(CNN) One year after "The Handmaid's Tale" became the first series on a streaming network to win best drama at the Emmy Awards, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Amazon have done the same in the best comedy category.

And that wasn't the only marvelous thing about Monday's award show for the whimsical comedy.

The show took home a total of seven awards, including two for creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (in the directing and writing categories), one for co-star Alex Borstein and one for lead actress Rachel Brosnahan.

The first season of the show focused on Brosnahan's Midge Maisel as she transforms from housewife into a stand-up comedian. Or as Brosnahan put it on stage, it is "about a woman who is finding her voice anew."

The actress acknowledged the timeliness of the theme saying, "It's something that's happening all over the country right now."

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