When Sarah Paulson won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for her stellar performance in The People v. O.J. Simpson, she dedicated much of her acceptance speech to the real life Marcia Clark (who just so happened to be the actress' date to the ceremony). As Paulson explained, while playing the prosecutor in the FX series she "had to recognize that I, along with the rest of the world, had been superficial and careless in my judgment [of Clark]. And I am glad to be able to stand here today in front of everyone and tell you I'm sorry." Hearing Paulson's moving speech, Clark got visibly emotional, tearing up as the crowd broke out in roaring applause.

It appeared as if Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus was going to deliver yet another comedic speech for her fifth win in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy category when she started apologizing for the current political climate. However, the speech took an emotional turn when she dedicated it to her late father who passed away on Friday. William Louis-Dreyfus isn't the only one who likes you Julia, we all love you!

This year's Emmy Awards defied the odds by making the introduction of the accountants who calculate the nomination votes exciting by adding Leslie Jones into the mix. The Saturday Night Live actress called out the accountants for protecting something that someone may want to steal. She added that her Twitter account - where she has been repeatedly harassed since the release of Ghostbusters this summer -- needed to go in the vault.

Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel learned the hard way that if he's not going to let Matt Damon appear as a guest on his show, then Matt Damon is going to crash his Emmy hosting stint. It was bad news for Kimmel, who had his loss for Outstanding Variety Talk Series (the award went to HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver) rubbed in his face by his arch nemesis, but it was great for the viewers, who were treated to one of the funniest bits of the night. Yeah, we like them apples.

Jimmy Kimmel's biggest prank of the night came when he had the Emmys announcer introduce Bill Cosby as the show's next presenter. The cameras then cut to the incredibly uncomfortable audience - including a shot of a very concerned Tina Fey - until the host calmly strolled on stage to quell the panic. "Don't worry, he's not really here," Kimmel said. "I just wanted to see what you guys would do."

Master of None's Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari pulled off a surprising but deserving win for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Parents." Yang's acceptance speech turned poignant when he pointed out there are an equal number of Asian-Americans to Italian-Americans in this country, but the representation in popular culture isn't even close. His advice? Asian-American parents should buy their kids video cameras instead of violins. We're ready to see the revolution!

HBO's epic fantasy Game of Thrones took home the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row, along with shining gold trophies for both writing and directing. By the end of the night, the show had collected three Emmys (in addition to the nine it won at the Creative Arts Emmys) and broke the record for the most Emmy-awarded program of all time, coming in at a whopping 38 total wins (with two more seasons still to go!). The series was just two awards short of breaking John Adams' record for most-awarded program in a single year.

The late Garry Marshall -- producer of such shows as Happy Days, The Odd Couple and Laverne & Shirley -- was given a tribute at the Emmys by his good friend and Happy Days star Henry Winkler. "I could talk endlessly about the career in television of the great Garry Marshall," Winkler said passionately. "We could mention his films, like Pretty Woman. But to mention him only as a creator of entertainment would leave out 90 percent of the reason that Garry Marshall was one of the most beloved men in the history of our business." Winkler noted that Marshall was a family man first, thanked Marshall for giving him a career, and recalled that he always said, "Other people make television, I make recess."

The Emmys are always a little behind the times, but the voters usually arrive at the right destination eventually. This year, that meant Tatiana Maslany, the hardworking star at the center of Orphan Black, finally took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of multiple clones on the BBC America drama. Sure, she probably deserved the award a couple of years ago, but it's wonderful that the Emmys finally showed up to the party. Plus, maybe she can clone that thing and it won't even matter. Yeah, science!

The Emmys are notoriously bad for running over, but the three-hour telecast actually managed to finish on time for once. Who do we send our thank your cards to?