‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail on His Emmys Experience

By The Watch Sep 19, 2016, 4:18pm EDT

Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail didn’t win an Emmy himself Sunday night, but the star of his show, Rami Malek, took home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. An ecstatic Esmail came on The Watch’s Emmys after-party to talk about his experience at the awards show, some of the surprising winners, and his surreal run-in with Larry David.

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