There was plenty to see on television last night for politicos, sports fans, and entertainment junkies alike. The two Presidential candidates spoke their peace on 60 Minutes and the Patriots lost a last-second thriller, but perhaps the unlikeliest of winners came at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards. Homeland was the biggest winner of the night, taking home statues in Best Drama Series and winning in multiple acting categories. Conversely, Mad Men was finally upended in every category it had a nomination in. Modern Family dominated in the comedic categories, and underdogs Kevin Costner and Tom Berenger won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, respectively. Jessica Lange took home American Horror Story’s only award winning Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her role as the creepy Southern-twanged neighbor. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart won big too, and maybe now Stewart will do us all a favor a run for President himself. But there’s more where that came from. Here’s a recap of last night’s Emmy winners and nominees.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Modern Family (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Girls (HBO)
Veep (HBO)
Outstanding Drama Series
Homeland (Showtime)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer in Veep
Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day in New Girl
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in Girls
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn in Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in Parks & Recreation
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer as Dr. Alan Harper in Two and a Half Men
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock
Louis C.K. as Louie in Louie
Larry David as himself in Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in Modern Family
Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives
Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie
Kristen Wiig as Various Characters in Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker in Modern Family
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy in Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett in Modern Family
Max Greenfield as Schmidt in New Girl
Bill Hader as Various Characters in Saturday Night Live
Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett in Modern Family
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland
Kathy Bates as Harriet “Harry” Korn in Harry’s Law
Glenn Close as Patricia “Patty” Hewes in Damages
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss as Margaret “Peggy” Olson in Mad Men
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland
Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Thompson in Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in Dexter
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Maggie Smith as Violet, Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates in Downton Abbey
Anna Gunn as Skyler White in Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris in Mad Men
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma n The Good Wife
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad
Jim Carter as Charles Carson in Downton Abbey
Brendan Coyle as John Bates in Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones
Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring in Breaking Bad
Jared Harris as Lane Pryce in Mad Men
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Game Change (HBO)
American Horror Story (FX)
Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Luther (BBC America)
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (PBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in Game Change (HBO)
Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story (FX)
Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone in Missing (ABC)
Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn in Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Emma Thompson as She in The Song of Lunch (PBS)
Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kevin Costner as William “Devil Anse” Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (PBS)
Idris Elba as Det. John Luther in Luther (BBC America)
Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt in Game Change (HBO)
Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway in Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story (FX)
Frances Conroy as Moira O’Hara in American Horror Story (FX)
Judy Davis as Jill Tankard in Page Eight (PBS)
Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace in Game Change (HBO)
Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Tom Berenger as Jim Vance in Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (PBS)
Ed Harris as John McCain in Game Change (HBO)
Denis O’Hare as Larry Harvey in American Horror Story (FX)
David Strathairn as John Dos Passos in Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Outstanding Variety Series
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Congratulations to all the winners. My biggest qualms though? Mad Men made out like the Red Sox starting lineup and went 0/17 while there was absolutely no love for Game of Thrones. Come on ATAS/NATAS, get your stuff together.
