stranger Things
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Foy, The Crown
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
John Lithgow, The Crown
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
Orange Is the New Black
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
William H. Macy, Shameless
OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Game of Thrones
OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Hacksaw Ridge
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Lily Tomlin