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The Emmys: A good night for Breaking Bad --
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:20
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Breaking Bad and Modern Family dominated the spotlight at the 65th primetime Emmy awards held in Los Angeles, California on Sunday 22 September.
For the first time, AMC s Breaking Bad took home the outstanding drama series award and earned a second Emmy when Anna Gunn won for best supporting actress. Modern Family continued to conquer, snagging outstanding comedy for the fourth year running.
The Colbert Report triumphed over The Daily Show in the outstanding variety series category, making it the first show to claim the winning title after a 10-year reign. The Colbert rReport also took an Emmy for outstanding writing for a variety series.
An unpredictable evening saw awards go to Jeff Daniels for best comedy actor in The Newsroom, and to The Voice for outstanding reality competition series. Derek Hough of ABC s Dancing with the Stars won an Emmy for outstanding choreography, an awards first for new choreography category.
Repeat awards were given to lead actress Claire Danes for her role in Homeland and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the comedy Veep while Big Bang Theory s Jim Parsons won the Emmy for outstanding lead comedy actor for the third time.
The winners circle:
Outstanding drama series:
Breaking Bad, AMC
Outstanding comedy series:
Modern Family, ABC
Outstanding movie or miniseries:
Behind The Candelabra, HBO
Outstanding lead actor in a movie or miniseries:
Michael Douglas as Liberace, Behind The Candelabra, HBO
Outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie:
Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington, Political Animals, USA
Outstanding directing, TV series or movie:
Steven Soderbergh, Behind The Candelabra, HBO
Outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie:
James Cromwell as DrArthur Arden, American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Networks
Outstanding writing, TV series or movie:
Abi Morgan, The Hour, BBC America
Outstanding variety series:
The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
Outstanding Choreography:
Derek Hough, Dancing With The Stars, Routines: Hey Pachuco / Para Los Rumberos / Walking On Air, ABC
Outstanding directing, variety series:
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Outstanding writing, variety series:
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Head Writer: Opus MoreschiWriters: Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Rich Dahm, Barry Julien, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner, Eric Drysdale, Dan Guterman, Paul Dinello, Nate Charny and Bobby Mort
Outstanding directing, drama series:
David Fincher, House of Cards, Netflix
Outstanding lead actress in a drama:
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Homeland, Showtime
Outstanding lead actor in a drama:
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, The Newsroom, HBO
Outstanding supporting actor in a drama:
Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti , Boardwalk Empire, HBO
Outstanding reality competition:
The Voice, NBC
Outstanding supporting actress in a drama:
Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Breaking Bad, AMC
Outstanding writing in a drama series:
Henry Bromell, Homeland, Q&A , Showtime
Outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie:
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison, The Big C: Hereafter, Showtime
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy:
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Outstanding directing in a comedy series:
Gail Mancuso, Modern Family, Arrested , ABC
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, Veep, HBO
Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy:
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh, Veep, HBO
Outstanding writing, comedy series:
Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield, 30 Rock, Last Lunch , NBC
Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy:
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow, Nurse Jackie, Showtime
For more awards winners visit: http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners
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