Emmy Awards 2014 Recap: 'Breaking Bad' & 'Modern Family Win Top Honors; 'Normal Heart' Earns Outstanding TV Movie Award
At the Seth Meyers-hosted 66th Annual Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, the night’s top awards went to Breaking Bad and Modern Family – both of which saw their stars honored as well.
Emmy Awards Recap
In addition to winning for Outstanding Comedy Series, Modern Family saw Ty Burrell win once again in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for playing hapless father and real estate agent Phil Dunphy. Allison Janney won the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for Mom. Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) and Julia Louis Dreyfuss (Veep) won the lead comedic acting awards.
Outstanding Drama winner Breaking Bad saw Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn earn trophies – for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama series and Supporting Actress in a Drama series respectively – for their performances in the critically-acclaimed show’s final season. Good Wife actress Julianna Marguilies won for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Ryan Murphy’s The Normal Heart won for Outstanding Television Movie and Fargo was awarded the Best Miniseries award. Sherlock actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won for Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie and Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, respectively. Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates both took home Emmy’s for their work on American Horror Story: Coven.
See Below For A Full List Of Winners:
Drama series
WINNER: Breaking Bad, AMC
House of Cards, Netflix
Mad Men, AMC
True Detective, HBO
Comedy series
WINNER/Bianco Prediction: Modern Family, ABC
Louie, FX
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
Actor, drama series
WINNER:
Bianco prediction:
Actress, drama series
WINNER/Bianco prediction: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Take Your Pick prediction with 26% of vote: Robin Wright, House of Cards(Netflix)
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
Actor, comedy series
WINNER: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Louis C.K., Louie (FX)
Don Cheadle, House of Lies (Showtime)
Ricky Gervais, Derek (Netflix)
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes (Showtime)=
William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)
Actress, comedy series
WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
Lena Dunham, Girls (HBO)
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly (CBS)
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Supporting actor, drama series
WINNER/Bianco prediction: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Josh Charles, The Good Wife (CBS)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (Showtime)
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Supporting actress, drama series
WINNER: Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Bianco prediction: Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men (AMC)
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Supporting actor, comedy series
WINNER: Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
Bianco prediction: Andre Braugher, Brookyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Fred Armisen, Portlandia (IFC)
Adam Driver, Girls (HBO)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family (HBO)
Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)
Supporting actress, comedy series
WINNER/Bianco prediction: Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Julie Bowen, Modern Family (ABC)
Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Guest actor, drama series
Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC)
Guest actress, drama series
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Writing, drama series
Moira Walley-Beckett, Breaking Bad, AMC
Directing, drama series
Cary Joji Funkunaga, True Detective, HBO
Guest actor, comedy series
Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Guest actress, comedy series
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Writing, comedy series
Louis C.K., Louie, FX
Directing, comedy series
Gail Mancuso, Modern Family
Reality
Competition reality program
WINNER: The Amazing Race (CBS)
Bianco prediction:The Voice (NBC)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Reality host
WINNER: Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste (ABC)
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway (Lifetime)
Betty White, Off Their Rockers (NBC)
Structured reality program
WINNER:Shark Tank, ABC
Antiques Roadshow, PBS
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Network
Mythbusters, Discovery
Undercover Boss, CBS
Who Do You Think You Are?, TLC
Unstructured reality program
WINNER:Deadliest Catch 10, Discovery
Alaska: The Last Frontier, Discovery
Flipping Out, Bravo
Million Dollar Listing: New York, Bravo
Wahlburgers, A&E
Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan, BBC America
Variety
Variety series
WINNER: The Colbert Report, Comedy
The Daily Show, Comedy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC
Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Writing, variety series
The Colbert Report, Comedy
Directing, variety series
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live (Jimmy Fallon), NBC
Variety special
AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: A Tribute to Mel Brooks (TNT)
Writing, variety special
Sarah Silverman: We Are All Miracles, HBO
Directing, variety special
Glenn Weiss, 67th Annual Tony Awards, CBS
Miniseries/movie
WINNER/Bianco prediction: Fargo, FX
American Horror Story: Coven, FX
Bonnie & Clyde, Lifetime
Luther, BBC America
Treme, HBO
The White Queen, Starz
Movie
WINNER/Bianco prediction: The Normal Heart, HBO
Killing Kennedy, National Geographic
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, HBO
Sherlock: His Last Vow, Masterpiece/PBS
The Trip to Bountiful, Lifetime
Actor, miniseries or movie
WINNER: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece/PBS)
Bianco prediction: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo (FX)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
Martin Freeman, Fargo (FX)
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Actress, miniseries or movie
WINNER: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Bianco prediction: Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor (BBC America)
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero (Lifetime)
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Kristen Wiig, The Spoils of Babylon (IFC)
Supporting actor, miniseries or movie
WINNER: Martin Freeman, Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece/PBS)
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Colin Hanks, Fargo (FX)
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Alfred Molina, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Supporting actress, miniseries or movie
WINNER: Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic (Lifetime)
Frances Conroy, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Allison Tolman, Fargo (FX)
Writing, miniseries or movie
Steven Moffat, Sherlock: His Last Vow, Masterpiece/PBS
Directing, miniseries or movie
Colin Bucksey, Fargo (FX)
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