"Mad Men" and "Modern Family" won the Emmy awards for the best TV drama and comedy series respectively at the Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, while Jim Parsons and Edie Falco took home major acting trophies.
"We are so thrilled that families together are sitting down and watching a TV show," said executive producer Steve Levitan after "Modern Family" beat "Glee" for the top comedy honors.
The win for period advertising drama "Mad Men" was the third in a row.
"We can't believe we are here. We want to thank the (Television) Academy for recognizing us again," said "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.
Parsons was named best actor in a comedy for his role as geeky physicist in "The Big Bang Theory" and Bryan Cranston won his third straight Emmy for playing a teacher-turned-drug dealer in drama "Breaking Bad".
Kyra Sedgwick won best drama actress for "The Closer," while Edie Falco won a comedy Emmy for "Nurse Jackie."
The Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in the U.S. television industry, were handed out at a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles broadcast live on TV.
Early on in the festivities, the Emmy awards took on a fresh new look as a slew of first-timers and new shows won the television industry's highest honors.
Parsons, the geeky physicist of "The Big Bang Theory," won the best comedy actor Emmy, ending the two-year reign of "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin.
Kyra Sedgwick won her first Emmy after five tries for playing a tough police detective in drama series "The Closer," while Falco took home her first comedy actress Emmy for "Nurse Jackie" after three wins for "The Sopranos."
"You think you don't have a chance in hell of winning after five times ... today I'm beyond my wildest dreams," Sedgwick said afterward.
Seven of the eight major acting Emmys went to either newcomers or different stars than last year, injecting new life into an industry that is fighting with social networking and videogames for audiences.
Even the reality competition slot had a new champion, with "Top Chef" ending the six-year reign of "The Amazing Race."
Bryan Cranston managed to make it three in a row, winning for best drama actor for his turn as a teacher-turned-drug dealer in AMC show "Breaking Bad."
"I feel gluttonous. It's more than I can take in," Cranston said backstage.
Rookie comedies "Glee" and "Modern Family" each garnered two awards, but only at end of the evening will the winner of the coveted best comedy series trophy be announced.
Ryan Murphy, creator of musical comedy "Glee," won his first Emmy for directing the Fox series about a struggling high school choir, while Jane Lynch took home the trophy for her best supporting actress role as the scheming cheerleader Sue Sylvester.
"'Glee' is about the importance of arts education so I would like to dedicate this to all my teachers who taught me to sing and finger-paint," Murphy said of his award.
Eric Stonestreet, who plays one of the gay fathers in "Modern Family," won the best supporting comedy actor award, while the ABC mockumentary also took the award for best comedy writing.
"GLEE"-FILLED EMMYS
"Glee" went into the Primetime Emmys with a leading 19 nominations after a first season that took popular culture by storm.
The show was the flavor of the night on Sunday's Emmy telecast. Host Jimmy Fallon opened the show with a skit that roped actresses Tina Fey, Betty White, reality TV star Kate Gosselin and "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm into an impromptu "Glee"-style cover version of the Bruce Springsteen classic "Born to Run."
The best drama series Emmy — the top award — will be handed out later in the three-hour live ceremony in Los Angeles. Stylish critical darling "Mad Men" has 17 nominations and is seen as having the edge in the best drama series contest for a third year.
Sci-fi thriller "Lost," a worldwide hit, also has a shot at the best drama series Emmy after ending its six-year run in May.
Broadcaster NBC for the first time invited fans to use Twitter to send in humorous messages for Fallon to use in the ceremony and teamed up with Ustream for an interactive companion show that streamed online live from the Emmys backstage area.
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