Emmys show host Neil Patrick Harris
Last night’s telecast of the 61st Annual Emmy Awards was a dramatic improvement from last year’s all time low ratings. This year the numbers were up by 10% in key demos with a ratings/share of 4.2/11, only beaten out by Sunday Night Football (Dallas Cowboys vs. NY Giants) which had 8.7/22. The big winners of the night were HBO for the ninth straight year as the most honored channel, AMC’s Mad Men which took home awards in the Drama Series and Writing for a Drama categories, and NBC’s 30 Rock which was awarded Emmys in the Comedy Series, Alec Baldwin for Actor in a Comedy, and Writing for a Comedy. Host and one of the stars of How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris garnered high approval from the viewing audience. Here is the list of winners:
COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men
MINISERIES
Little Dorrit
ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Glenn Close, Damages
MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Grey Gardens
REALITY HOST
Jeff Probst, Survivor
REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Brendan Gleeson, Into The Storm
ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Michael Emerson, Lost
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Cherry Jones, 24
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House Of Saddam
WRITING FOR A COMEDY
30 Rock (”Reunion,” Matt Hubbard)
WRITING FOR A DRAMA
Mad Men (”Meditations in an Emergency,” Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner)
WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSICAL OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Little Dorrit (Andrew Davies)
DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
The Office (”Stress Relief,” Jeff Blitz)
DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Little Dorrit (Dearbhla Walsh)
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
American Idol (”The Final Three,” Bruce Gowers)
VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ER (”And in The End,” Rod Holcomb)
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me (”Sheila”)
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2008
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: SVU (”Swing”)
