American
crime
drama
TV
series
"Breaking
Bad" won
big,
including
honours
for
the
best
drama
series
and
best
writing
for
a
drama
series
at
the
66th
Annual
Primetime
Emmy
Awards,
held
here
Monday.
Comedy
show
"Modern
Family" also
won
multiple
awards
at
the
ceremony,
hosted
by
Seth
Meyers.
"Breaking
Bad" revolves
around
a
struggling
high
school
chemistry
teacher,
who
is
diagnosed
with
inoperable
lung
cancer
at
the
beginning
of
the
series.
It
presents
how
he
turns
to
a
life
of
crime
to
secure
his
family's
financial
future.
The
show's
star
Bryan
Cranston
bagged
the
Outstanding
Lead
Actor
In
A
Drama
Series
Emmy.
Aaron
Paul,
on
the
other
hand,
walked
away
with
the
Outstanding
Supporting
Actor
In
A
Drama
Series
for
his
performance
in
the
series.
His
co-star
Anna
Gunn
too
went
home
with
Outstanding
Supporting
Actress
In
A
Drama
Series
trophy.
"Modern
Family"
was
feted
for
being
an
Outstanding
Comedy
Series,
while
Ty
Burrell
was
given
the
trophy
for
Outstanding
Supporting
Actor
in
a
Comedy
Series
for
playing
Phil
Dunphy
in
the
popular
show,
whose
director
Gail
Mancuso
bagged
the
Outstanding
Directing
for
a
Comedy
Series
award
at
the
extravaganza,
held
at
the
Nokia
Theatre
here.
The
venue
saw
a
star-studded
presence
of
celebrities
dressed
in
their
best
for
the
red
carpet
event,
which
was
kept
alive
with
Meyers' jokes.
A
special
segment
was
'In
Memoriam',
as
part
of
which
actor-filmmaker
paid
an
emotional
and
befitting
tribute
to
his
"greatest
friend",
the
late
Robin
Williams.
Prior
to
the
tribute
to
Williams,
pop
star
Sara
Bareilles
sang
a
touching
rendition
of
"Smile"
as
the
Emmy
Awards
acknowledged
late
celebrities
James
Avery,
Maya
Angelou,
Lauren
Bacall,
Philip
Seymour
Hoffman,
Casey
Kasem,
Don
Pardo,
Harold
Ramis,
Mickey
Rooney,
Elaine
Stritch,
Shirley
Temple
and
more.
For
Allison
Janney,
the
Emmys
night
turned
out
to
be
a
double
whammy.
She
bagged
an
award
for
being
an
Outstanding
Supporting
Actress
in
a
Comedy
Series
in
"Mom"
and
even
as
an
Outstanding
Guest
Actress
In
A
Drama
Series
for
"Masters
Of
Sex".
In
the
category
of
performances
in
a
mini-series
and
television
movie,
seasoned
actors
Benedict
Cumberbatch
and
Jessica
Lange
won
accolades
for
their
Outstanding
Performance
as
Lead
Actor
and
Actress
in
"Sherlock:
His
Last
Vow"
and
"American
Horror
Story:
Coven"
respectively.
The
Outstanding
Supporting
Actress
in
a
Mini-Series
or
movie
honour
was
bagged
by
Kathy
Bates
for
her
role
as
Madame
Delphine
LaLaurie
in
"American
Horror
Story:
Coven",
while
Martin
Freeman
walked
away
with
the
Outstanding
Supporting
Actor
title
for
"Sherlock:
His
Last
Vow",
which
also
won
the
Outstanding
Writing
for
a
Mini-Series,
Movie
or
a
Dramatic
Special
for
Steven
Moffat.
In
the
Outstanding
Directing
for
a
Mini-Series,
Movie
or
a
Dramatic
Special
Category,
Colin
Bucksey
received
the
trophy
for
"Fargo".
"Fargo",
a
dark
comedy-crime
drama
TV
series,
was
named
the
best
Mini-Series
and
"The
Normal
Heart",
based
on
a
play
of
the
same
name,
got
the
award
for
the
outstanding
television
movie.
"The
Amazing
Race"
got
the
Outstanding
Reality-
Competition
Program
trophy.
As
far
as
the
variety
series
were
concerned,
"The
Colbert
Report",
which
features
political
humorist
Stephen
Colbert
giving
satirical
commentary
on
the
big
issues
of
the
US,
won
two
honours
-
the
Outstanding
Variety
Series
and
Outstanding
Writing
in
a
Variety
Series.
Sarah
Silverman
walked
away
with
the
award
for
Outstanding
Writing
for
a
Variety
Special
for
"Sarah
Silverman:
We
Are
Miracles",
and
the
Outstanding
Directing
for
a
Variety
Special
Honour
went
to
Glenn
Weiss
for
the
67th
Annual
Tony
Awards.
In
the
Outstanding
Directing
for
a
Variety
Series
category,
Don
Roy
King
won
for
his
work
on
'Saturday
Night
Live',
hosted
by
Jimmy
Fallon.
The
Outstanding
Variety
Special
Trophy
was
given
to
the
team
behind
"AFI
Life
Achievement
Award:
A
Tribute
To
Mel
Brooks".
At
the
awards
event,
the
presenters
varied
from
musicians
like
Adam
Levine
and
Gwen
Stefani
to
Hollywood
stars
like
Julia
Roberts,
Halle
Berry
and
Matthew
McConaughey,
who
were
also
nominated
for
Outstanding
Lead
Actor
In
A
Drama
Series.
Other
TV
star
presenters
included
Zooey
Deschanel,
Hayden
Panettiere
and
Jimmy
Fallon,
who
were
also
announced
as
the
winner
of
Outstanding
Guest
Actor
in
a
Comedy
Series.