NEWS'Modern Family' Wins Big at 2011 Emmy Awards
Sept. 19 2011, Published 1:39 p.m. ET
How's this for irony? Although Glee's Jane Lynch hosted the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards last night, her show didn't take home one coveted award! Modern Family, however, cleaned up and won five Emmys in total including Outstanding Comedy Series! In fact, after one commercial break Jane welcomed back the audience by saying, "Welcome to the Modern Family Awards." Check out more highlights and winners after the jump!
Early in the evening, Julie Bowen from Modern Family won her very first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress and soon after her TV hubby Ty Burrell won for Supporting Actor, as noted by E! Online. Julie's win prompted her to exclaim at the podium, "Are you kidding me? I don't know what I'm going to talk about in therapy next week now. I won something!"
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Ty weaved his speech with chuckles and sentiment, saying he wished that his late father would have been alive to see the win considering he took up acting later in life. Then he pondered his dad would have asked, "But why the makeup?"
As for other highlights, including the classic moment when contestants — er, nominees — for the Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series were announced, one by one they all got on stage and started to hold hands, beauty pageant-style. After Melissa McCarthy was crowned the winner, she literally was bestowed with roses, a tiara and of course, the Emmy prize. Well done, ladies, well done!
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Without further ado, here's a list of 2011 Emmy Winners:
Outstanding Drama Series
Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama Series
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series
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Margo Martindale, Justified
Outstanding Writing, Drama Series
Jason Katims, Friday Night Lights
Outstanding Directing, Drama Series
Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire
Outstanding Comedy Series
Modern Family
Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series
Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman, Modern Family
Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series
Michael Spiller, Modern Family
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
Outstanding Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Outstanding Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Outstanding Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Brian Percival, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
Outstanding Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Outstanding Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
