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Mad Men, 30 Rock win big at Emmys

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Mad Men and 30 Rock were the big winners at last night’s Emmy awards, scooping up the trophies for Best Drama and Best Comedy.

But those shows didn’t sweep the ceremony: Mad Men didn’t pick up a single acting award, and in one of the night’s biggest surprises, Toni Collette (United States of Tara) beat out favorite Tina Fey for Best Actress in a Comedy.

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Another shocker was Kristin Chenoweth’s supporting actress win for her role in the now-canceled Pushing Daisies. She also had one of the best acceptance speeches, using the stage for the world’s cutest job pitch: “I’m not employed now, so I’d like to be on Mad Men. I also like The Office and 24.”

Chenoweth’s unexpected victory was delightful. Not so much? Jon Cryer’s win for Two and a Half Men. (Seriously? While still wildly popular, that series – and Cryer’s performance – have gotten as stale as week-old bread.)

However, voters did correct a major wrong by finally giving a supporting actor Emmy to Lost’s Michael Emerson, whose third nomination proved to be the charm.

The rest of the big winners were pretty much repeats of last year: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Bedford’s Glenn Close (Damages) and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) snagged their second consecutive Emmys.

And The Amazing Race and Jeff Probst won again in the reality categories, too: Incredibly, it’s Race’s SEVENTH win in a row!

So did your favorites win last night? Were you outraged by any one particular win?

Anyone else think that Cherry Jones is awesome, but her Emmy-winning role on 24 last season was pretty one-note?

How did first-time host Neil Patrick Harris do?

(Photos courtesy of CBS)

This entry was posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 7:46 am by Heather Salerno.
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2 Responses to “Mad Men, 30 Rock win big at Emmys”

xinunus September 21st, 2009 at 5:05 pm
AMAZING!! 30 ROCK DOESNT EVEN SHOW UP IN THE NIELSEN TV RATINGS TOP 20 FOR THE SEASON OR FOR THE WEEK!!

LAST YEAR “30 ROCK” RANKED 119th ON NIELSEN FOR THE YEAR AND TIED WITH AMERICA’S MOST WANTED IN RATINGS.

IS ANYONE EVEN WATCHING IT?

I GUESS IT PAYS TO BASH REPUBLICANS.

CAN YOU SPELL CRONYISM?

C R O N Y I S M CRONYISM

YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I WILL SCRATCH YOURS.

NIELSEN TV RATINGS FOR PRIMETIME
2008 – 2009 Season Through 9/13/2009———————————————————————1 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
2 AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
3 DANCING WITH THE STARS
4 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
5 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
6 NCIS
7 CSI
8 MENTALIST, THE
9 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
10 TWO AND A HALF MEN
11 SURVIVOR: GABON
12 CSI: MIAMI
13 60 MINUTES
14 CRIMINAL MINDS
15 ELEVENTH HOUR
16 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
17 GREY’S ANATOMY
18 WITHOUT A TRACE
19 THE BACHELOR
20 SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS

NIELSEN TV RATINGS
Week ending September 13, 2009——————————————————1 NBC SUNDAY NFL CHICAGO AT GREEN BAY
2 NBC NFL THURSDAY SPECIAL TENNESSEE AT PITTSBURGH
3 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK
4 NBC NFL THURSDAY PRE-KICK
5 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
6 FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3
7 The OT
8 NCIS
9 60 MINUTES
10 AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED
11 NFL OPENING KICK-OFF SHOW
12 TWO AND A HALF MEN
13 The MENTALIST
14 THE BIG BANG THEORY
15 HELL’S KITCHEN
16 BIG BROTHER
17 CSI
18 GLEE
19 BIG BROTHER
20 DATELINE
Alex Célibataire October 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I’m really glad Tony Collette won an Emmy. She’s just mindblowing in The US of Tara and really deserves it.

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