There were a few surprises, but it was mostly déjà Emmys at the 61st annual awards show as several of last year’s winners gave a repeat performance, and HBO continued its domination in the TV movies and miniseries categories.

AMC’s “Mad Men” won for the second year in a row for drama series as did Glenn Close for lead actress for FX’s “Damages” and Bryan Cranston for AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” “I’m a poor kid from the Valley; I don’t know what I am doing up here,” Cranston said as he accepted the award. “I feel like Cinderfella.”

NBC’s “30 Rock” won the big one for the third year in a row: comedy series.

The show had gone into the awards show with 22 nominations, more than any other series. But as the night went on, it won only a handful, including Matthew Hubbard for writing and Alec Baldwin, who won for lead actor in a comedy for the second year in a row. The win for comedy series made it all go down a bit easier.

All the winners and nominees after the jump (check out some of these categories)

Nominees and Winners in major categories for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards:

DRAMA SERIES:
“Big Love,” HBO
“Breaking Bad,” AMC
“Damages,” FX
“Dexter,” Showtime
“House,” Fox
“Lost,” ABC
“Mad Men,” AMC (Winner)

COMEDY SERIES:
“Entourage,” HBO
“Family Guy,” Fox
“How I Met Your Mother,” CBS
“Flight of the Conchords,” HBO
“The Office,” NBC
“30 Rock,” NBC (Winner)
“Weeds,” Showtime

ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES:
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”
Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” (Winner)
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”

ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES:
Glenn Close, “Damages” (Winner)
Sally Field, “Brothers and Sisters”
Mariska Hargitay, “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES:
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
Toni Collette, “United States of Tara” (Winner)
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “New Adventures of Old Christine”
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”
Sarah Silverman, “The Sarah Silverman Program”

ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES:
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” (Winner)
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Jemaine Clement, “Flight of the Conchords”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”
Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men”

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES:
Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men” (Winner)
Kevin Dillon, “Entourage”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Jack McBrayer, “30 Rock”
Tracy Morgan, “30 Rock”
Rainn Wilson, “The Office”

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES:
Christian Clemenson, “Boston Legal”
Michael Emerson, “Lost” (Winner)
William Hurt, “Damages”
Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”
William Shatner, “Boston Legal”
John Slattery, “Mad Men”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES:
Rose Byrne, “Damages”
Hope Davis, “In Treatment”
Cherry Jones, “24″ (Winner)
Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment”
Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES:
Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies” (Winner)
Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live”
Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock”
Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds”
Kristin Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”
Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty”

REALITY HOST:
Tom Bergeron, “Dancing With The Stars”
Phil Keoghan, “The Amazing Race”
Heidi Klum, “Project Runway”
Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio, “Top Chef”
Jeff Probst, “Survivor” (Winner)
Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol”

REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM:
“The Amazing Race,” CBS (Winner)
“American Idol,” FOX
“Dancing With The Stars,” ABC
“Project Runway,” Bravo
“Top Chef,” Bravo

REALITY PROGRAM:
“Antiques Roadshow,” PBS
“Dirty Jobs,” Discovery Channel
“Dog Whisperer,” National Geographic
“Intervention,” A&E
“Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List,” Bravo
“Mythbusters,” Discovery

MINISERIES:
“Generation Kill,” HBO
“Little Dorrit,” PBS (Winner)

ACTOR, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”
Kenneth Branagh, “Wallander: One Step Behind”
Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm” (Winner)
Kevin Kline, “Cyrano de Bergerac”
Ian McKellen, “King Lear”
Kiefer Sutherland, “24: Redemption”

ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens” (Winner)
Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel”
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby”
Chandra Wilson, “Accidental Friendship”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, “House of Saddam” (Winner)
Marcia Gay Harden, “The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler”
Janet McTeer, “Into the Storm”
Jeanne Tripplehorn, “Grey Gardens”
Cicely Tyson, “Relative Stranger”

SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Len Cariou, “Into the Storm”
Tom Courtenay, “Little Dorrit”
Ken Howard, “Grey Gardens” (Winner)
Bob Newhart, “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice”
Andy Serkis, “Little Dorrit”

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Alan Alda, “30 Rock”
Beau Bridges, “Desperate Housewives”
Jon Hamm, “30 Rock”
Steve Martin, “30 Rock”
Justin Timberlake, “Saturday Night Live” (Winner)

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Edward Asner, “CSI: NY”
Ernest Borgnine, “ER”
Ted Danson, “Damages”
Michael J. Fox, “Rescue Me” (Winner)
Jimmy Smits, “Dexter”

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Jennifer Aniston, “30 Rock”
Christine Baranski, “The Big Bang Theory”
Tina Fey, “Saturday Night Live” (Winner)
Gena Rowlands, “Monk”
Elaine Stritch, “30 Rock”
Betty White, “My Name Is Earl”

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Brenda Blethyn, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Carol Burnett, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Ellen Burstyn, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (Winner)
Sharon Lawrence, “Grey’s Anatomy”
CCH Pounder, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency”

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL :
Andrew Davies, “Little Dorrit” (Winner)
Lt. Col Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, “Taking Chance”
Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, “Grey Gardens”
David Simon, “Generation Kill”
Hugh Whitemore, “Into the Storm”

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL:
Susanna White, “Generation Kill”
Michael Sucsy, “Grey Gardens”
Thaddeus O’Sullivan, “Into the Storm”
Dearbhla Walsh, “Little Dorrit” (Winner)
Ross Katz, “Taking Chance”
Philip Martin, “Wallander: One Step Behind”

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE:
“Prayers for Bobby,” Lifetime
“Coco Chanel,” Lifetime
“Grey Gardens,” (Winner)
“Into the Storm,” HBO
“Taking Chance,” HBO

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES:
Bruce Gowers, “American Idol” (Winner)
Jim Hoskinson, “The Colbert Report”
Chuck O’Neil, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”
Jerry Foley, “Late Show with David Letterman”
Hal Grant, “Real Time with Bill Maher”
Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” (Host: Justin Timberlake)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES:
“The Colbert Report”
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Winner)
“Late Night With Conan O’Brien”
“Late Show With David Letterman”
“Saturday Night Live”

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL:
Roger Goodman, “81st Annual Academy Awards”
Bucky Gunts, “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony”
Don Mischer, “Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Glenn Weiss, “The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration”
Marty Callner, “Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome America”

WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:
Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, “Lost”
Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men”
Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men”
Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men”
Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men” (Winner)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:
Michael Rymer, “Battlestar Galactica”
Bill D’Elia, “Boston Legal”
Todd A. Kessler, “Damages”
Rod Holcomb, “ER” (Winner)
Phil Abraham, “Mad Men”

Posted on Sep 20th, 2009 by  isps