Hulu's science fiction series The Handmaid's Tale picked up the award for Outstanding Drama Sunday at the 69th Emmy Awards.

The series beat "Westworld", "Stranger Things", "Better Call Saul", "The Crown", "House of Cards" and "This is Us" to bag the top honor.

"Go home; get to work. We have a lot of things to fight for", said Bruce Miller, one of the show producers at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

The Handmaid's Tale is based on the novel of the same name by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, which tells the dystopian story of the United States dominated by a dictatorial regime.

Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski and Max Minghella form the main cast of the series.

The series won seven other awards at this years Emmy's, including outstanding lead actress in a drama series (Elisabeth Moss), outstanding writing for a drama series (Bruce Miller), outstanding supporting actress in a drama series (Ann Dowd), and outstanding directing for a drama series.