The presidential campaign has made its presence felt at the Emmy Awards, which is under way in Los Angeles.
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, accepting her fifth consecutive best actress Emmy for Veep, jokingly lamented that real politics is beginning to resemble the Washington world her comedy series pokes fun at.
"Our show started out as political satire, but now it feels like a sober documentary," she said.
She promised to rebuild the wall between comedy and politics and "make Mexico pay for it".
Donald Trump was a featured player at the Emmys. Host Jimmy Kimmel pointed out the man in the audience who made Trump a TV star.
"Thanks to Mark Burnett, we don't have to watch reality shows anymore, because we're living them," Kimmel said.
Burnett cast Mr Trump in The Apprentice, the hit series which gave him the catchphrase "you're fired" and a larger public profile.
Former Republican candidate Jeb Bush made an appearance in Kimmel's opening comedy skit and Hillary Clinton tweeted congratulations to her impersonator Kate McKinnon, of Saturday Night Live, who won best supporting actress in a comedy.
British actress Maggie Smith was honoured as best supporting actress in a drama series for the final season of Downton Abbey.
It was her third win for playing the formidable dowager, but she didn't attend the ceremony.
British comedian John Oliver won the outstanding variety talk series award for Last Week Tonight, beating James Corden's Late, Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
The People v OJ Simpson, a dramatic retelling of the football star's murder trial, was named best limited series and writing, and earned awards for stars Courtney B Vance, Sterling K Brown and Sarah Paulson.
"Obama out, Hillary in," said Vance, as he wrapped his victory speech.
Games Of Thrones - hoping to break Frasier's record total for a narrative series of 37 Emmys - has won awards for outstanding writing and directing for a drama series.
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