2009 Emmy Award Winners Announced

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So the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards took place last night… did you tune in? I hear it was a good show even though a lot of the winners were pretty much a given. 30 Rock and Mad Men both took home the big awards, but the hardware was spread out a bit more among other shows than in previous years.

At any rate, just in case you missed it, we’ve got the full list of major award winners right here for you to review. Do you agree with the majority of the choices? For those who did watch the show, what were some of your favourite moments? What did you think of Neil Patrick Harris as the host? Check out the list of winners after the jump.


COMEDY SERIES
“Entourage”
“Family Guy
“Flight of the Conchords”
“How I Met Your Mother”
“The Office”
WINNER: “30 Rock”
“Weeds”

DRAMA SERIES
“Big Love”
“Breaking Bad”
“Damages”
“Dexter”
“House”
“Lost”
WINNER: “Mad Men”

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

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Steve Carell – “The Office” (NBC)
Jemaine Clement – “Flight Of The Conchords” (HBO)
Jim Parsons – “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub – “Monk” (USA)
Charlie Sheen – “Two And A Half Men” (CBS)

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Simon Baker – “The Mentalist” (CBS)
Gabriel Byrne – “In Treatment” (HBO)
WINNER: Bryan Cranston – “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
Michael C. Hall – “Dexter” (Showtime)
Jon Hamm – “Mad Men” (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – “House” (Fox)

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Christina Applegate – “Samantha Who?” (ABC)
WINNER: Toni Collette – “United States Of Tara” (Showtime)
Tina Fey – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “The New Adventures Of Old Christine” (CBS)
Sarah Silverman – “The Sarah Silverman Program” (Comedy Central)
Mary-Louise Parker – “Weeds” (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Glenn Close as Patty Hewes – “Damages” (FX Networks)
Sally Field – “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Holly Hunter – “Saving Grace” (TNT)
Mariska Hargitay – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
Kyra Sedgwick – “The Closer” (TNT)
Elisabeth Moss – “Mad Men” (AMC)

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Coco Chanel” (Lifetime)
WINNER: “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
“Into The Storm” (HBO)
“Prayers For Bobby” (Lifetime)
“Taking Chance” (HBO)

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

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
WINNER: “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“American Idol” (Fox)
“Dancing With The Stars” (ABC)
“Project Runway” (Bravo)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Kevin Kline – “Cyrano de Bergerac” (”Great Performances”) (PBS)
WINNER: Brendan Gleeson – “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Sir Ian McKellen – “King Lear” (”Great Performances”) (PBS)
Kevin Bacon – “Taking Chance” (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland – “24: Redemption” (Fox)
Kenneth Branagh – “Wallander: One Step Behind” (PBS)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Drew Barrymore – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
WINNER: Jessica Lange – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Shirley MacLaine – “Coco Chanel” (Lifetime)
Sigourney Weaver – “Prayers For Bobby” (Lifetime)
Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Jon Cryer – “Two And A Half Men” (CBS)
Kevin Dillon – “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris – “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
Jack McBrayer – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Rainn Wilson – “The Office” (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Christian Clemenson – “Boston Legal” (ABC)
WINNER: Michael Emerson – “Lost” (ABC)
William Hurt – “Damages” (FX Networks)
Aaron Paul – “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
William Shatner – “Boston Legal” (ABC)
John Slattery – “Mad Men” (AMC)

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Kristin Chenoweth – “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Jane Krakowski – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Elizabeth Perkins – “Weeds” (Showtime)
Amy Poehler – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Kristen Wiig – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Rose Byrne – “Damages” (FX Networks)
Hope Davis – “In Treatment” (HBO)
WINNER: Cherry Jones – “24″ (Fox)
Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Dianne Wiest – “In Treatment”
Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Shohreh Aghdashloo – “House Of Saddam” (HBO)
Marcia Gay Harden – “The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler” (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation) (CBS)
Janet McTeer – “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Jeanne Tripplehorn – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Cicely Tyson – “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark Channel)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY
“Flight Of The Conchords” – “Prime Minister” (HBO) – James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie,
WINNER: “30 Rock” – “Reunion” (NBC) – Matt Hubbard
“30 Rock” – “Apollo, Apollo” (NBC) – Robert Carlock
“30 Rock” – “Mamma Mia” (NBC) Ron Weiner
“30 Rock” – “Kidney Now!” (NBC) – Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock

