The Awardist Emmys Olive Kitteridge wins Emmy for limited series or movie By Oliver Gettell Oliver Gettell Senior news editor, EW.com EW's editorial guidelines Published on September 20, 2015 12:00PM EDT Photo: Jojo Whilden Olive Kitteridge, HBO’s sprawling domestic drama based on Elizabeth Strout’s book about an misanthropic New England schoolteacher, has won the Emmy for limited series. Starring Frances McDormand in the title role, Olive Kitteridge beat out the macro-level crime drama American Crime, the macabre fantasia American Horror Story: Freak Show, the espionage thriller The Honorable Woman, and the historical pageant Wolf Hall. EMMYS 2015: Winners | Creative Arts winners | Nominees by the numbers | Nominee reactions | Quotes quiz | EW Critics weigh in | Snubs | Surprises | Burning questions answered | Live blog Olive Kitteridge earned 13 Emmy nominations overall, including Creative Arts Emmys. Earlier this year, the TV academy updated its rules and changed “miniseries” to “limited series,” which are defined as “programs of two or more episodes … that tell a complete, non-recurring story, and do not have an ongoing storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons.” RELATED VIDEO: EW critics discuss the 2015 Emmy nominations