The 2009 Emmy Awards aired live from Hollywood last night and the biggest winner was clear:
Neil Patrick Harris from How I Met Your Mother was the best awards show host in years. As luck – and CBS – would have it, his sitcom premieres its new season tonight.
Hosting aside, here’s a rundown of the winners from the broadcast’s main categories:
- Outstanding Drama Series: Mad Men
- Outstanding Comedy Series: 30 Rock
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Glenn Close – Damages
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Toni Collette – United States of Tara
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Michael Emerson – Lost
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Jon Cryer – Two and a Half Men
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Cherry Jones – 24
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kristin Chenoweth – Pushing Daisies
