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63rd Primetime Emmy Awards: winners

Winners include Modern Family, Mad Men, The Big Bang Theory, The Amazing Race, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones The Good Wife, Friday Night Lights, Downton Abbey -and Guy Pearce.

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Live blog: Jane Lynch opened the Emmy Awards with a musical tribute to television (well lipsyncing it anyway) in which she appeared on the sets of beloved TV shows including Mad Men, The Big Bang Theory, and more, before bursting on stage surrounded by dancers.

“TV is a vast wonderland, there’s no place like TV,” she sang. “Except for HBO it’s not TV.”

Yes, the annual Emmy Awards are underway.

Winners follow:

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee •  Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Hot In Cleveland  • Betty White as Elka Ostrosky
Modern Family • Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Modern Family • Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Saturday Night Live • Kristen Wiig as Various characters
30 Rock • Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee • Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
Modern Family • Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
Modern Family • Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett
Modern Family • Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
Modern Family • Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Two And A Half Men • Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Michael Spiller, Modern Family

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Steve Levitan, Jeffrey Richman, Modern Family

Charlie Sheen appears and says to the cast of Two and a Half Men. “I want to take a moment to get something off my chest,” he said.

“From the bottom of my heart I wish you nothing but the best for this upcoming season. we spent 8 wonderful years together and I know you will continue to make great television.”

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory • Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter
Episodes • Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc
Louie • Louis C.K. as Louie
The Office • Steve Carell as Michael Scott
30 Rock • Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big C • Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison
Mike & Molly • Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn
Nurse Jackie • Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Parks And Recreation • Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
Raising Hope • Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance
30 Rock • Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Amy Poehler stood on stage when her name was announced for the Comedy award, causing her co-nominees to join her. It seemed like a surprise moment but when Melissa McCarthy was crowned like a beauty queen it was obvious it was a set-up. Still it was good fun. Aww, I wanted Laura Linney….

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Directing fpr a Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live.

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Jason Katims Friday Night Lights

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire • Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder
The Good Wife • Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
The Good Wife • Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Justified • Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett
The Killing • Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen
Mad Men • Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Martin Scorsese Boardwalk Empire

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Game Of Thrones • Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
The Good Wife • Josh Charles as Will Gardner
The Good Wife • Alan Cumming as Eli Gold
Justified • Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder
Mad Men • John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Men Of A Certain Age • Andre Braugher as Owen

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Friday Night Lights • Connie Britton as Tami Taylor
The Good Wife • Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick
Harry’s Law • Kathy Bates as Harriet “Harry” Korn
The Killing • Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire • Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson
Dexter • Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
Friday Night Lights • Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor
House • Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Justified • Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens
Mad Men • Jon Hamm as Don Draper

“A lot of people wonder why I am a lesbian,” said Jane Lynch. “Ladies and gentleman, the cast of Entourage!”

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special.
Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey.

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Downton Abbey • Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Mildred Pierce • Evan Rachel Wood as Veda Pierce
Mildred Pierce • Melissa Leo as Lucy Gessler
Mildred Pierce • Mare Winningham as Ida
Upstairs Downstairs • Eileen Atkins as Lady Maud Holland

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Carlos • Edgar Ramirez as Carlos
The Kennedys • Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy
The Kennedys • Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy
Luther • Idris Elba as John Luther
Thurgood • Laurence Fishburne as Thurgood Marshall
Too Big To Fail • William Hurt as Henry ‘Hank’ Paulson

Outstanding Directing In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Barry Percival • Downton Abbey

In Memoriam: Andy Whitfield is remembered in the sequence of those we lost, sung to the sound of “Hallelujah.” Bless.


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
The Kennedys • Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy
Mildred Pierce • Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon
Mildred Pierce • Brian F. O’Byrne as Bert Pierce
Too Big To Fail • Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke
Too Big To Fail • James Woods as Richard Fuld

“She’s someone I’ve had quite a crush on for many years,” admits Guy Pearce. “So suddenly there we are, naked together. It’s a weird job. I’d go home to my wife funny enough and say, ‘I had sex with Kate Winslet again today’. She admires Kate as much as I do, so it was okay.”

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Cinema Verite • Diane Lane as Patricia Loud
Downton Abbey • Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess of Grantham
Mildred Pierce • Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce
Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story • Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin
Upstairs Downstairs • Jean Marsh as Rose Buck

Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
The Pillars Of The Earth
Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights •
Game Of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Gwynneth Paltrow: “Ok the prompt went down so I’m gonna wing it. Here are the nominees for Outstanding Comedy.”

Gwynneth how do you do it?

Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks And Recreation
30 Rock

Modern Family writer Steve Levitan said, “Last season we were on location and a gay couple came up to us and said, ‘You know you’re not just making people laugh, you’re making them more tolerant.’ And I thought to myself ‘They’re right. We are showing the world that there is absolutely nothing wrong with a loving relationship between an old man and a hot young woman.

“And looking around this room tonight I see many of you agree. Thankyou all very, very much.”

Thankyou and goodnight.

