Pursuits

Amazon Wins First Emmy for 'Transparent'

  • Jeffrey Tambor wins acting award for transgender family man
  • `Transparent' director Soloway also wins award for comedy

Allison Janney accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for “Mom” at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.

Photographer: Phil McCarten/Invision/AP
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Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Soloway delivered Amazon.com Inc. its first major Emmy awards for the show “Transparent,” as the online retailer went toe-to-toe with Time Warner Inc.’s HBO.

HBO won nine of the first 14 awards handed out Sunday in Los Angeles, including six for “Olive Kitteridge,” a four-hour miniseries based on the novel of the same name. Frances McDormand won an Emmy for her performance as the title character, a retired school teacher who suffers from depression, bereavement and jealousy.