Actor, miniseries or a movie
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
Directing, miniseries or a movie
Mick Jackson, Temple Grandin (HBO)
Actress, miniseries or a movie
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin (HBO)
Writing, miniseries or a movie
Adam Mazer, You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
Supporting actor, movie or miniseries
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin (HBO)
Supporting actress, movie and miniseries
Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin (HBO)
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
George Clooney
Variety, music or comedy series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Director, variety, music or comedy special
Bucky Gunts, Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games (NBC)
Writing, variety, music or comedy special
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Lead actress, drama series
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)
Directing, drama series
Steve Shill, Dexter (Showtime)
Lead actor, drama series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Supporting actress, drama series
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife (CBS)
Supporting actor, drama series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Writing, drama series
Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, Mad Men (AMC)
Reality competition
Top Chef (Bravo)
Lead actress, comedy series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Lead actor, comedy series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Directing in a comedy series
Ryan Murphy, Glee (Fox)
Supporting actress, comedy series
Jane Lynch, Glee (Fox)
Writing for a comedy series
Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, Modern Family (ABC)
Supporting actor, comedy series
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family (ABC)
Tonight’s big winner was television because there were so many new comers that so richly deserved their Emmy statuette. The biggest and best surprise were the comedies! Congrats to Modern Family, Eric Stonestreet, Steve Levitan, Glee, Jane Lynch and Jim Parsons for winning the Emmys they earned for excellence. Thank you to Modern Family for really reviving sitcoms, Steve and Christopher Lloyd (not the Taxi one) for your great show and I am so happy Emmys recognized you! About time Jane Lynch won because she has been one of the most underrated actresses until Glee, she has always stolen the show no matter which one it is! Another big winner, thanks to the comedies, was broadcast television. Except for Edie Falco in Showtime’s Nurse Betty all the winners were on broadcast TV. In drama only CBS’ Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife could say that. HBO dominated the movies’ section, but who really cares about those?
I have to admit, I can’t really complain about this year’s Emmy. Jimmy Fallon also did a good job, largely because that opening numbers was so freaking awesome!
Now when it comes to two big losers tonight The Amazing Race and 30 Rock, I wonder if they are sh!tting a brick that this season will be their last because without Emmy gold to claim as their own this own…will their networks decide that this will be their end? I personally think their Emmys is what has kept them on the air. You know kind of like Ugly Betty, the year that America Fererra wasn’t nominated again (even though she never deserved any of them), the show was axed from ABC’s line up.
