"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner, holds best drama series award, left and director Ryan Murphy holds best comedy series director award for "Glee" backstage during 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 29 Aug. 2010, in Los Angeles. Robert Morris, rear, from "Mad Men" cast kisses a trophy. |
Mad Men, which is set at a 1960s New York advertising firm, won its third consecutive Emmy as best drama series. And a satirical look at the modern American family, Modern Family was named best comedy and earned Emmys for its writing and for supporting actor Eric Stonestreet.
Actress Jane Lynch poses in press room with award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for her work on "Glee" during 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 29,Aug. 2010, in Los Angeles. |
Bryan Cranston was honored for his portrayal of a drug dealer in the series Breaking Bad and Kyra Sedgewick for her role as a deputy police chief in The Closer.
Top comic acting honors went to Edie Falco of Nurse Jackie and Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory, a series about nerdy scientists.
Temple Grandin, a TV film about a noted animal scientist who has struggled with autism, was named best television movie, and earned an acting award for Claire Danes, who portrays Grandin. Supporting performers Julia Ormond and David Strathairn and director Mick Jackson also earned Emmys.
Producer Emily Gerson Saines accepts award for outstanding made for TV movie for "Temple Grandin" during 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 29 Aug. 2010, in Los Angeles. |
"Autism has reached epidemic proportions, so on behalf of all the parents like myself who have a child with autism, Temple Grandin, you are our hero," Saines said.
The Pacific, a 10-part miniseries from producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, was named best miniseries. The project cost more than $200 million, and it tells the intertwined stories of American Marines fighting in the Pacific during World War II. Hanks thanked his Australia-based crew, who worked under harsh conditions.
Producer Tom Hanks poses in press room with award for outstanding miniseries for "The Pacific" during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 29 Aug. 2010, in Los Angeles. |
Al Pacino was honored for his role in You Don't Know Jack, a television film about the controversial doctor and assisted-suicide supporter Jack Kevorkian. The former physician, now 82, was in the audience.
George Clooney holds Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in press room during 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 29 Aug. 2010, in Los Angeles. |
George Clooney received a humanitarian award for his efforts on behalf of victims of disasters. Clooney brought attention to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and helped organize telethons to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Haitian earthquake this year. He complained that the spotlight on those disasters, and the recent flooding in Pakistan, holds the world's attention only briefly.
"So here's hoping that some very bright person right here in the room or at home watching can help find a way to keep the spotlight burning on these heart-breaking situations that continue to be heart-breaking long after the cameras go away," Clooney said.
The Emmys are presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and are considered the highest honor in American television. Late-night talk show host and comic Jimmy Fallon hosted this year's show.
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