WRITING FOR A DRAMA
“Lost” – “The Incident” – (ABC) – Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
“Mad Men – A Night To Remember” – (AMC) – Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner
“Mad Men – Six Month Leave” – (AMC) – Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Matthew Weiner
“Mad Men” – The Jet Set” – (AMC) – Matthew Weiner
WINNER: “Mad Men” – “Meditations In An Emergency” – (AMC) – Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central) – Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Opus Moreschi, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Tom Purcell, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Barry Julien, Meredith Scardino
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central) – Steve Bodow, Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Josh Lieb, Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Jason Ross, Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Sam Means, Rob Kutner, J.R. Havlan, Rich Blomquist, Wyatt Cenac, Elliott Kalan, Rachel Axler
“Late Night With Conan O’Brien” (NBC) – Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johson, Brian Kiley, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
“Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS) – Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Steve Young, Tom Ruprecht, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts, Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Bill Scheft, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano, David Letterman
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) – Seth Meyers, Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
“Generation Kill – Bomb In The Garden” (HBO)- David Simon
“Grey Gardens” (HBO) – Michael Sucsy, Patricia Rozema
“Into The Storm” (HBO)- Hugh Whitemore
WINNER: “Little Dorrit” (PBS) – Andrew Davies
“Taking Chance” (HBO) – Ross Katz

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Julian Farino, “Entourage” (Tree Trippers)
James Bobin, “Flight of the Conchords” (The Tough Brets)
WINNER: Jeff Blitz, “The Office” (Stress Relief)
Millicent Shelton, “30 Rock” (Apollo, Apollo)
Beth McCarthy, “30 Rock” (Reunion)
Todd Holland, “30 Rock” (Generalissimo)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Susanna White, “Generation Kill” (Bomb in the Garden)
Michael Sucsy, “Grey Gardens”
Thaddeus O’Sullivan, “Into the Storm”
WINNER: Dearbhla Walsh, “Little Dorrit” (Part 1)
Ross Katz, “Taking Chance”
Philip Martin, “Wallander: One Step Behind”

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Bruce Gowers, “American Idol” (The Final Three)
Jim Hoskinson, “The Colbert Report” (No. 4159)
Chuck O’Neil, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (No. 13107)
Jerry Foley, “Late Show With David Letterman” (Episode 2932)
Hal Grant, “Real Time With Bill Maher” (No. 705), HBO, Bill Maher Prods. and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” (Host: Justin Timberlake)

ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
WINNER: “81st Annual Academy Awards,” Song: “Hugh Jackman Opening Number”
“A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All,” Song: “Much Worse Things”
“The 2008 ESPYS,” Song: “I Love Sports”
“Flight of the Conchords” (Unnatural Love), Song: “Carol Brown”
“A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa,” Song: “I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus”
“Saturday Night Live” (Host: Justin Timberlake), Song: “Motherlover”

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central, Hello Doggie with Busboy Prods. and Spartina Prods.
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central, Central Prods.
“Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS, Worldwide Pants
“Real Time With Bill Maher,” HBO, Bill Maher Prods. and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
“Saturday Night Live,” NBC, SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Michael Rymer, “Battlestar Galactica” (Daybreak — Part 2), Syfy, R&D TV in association with Universal Cable Prods.
Bill D’Elia, “Boston Legal” (Made in China/Last Call)
Todd A. Kessler, “Damages” (Trust Me)
WINNER: Rod Holcomb, “ER” (And in The End)
Phil Abraham, “Mad Men” (The Jet Set)

Comments (8)

  1. Good to see Bryan Cranston win for “Breaking Bad”, a highly acclaimed but under-watched show.

  2. Michael Emerson’s Benjamin Linus is one of the best villains ever created and easily my favorite character on LOST. Glad to see him win.

    Also, am I the only one who doesn’t think 30 Rock is super hilarious? I mean, it makes me laugh at least once or twice an episode, but I really don’t even think it’s that much funnier than The Office is now and it certainly has never been as funny as The Office was a couple of years ago.

    Although, looking at the other best comedy nominees… 30 Rock might be the best of that bunch.

  3. MediaCurves.com conducted a study asking 500 Americans who they wanted to win this year’s 61st Emmy awards earlier this month. While the results found that that 42% of viewers favored Fox’s ‘House’ for the best drama and 24% favored ABC’s ‘Lost’, the Emmy Award went to AMC’s Mad Men, which was the viewer’s third pick with 13% of the votes. More in depth results can be seen at: http://www.mediacurves.com/Entertainment/J7522b-Emmy-Awards/Index.cfm
    Thanks,
    Ben

  4. What MediaCurves doesn’t tell you in is that those 500 Americans surveyed all live in Boca Raton, Florida. It kinda skews the numbers. Here’s to ya’!

  5. Fuck the Emmy’s.

  6. Actually Patrick, our panel is a strong representative sample of individuals from diverse geographical locations all over the United States. For more information about our panel, or if you are interested in signing up to get paid taking our surveys, please click on the following link.
    https://www.hcdsurveys.com/panel/index.cfm
    Thanks,
    Ben

  7. I find 30 Rock extremely funny, although the first half of season 3 was pretty contrived when they brought in a new celebrity for every episode. While I still enjoy the The Office, I get so sick of the broad humor. Michael Scott is like a cartoon and it just seems like he does the same thing in every episode.

    By the way, Ben don’t you think that the majority of TV watchers would obviously vote for the shows with the most viewers, like Lost and House, and that it’s not necessarily a measure of a show’s quality? Or do you really think Charlie Sheen should have won best comedy actor?

  8. simon baker should’ve won for actor in a drama, or hugh laurie

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