SNL,'Big Little Lies,' 'Handmaid's Tale' rule at Trump-flavored Emmys

• "The Handmaid's Tale" and political comedy "Veep" won the top prizes at the Emmy awards on Sunday.
• "Saturday Night Live" won the most Emmys overall on the back of a season of Donald Trump spoofs.
• The new U.S. president was also the butt of multiple jokes at the ceremony honoring the best of television.

Published 5:53 AM ET Mon, 18 Sept 2017  Updated 7:09 AM ET Mon, 18 Sept 2017Reuters

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Host Stephen Colbert (2nd from R) performs onstage during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

"The Handmaid's Tale" and political comedy "Veep" won the top prizes at the Emmy awards on Sunday, but satirical sketch show "Saturday Night Live" won the most Emmys overall on the back of a season ofDonald Trump spoofs.

The new U.S. president, who never won an Emmy despite his reality show past, was also the butt of multiple jokes at the ceremony honoring the best of television.

"If he (Trump) had won an Emmy, I bet he wouldn't have run for president," host Stephen Colbert told the A-list audience.

"It's your fault! He never forgave you and he never will. But unlike the presidency, the Emmys go to the winners of the popular vote," Colbert quipped, referring to the 2016 election result.

Alec Baldwin won the comedy supporting actor Emmy for his withering impersonations of Trump for "Saturday Night Live" on the Comcast'sNBC. (Disclosure: Comcast is also parent of CNBC.)

After its most-watched season in 23 years, "Saturday Night Live" won nine Emmys, including best variety sketch series, for actress Kate McKinnon and for Melissa McCarthy's turn as former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.