Emmy Winners

COMEDY SERIES
Comedy- Modern Family
Actor- Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Actress- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Supporting Actor- Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Supporting Actress- Jane Lynch, Glee
Directing- Glee- Ryan Murphy
Writing- Modern Family- Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd

Falco's win for best actress in a comedy marks the first time an actress has won an Emmy for both comedy and drama (she's won three suckers for The Sopranos.)  The supporting races were exciting for the the very gay-friendly stance: the lovely Lynch is a lesbian in reality, while Stonestreet plays one half of a gay couple on Modern Family; the straight Stonestreet was up against openly gay actors Chris Colfer (Glee), Jesse Tyler Fergouson (Modern Family) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother.)

DRAMA SERIES
Drama- Mad Men
Actor- Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Actress- Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Supporting Actor- Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actress- Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Directing- Dexter- Steve Shill
Writing- Mad Men- Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy

This the third year in a row that both Mad Men and Cranston have been awarded Emmys...how very exhausting.

MOVIE\MINI-SERIES
Movie- Temple Grandin
Mini-series- The Pacific
Actor- Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
Actress- Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Supporting Actor- David Strahairn, Temple Grandin
Supporting Actress- Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin
Directing- Temple Grandin- Mick Jackson
Writing- You Don't Know Jack- Adam Mazer

As to be expected-- all products of HBO!

REALITY SERIES
Reality Show- Top Chef

First time in the category's history the Emmy didn't go to The Amazing Race.

VARIETY SHOW
Variety Series- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Was up against the short-lived The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and while I'm sure that would have made for irresistibly unsettling television, can one really truly deny Mr. Stewart, even if he is heavily Emmy-ed to begin with.