The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards aired live coast-to-coast on NBC Aug. 25 from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. Seth Meyers hosted and provided for some big laughs. "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" won the big categories of the night.
The Emmys proved just how cooky those television (and movie) stars can be.
"Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" won the big categories of the night.
"Breaking Bad" won Outstanding Drama Series, "a wonderful farewell" said creator Vince Gilligan. It is the sixth show to win the series Emmy for its final season. Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn and Aaron Paul all won the Emmy in their respective categories for the show. This was Cranston's fourth Emmy for his lead role as Walter White in the hit AMC show. Paul took home his third Emmy for his supporting role and Gunn took home her second consecutive for her supporting role.
"Modern Family" won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fifth consecutive year. The other big win for the ABC show came with Ty Burrell winning the Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Netflix left the ceremony empty-handed Monday night — but it grabbed seven at the Creative Arts Emmys.
One of most memorable moments of the night came during the In Memoriam segment. Sara Bareilles sang "Smile" by Nat King Cole during the montage.
After the montage, Billy Crystal shared a touching tribute to his longtime friend, Robin Williams, who died Aug. 11.
“As genius as he was on stage, he was the greatest friend you could ever imagine — supportive, protective, loving,” Crystal said. “It’s very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy.”
"But while some of the brightest of our celestial bodies are actually extinct now, their energy long since cooled, but miraculously, because they float in the heavens so far away from us now, their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever," he said. "And the glow will be so bright, it'll warm your heart, it'll make your eyes glisten, and it'll make you think to yourselves: 'Robin Williams, what a concept.'"
Watch the tribute here:
Here are all of the winning categories:
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC
Downton Abbey • PBS
Game Of Thrones • HBO
House Of Cards • Netflix
Mad Men • AMC
True Detective • HBO
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Louie • FX Networks
Modern Family • ABC (5th Consecutive)
Orange Is The New Black • Netflix
Silicon Valley • HBO
Veep • HBO
Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama Series
Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Breaking Bad • AMC
Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, House Of Cards • Netflix
Jon Hamm as Don Draper, Mad Men • AMC
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, The Newsroom • HBO
Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart, True Detective • HBO
Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle, True Detective • HBO
Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama Series
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley, Downton Abbey • PBS
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife • CBS
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Homeland • Showtime
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, House Of Cards • Netflix
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson, Masters of Sex • Showtime
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal • ABC
Outstanding Writing, Drama Series
Breaking Bad • Ozymandias • AMC • Moira Walley-Beckett
Breaking Bad • Felina • AMC • Vince Gilligan
Game Of Thrones • The Children • HBO • David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
House Of Cards • Chapter 14 • Netflix • Beau Willimon
True Detective • The Secret Fate Of All Of Life • HBO • Nic Pizzolatto
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series
Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Breaking Bad • AMC
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Downton Abbey • PBS
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates, Downton Abbey • PBS
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister, Game Of Thrones • HBO
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, The Good Wife • CBS
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris, Mad Men • AMC
Outstanding Directing, Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire • Farewell Daddy Blues • HBO • Tim Van Patten
Breaking Bad • Felina • AMC • Vince Gilligan
Downton Abbey • Episode 1 • PBS • David Evans
Game Of Thrones • The Watchers On The Wall • HBO • Neil Marshall
House Of Cards • Chapter 14 • Netflix • Carl Franklin
True Detective • Who Goes There • HBO • Cary Joji Fukunaga
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Breaking Bad • AMC
Jim Carter as Mr. Carson, Downton Abbey • PBS
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Game Of Thrones • HBO
Josh Charles as Will Gardner, The Good Wife • CBS
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, Homeland • Showtime
Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan, Ray Donovan • Showtime
Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report • Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live • ABC
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO
Saturday Night Live • NBC
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon • NBC
Outstanding Directing, Variety Special
The Beatles: The Night That Changed America • CBS • Gregg Gelfand
The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS • Louis J. Horvitz
The Oscars • ABC • Hamish Hamilton
Six By Sondheim • HBO • James Lapine
The Sound Of Music Live! • NBC • Beth McCarthy Miller (Rob Ashford, Theatrical Direction)
67th Annual Tony Awards • CBS • Glenn Weiss
Outstanding Writing, Variety Special
The Beatles: The Night That Changed America • CBS • Ken Ehrlich and David Wild
Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays • HBO • Billy Crystal
The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards • NBC • Barry Adelman (Tina Fey, Amy PoehlerJon Macks, Dave Boone, Alex Baze, Robert Carlock, Sam Means, Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, Special Material)
Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles • HBO • Sarah Silverman
67th Annual Tony Awards • CBS • Dave Boone (Paul Greenberg, Special Material)
