"Modern Family" Wins Best Comedy at Emmy Awards
First-time Winners Dominate the Night
Jane Lynch earned an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the quirky role as Sue Sylvester in "Glee." Though Lynch's role as the track suite-wearing cheerleading coach, she has been around for a long time, mainly in small roles in television and movies. She had roles in movies, such as "Best in Show," "The Fugitive" and "Julia & Julia." Lynch also played recurring roles as a therapist on hit shows "Two and a Half Men" and "Boston Legal."
"Temple Grandin" won seven Emmy Awards, including a win for Claire Danes for Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actress for Julia Ormond. The movie chronicles the life and work of Temple Grandin, a high-functioning autistic woman who changed the way animals where handled on cattle ranches and in slaughterhouses. Claire Danes, who received an Emmy nomination in 1994 for her role in "My So-Called Life." The real Temple Grandin also attended the Emmy celebration.
The show had other first-time winners. Jim Parsons received an Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Sheldon Cooper in the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory." Aaron Paul won for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "Breaking Bad," and Archie Panjabi earned the Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "The Good Wife." "Top Chef" won for Reality - Competition Program, dethroning "The Amazing Race." Ann-Margaret, too, earned her first Emmy for a guest-starring role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
This year's Emmy Awards proved to be more exciting than in past years. With all the first-time winners, viewers got to see genuine shock and hear heartfelt, sometimes incoherent, speeches from people who genuinely didn't expect to win.
Emmy Nominees and Winner
Best Series, Drama
"Breaking Bad"
"Dexter"
"The Good Wife"
"Lost"
"Mad Men" (Winner)
"True Blood"
Best Series, Comedy
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Glee"
"Modern Family" (Winner)
"Nurse Jackie"
"The Office"
"30 Rock"
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
"Amazing Race"
"American Idol"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"Top Chef" (Winner)
Best 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
Best Actor, Drama
Kyle Chandler, "Friday Night Lights"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" (Winner)
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
Best Actress, Drama
Connie Britton, "Friday Night Lights"
Glenn Close, "Damages"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU"
January Jones, "Mad Men"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer" (Winner)
Best Actor, Comedy
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Matthew Morrison, "Glee"
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory" (Winner)
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"
Best Actress, Comedy
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" (Winner)
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
Lea Michele, "Glee"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series
Andre Braugher, "Men of a Certain Age"
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Terry O'Quinn, "Lost"
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad" (Winner)
Martin Short, "Damages"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"
Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series
Christina Baranski, "The Good Wife"
Rose Byrne, "Damages"
Sharon Gless, "Burn Notice"
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Archie Panjabi, "The Good Wife" (Winner)
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"
Chris Colfer, "Glee"
Jon Cryer, "Two and a Half Men"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Modern Family"
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family" (Winner)
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"
Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"
Jane Lynch, "Glee" (Winner)
Holland Taylor, "Two and a Half Men"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Kristen Wiig, "Saturday Night Live"
Outstanding Lead Actor, Miniseries or a Movie
Sir Ian McKellen, "The Prisoner"
Dennis Quaid, "The Special Relationship"
Jeff Bridges, "A Dog Year"
Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack" (Winner)
Michael Sheen, "The Special Relationship"
Outstanding Lead Actress, Miniseries or a Movie
Dame Judi Dench, "Return to Cranford"
Hope Davis, "The Special Relationship"
Claire Dane, "Temple Grandin" (Winner)
Joan Allen, "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Maggie Smith, "Capturing Mary"
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
"Endgame"
"Moonshot"
"Temple Grandin" (Winner)
"Georgia O'Keeffe"
"The Special Relationship"
"You Don't Know Jack"
Outstanding Miniseries
"The Pacific" (Winner)
"Return to Cranford"
Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
"Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)" (Winner)
"Pressure Cooker"
"Brick City"
"My Lai"
"Sergio"
"Pattie Smith: Dream of Life"
Outstanding Animated Program
"Disney Prep & Landing" (Winner)
"South Park"
"The Simpsons"
"Aliens Earths"
"The Ricky Gervais Show"
Outstanding Art Direction, Miniseries or Movie
"The Pacific" (Winner)
"You Don't Know Jack"
"Return to Cranford"
"Georgian O'Keeffe"
"Temple Grandin"
Outstanding Art Direction, Single-Camera Series
"The Tudor" (Winner)
"Heroes"
"Modern Family"
"Lost"
"True Blood"
"Glee"
Outstanding Art Direction, Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming
"82nd Annual Academy Awards," ABC (Winner)
"Saturday Night Live" NBC
"The Who Super Bowl Halftime Show," CBS
"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," NBC
"63rd Annual Tony Award," CBS
"American Idol," FOX
Outstanding Casting, Comedy Series
"Modern Family" (Winner)
"Nurse Jackie"
"Glee"
"30 Rock"
"United States of Tara"
Outstanding Casting, Drama Series
"Mad Men" (Winner)
"Dexter"
"Big Love"
Friday Night Lights"
"True Blood"
"The Good Wife"
Outstanding Casting, Miniseries, Movie or Special
"The Pacific" (Winner)
"You Don't Know Jack"
"Emma"
"Georgia O'Keeffe"
"Temple Grandin"
Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program
"Nick News with Linda Ellerbe - The Face of Courage: Kids Living with Cancer" (Winner)
"When Families Grieve," PBS
Outstanding Children's Program
"Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie" (Winner)
"Wizards of Waverly Place"
"Jonas"
"Hannah Montana"
"iCarley"
Outstanding Choreography
"So You Think You Can Dance" (Winner)
"Dancing with the Stars"
"82nd Annual Academy Awards"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Dancing with the Stars"
Outstanding Cinematography
"Weeds" (Winner)
"Nurse Jackie"
"Gary Unmarried"
"Two and a Half Men"
"Hung"
"30 Rock"
Outstanding Cinematography, Miniseries or Movie
"Return to Cranford" (Winner)
"The Pacific - Part 9"
"The Prisoner"
"You Don't Know Jack"
"The Pacific - Part 5"
Outstanding Cinematography, One Hour Series
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Family Affair" (Winner)
"The Tudors"
"Mad Men"
"FlashForward"
"Breaking Bad"
Outstanding Cinematography, Nonfiction Programming
"Life" (Winner)
"Deadliest Catch"
"America The Story of Us"
"The National Parks: America's Best Idea"
"Whale Wars"
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
"Endgame"
"Georgia O'Keefe"
"Moonshot"
"The Special Relationship"
"Temple Grandin" (Winner)
"You Don't Know Jack"
Writing, Comedy Series
"30 Rock"
"The Office"
"Glee"
"Modern Family" (Winner)
Outstanding Directing, Drama Series
"Breaking Bad"
"Dexter" (Winner)
"Lost"
"Mad Men"
"Treme"
Writing, Variety/Music/Comedy Special
"63rd Annual Tony Awards" (Winner)
"82nd Annual Academy Awards"
"Bill Maher...But I'm Not Wrong"
"Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me"
"The Kennedy Center Honors"
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
"You Don't Know Jack" (Winner)
"Temple Grandin"
"The Pacific"
"The Special Relationship"
"The Pacific"
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Julia Ormond, "Temple Grandin" (Winner)
Susan Sarandon, "You Don't Know Jack"
Catherine O'Hara, "Temple Grandin"
Kathy Bates, "Alice"
Brenda Vacarro, "You Don't Know Jack"
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Post a CommentExcellent article and a lot of hard work. I love Modern Family it is really funny, and I love Dexter. I hate How I Met Your Mother.
I haven't seen this, but I want to. Thanks.... :o)
Nice recap. I enjoy it, because I never have time to watch T.V. :-)