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56 Responses

  1. Kyle Chandler and Jason Katims winning was the best surprise of my life! so glad and so well deserved, the series finale of FNL was the most amazing piece of drama ive ever seen!

  3. Why is Jim Parsons in leading actor category anyway, when it’s an ensemble cast fir Big Bang Theory? He should have been in supporting actor like all the Fiends used to be.

    The Emmy board seem to love him, probably cause they can relate to him being a geek. Steve Carell was robbed! for years he played a hilarious, quotable, diverse character in Michael Scott and he gets nothing. I’m sure its a smear campaign on him and the show, what else could it be?

  5. Kyle Chandler winning an emmy makes up for all the wrongs (ie. Melissa McCarthy over Laura Linney for Best Lead Actress, that is a joke…). Thought FNL was a shot at winning best drama after that as usual the same shows win again. Again, just very happy for Kyle Chandler and Jason Katims.

  6. I love we had some unexpected winners this year like Friday Night Lights, Melissa McCarthy and Peter Dinklage, maybe the Emmys are changing, even with the bag of awards Modern Family won.

    I mostly watch the TEN news, did Seven and Nine mainly cover the awards their shows won?

  9. @Charlie Kelly, and that’s not even the falacy: the series “Game of Thrones” is an adaptation of the book “A Game of Thrones”. There’s no value relationship between the book character and the TV character.

  10. A question I can answer! 🙂 Anna Torv presented with David Boreanaz, the award was almost at the end of the night, it was Outstanding Actor in a mini-series or movie, and Guy Pearce won for Mildred Pierce 🙂

  12. Well just by seeing how many comments have been made on this story and the media interest today anyone would think why is the broadcast being buried ay 9.30 pm 4 days after the event on eleven. Why don’t Ten still play the Emmys on the night of the broadcast? I don’t get it.

  13. Liking that Julianna Margulies from The Good Wife won… do we know if TEN are going to fast-track it yet? It got moved to Sunday’s on CBS so surely that’s a show they would want to show early here!

    Also I would have liked to have seen The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in comedy or variety series… got to be one of the best variety/comedy shows on TV 😀

  15. @ David

    Thanks for mentioning elsewhere that Leonard Nimoy is in it. I don’t suppose you or anyone else could say what award Anna Torv presented and was it earlier or later in the ceremony if it was obscure?

  16. @Max

    Oh please, don’t talk crap. It’s obvious you must have never watched Game of Thrones to make such comments against Peter Dinklage in the show.

    He is incredibly good in that incredibly good show.

    Just because who you like didn’t win, doesn’t give you the right to just slander and make up crap about the person who did.

  17. If people expected Steve Carrell to win just because it was his last year on “The Office”, then they’ve forgotten about Angela Lansbury! The landscape has changed in terms of nominations these days because many shows are scoring multiple acting noms, which was fairly rare in the past. The supporting categories are now basically dominated by “Modern Family”, which is fine, since it’s a true ensemble cast where everyone shines (this could explain why the actress who plays Penny on TBBT misses out). I suspect that if a show like “Friends” was around these days, it, too, would have a lock on the actor nominations, since all six of its leads were extremely talented (I still feel bad for Courtney Cox that she never scored a nomination). The comedy category was exceptionally competitive in the 90s/00s, with true classics like “Friends”, “Frasier”, “Will & Grace” and “Sex And The City” earning nominations year after year. I doubt very much that (decent) shows like “Glee” would have a real chance against the heavyweights. In a reasonably decent field, a show like “Modern Family” really stands out, hence its multiple nominations and wins.

  18. ompman you’ve obviously not watched any of the other nominees for best drama, nor have you read the excellent Game of Thrones book. If you had you’d realise how crazy your comment is.

  19. A lot of things I want to say

    I’m very surpised Steve didn’t win for his last season on the office but if it was not Steve I more then happy that one of the big bang theory guys (Jim as Sheldon) won.I can also see a big rivalry between moden family (which also won meny well diserved awards) and tbbt(two shows I both like)

    I hope 7 can now air the new season of the amazing race (tar 19) now that it’s back on top and winning Emmys angin(main channel, 7)

    It is nice to see chalie sheen being a good sport about 2.5 men.I hate his comedy but today he did good(winning)

    I don’t realy care about the dramas(I just cant watch them, there borning to me) but well done to them.

    Shocked snl didnt win.

    Well done to all the winners.

  22. FYI – if anyone missed (or skipped) Too Big To Fail on Showcase it’s coming up again next Monday, check you EPG. Ah the beauty of Pay TV, yes get the Emmy’s live (not 5 days later) and if you miss something then it’s likely to come up again in no time at all!

  23. David re ‘In Memoriam: Andy Whitfield is remembered in the sequence of those we lost, sung to the sound of “Hallelujah.” Bless.”

    Did the Emmy Awards ‘borrow’ the 2010 Logies concept when presenting this section… It had a bit of a ‘Déjà vu’ feel about it.

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