2010 Emmy Awards: A Review of the Ceremonies & Winners

One of the highlights from the 2010 Emmy Awards Sunday night was no doubt the rousing opening number featuring host Jimmy Fallon and members of the FOX series "Glee" who were forlorn, because they could not afford the ticket prices for the Emmy Awards. Lo and behold there was a glee club singing contest just waiting to happen as they magically do in musicals. Fallon and company recruit their friends along the way. One in particular they ignored was reality TV star Kate Gosselin who assured them she can dance. Just like in musicals they broke out in song to Bruce Springsteen's anthem "Born to Run." I loved every minute of it. I'm not even a big fan of opening song and dance production numbers on TV.

Betty White and Jon Hamm were the first presenters. I was happy to see Betty White's cameo appearance in the earlier Springsteen number. In another category in comedy they honored the winners from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards the previous weekend with Betty White and Neil Patrick Harris for their guest appearances. It was fabulous to see one of my favorite reality shows "Top Chef" break "Amazing Race's" long-standing winning streak. Speaking of my favorite dramas on TV the stars of "Law & Order: SVU" were presenting together.

In the Drama category the Creative Arts Emmys went to Ann-Margret for a guest role in "Law & Order: SVU" and John Lithgow for his guest spot on "Dexter". Jimmy Fallon once again was in top form when he did a musical tribute to the shows not returning which were "24", "Law & Order" (original) and "Lost," I never laughed so hard when Fallon dressed up, looked like (especially with the eyes) and sang like the frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. On a serious note the HBO television movie "Temple Grandin" was a huge winner that practically dominated this category. Congratulations to Al Pacino for winning another Emmy in the TV movie about Jack Kevorkian.

2010 Emmy Award Winners List
(Partial List in no particular order from telecast & *Creative Arts Emmy Winners included.)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men - WINNER
True Blood
The Good Wife

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit)
Glenn Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) - WINNER
January Jones (Mad Men)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) - WINNER
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) - WINNER
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O' Quinn (Lost)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne (Damages)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) - WINNER
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Beau Bridges (The Closer)
Ted Danson (Damages)
John Lithgow (Dexter) - WINNER*
Alan Cumming ( The Good Wife)
Dylan Baker (The Good Wife)
Robert Morse (Mad Men)
Gregory Itzin (24)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mary Kay Place (Big Love)
Sissy Spacek (Big Love)
Shirley Jones (The Cleaner)
Lily Tomlin (Damages)
Ann-Margret (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) -- WINNER*
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Glee
Modern Family - WINNER
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
The Office

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) - WINNER
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) - WINNER
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) - WINNER
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch (Glee) - WINNER
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Holland Taylor (Two and A Half Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mike O'Malley (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (Glee) - WINNER*
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Eli Wallach (Nurse Jackie)
Jon Hamm (30 Rock)
Will Arnett (30 Rock)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)
Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
Betty White (Saturday Night Live) - WINNER*
Elaine Stritch (30 Rock)
Jane Lynch (Two and a Half Men)

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)
Heidi Klum (Project Runway)
Jeff Probst (Survivor) - WINNER*

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
Project Runway
Top Chef - WINNER
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
American Idol

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - WINNER*
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List
Mythbusters
Undercover Boss

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - WINNER
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien

MINISERIES OR MOVIE MINISERIES OR MOVIE
The Pacific (HBO) - WINNER
Return to Cranford (PBS)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE
Endgame (PBS)
Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
Moonshot (History)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
Temple Grandin (HBO) - WINNER
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

SOURCES:
62^nd Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC

"Emmy Awards 2010 - Full Winners List", The Hot Hits Live from LA