Outstanding Television Movie
Killing Kennedy • National Geographic Channel
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight • HBO
The Normal Heart • HBO
Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) • PBS
The Trip To Bountiful • Lifetime
Outstanding Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven • FX Networks
Bonnie & Clyde • Lifetime
Fargo • FX Networks
Luther • BBC America
Treme • HBO
The White Queen • Starz
Outstanding Lead Actress, Miniseries Or A Movie
Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode, American Horror Story: Coven • FX Networks
Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode Foxx, American Horror Story: Coven • FX Networks
Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor, Burton And Taylor • BBC America
Minnie Driver as Maggie Royal, Return To Zero • Lifetime
Kristen Wiig as Cynthia Morehouse, The Spoils Of Babylon • IFC
Cicely Tyson as Carrie Watts, The Trip To Bountiful • Lifetime
Outstanding Lead Actor, Miniseries Or A Movie
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Louis Lester, Dancing On The Edge • Starz
Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard, Fargo • FX Networks
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo, Fargo • FX Networks
Idris Elba as John Luther, Luther • BBC America
Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks, The Normal Heart • HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) • PBS
Outstanding Directing, Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
American Horror Story: Coven • Bitchcraft • FX Networks • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Fargo • The Crocodile's Dilemma • FX Networks • Adam Bernstein
Fargo • Buridan's Ass • FX Networks • Colin Bucksey
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight • HBO • Stephen Frears
The Normal Heart • HBO • Ryan Murphy
Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) • PBS • Nick Hurran
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Miniseries Or A Movie
Colin Hanks as Deputy Gus Grimly, Fargo • FX Networks
Jim Parsons as Tommy Boatwright, The Normal Heart • HBO
Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus, The Normal Heart • HBO
Alfred Molina as Ben Weeks, The Normal Heart • HBO
Matt Bomer as Felix Turner, The Normal Heart • HBO
Martin Freeman as John Watson, Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) • PBS
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Miniseries Or A Movie
Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow, American Horror Story: Coven • FX Networks
Kathy Bates as Madame Delphine LaLaurie, American Horror Story: Coven • FX Networks
Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau, American Horror Story: Coven • FX Networks
Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson, Fargo • FX Networks
Ellen Burstyn as Olivia, Flowers In The Attic • Lifetime
Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner, The Normal Heart • HBO
Outstanding Writing, Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
American Horror Story: Coven • Bitchcraft • FX Networks • Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk
Fargo • The Crocodile's Dilemma • FX Networks • Noah Hawley
Luther • BBC America • Neil Cross
The Normal Heart • HBO • Larry Kramer
Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) • PBS • Steven Moffat
Treme • ...To Miss New Orleans • HBO • David Simon and Eric Overmyer
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race • CBS
Dancing With The Stars • ABC
Project Runway • Lifetime
So You Think You Can Dance • FOX
Top Chef • Bravo
The Voice • NBC
Outstanding Lead Actress, Comedy Series
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath, Girls • HBO
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn, Mike & Molly • CBS
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, Nurse Jackie • Showtime
Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, Orange Is The New Black • Netflix
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation • NBC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer, Veep • HBO
Outstanding Lead Actor, Comedy Series
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Ricky Gervais as Derek, Derek • Netflix
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc, Episodes • Showtime
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan, House Of Lies • Showtime
Louis C.K. as Louie, Louie • FX Networks
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher, Shameless • Showtime
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt, Brooklyn Nine-Nine • FOX
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler, Girls • HBO
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett, Modern Family • ABC
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Modern Family • ABC
Fred Armisen as Various characters, Portlandia • IFC
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh, Veep • HBO
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler, The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Modern Family • ABC
Allison Janney as Bonnie, Mom • CBS
Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov, Orange Is The New Black • Netflix
Kate McKinnon as Various characters, Saturday Night Live • NBC
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer, Veep • HBO
Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series
Episodes • Episode 309 • Showtime • Iain B. MacDonald
Glee • 100 • FOX • Paris Barclay
Louie • Elevator, Part 6 • FX Networks • Louis C.K.
*Modern Family • Vegas • ABC • Gail Mancuso
Orange Is The New Black • Lesbian Request Denied • Netflix • Jodie Foster
Silicon Valley • Minimum Viable Product • HBO • Mike Judge
Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series
Episodes • Episode 305 • Showtime • David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik
*Louie • So Did The Fat Lady • FX Networks • Louis C.K.
Orange Is The New Black • I Wasn't Ready (Pilot) • Netflix • Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan
Silicon Valley • Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency • HBO • Alec Berg
Veep • Special Relationship • HBO • Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche, Story and Teleplay; Armando Iannucci, Story
See all of the other winners from the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
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