Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies Dominate at 2017 Emmy Awards - LNBN 11

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Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies Dominate at 2017 Emmy Awards.

The Handmaid’s Tale is critically acclaimed drama based on the 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood. The novel explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain individualism and independence.

The Handmaid’s Tale took home awards for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series.

Elisabeth Moss won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award for her role as Offred in Hulu series.

Big Little Lies, one of the critically acclaimed series this season. It won with a Outstanding Supporting Actor win for Alexander Skarsgård, an Outstanding Supporting Actress win for Laura Dern, an Outstanding Lead Actress win for Nicole Kidman.

Big Little Lies is an American dark comedy-drama HBO miniseries created and written by David E. Kelley, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty. The series began filming in January 2016. The miniseries comprises seven episodes, all directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. It premiered on February 19, 2017 and concluded on April 2, 2017.

In 2017 Emmy Awards, The Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies won big with multiple awards Sunday night on Sep 17, 2017.

More info about The Handmaid’s Tale:
The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987; it was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award. The book has been adapted into a film (1990), an opera (2000), a TV series (2017), and other media.

Hulu has produced a 10-episode series of the novel starring Elisabeth Moss as Offred. The first three episodes were released on April 26, 2017, with subsequent episodes following on a weekly basis. Margaret Atwood served as consulting producer. The show has been renewed for a second season, coming out in early 2018.

Other info about Big Little Lies:
Big Little Lies has received wide acclaim from television critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 92%, based on 88 reviews, with an average rating of 8.05/10.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Bitingly funny and highly addictive, Big Little Lies is a twisty, thrilling, enlightening ride led by a first-rate cast." Metacritic reported a score of 75 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

The miniseries was released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 1, 2017.