Monday, August 30, 2010

Emmy Award Winners: 'Mad Men' Takes Best Drama


Source: limelife.com

Kyra Sedgewick wins best actress.

The Emmy Awards are over, and this year's champions are no strangers to the stage. Mad Men won the award for best drama for the third year in a row, and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad also won his third consecutive Emmy for best actor in a dramatic series. So who else took home a trophy? Here's the complete list of 2010 Emmy Award winners.

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Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the show began with a huge musical number that included Jimmy, the entire cast of Glee, comedian Joel McHale, Jon Hamm from Mad Men and others singing Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run.

As the show pressed on (with some surprises, but mostly the favorites winning), winners took the stage to mumble out acceptance speeches.

Edie Falco won for lead actress in a comedy role for Nurse Jackie, an award she was most surprised at. "Oh, this is the most ridiculous thing that has ever, ever happened in the history of this lovely awards show. I'm not funny!" she said.

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In his acceptance speech, Bryan Cranston reiterated this humility regarding his win for best actor in a drama series for Breaking Bad (a personal favorite).

"During the time it took me to walk up here, I venture there were 200 text messages to the other nominees saying, 'You were robbed.' I cannot argue with that," he said.

Amazingly, Jon Stewart's Daily Show won its eighth consecutive award for best variety, music or comedy series. It beat out underdog Conan O'Brien, who would have been amazing to see accepting an award for his short-lived stay at the Tonight Show.

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As for the rest of the winners, here's a look at all the major categories.

The 2010 Emmy Winners:

Drama Series
Mad Men

Comedy Series
Modern Family

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Lynch, Glee

Reality-Competition Program
Top Chef

Reality Host
Jeff Probst, Survivor

Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart




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