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| Breaking Bad: The Complete Series |
Breaking Bad has taken the top honors at the 66th annual primetime Emmy awards, while Modern Family won best comedy series for the fifth consecutive time.
The Breaking Bad won five awards, including its second consecutive prize for outstanding drama series.
It made for a great valedictory lap for Breaking Bad, which ended its run last year, shortly after the Emmys where it won its first Drama Series award. This year, the show also won awards for writing and editing, as well as three acting awards for Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, and Aaron Paul.
Bryan Cranston, who starred in the series as the teacher, Walter White, won the award for best lead actor in a drama series, his fifth Emmy win. Aaron Paul got his third win for playing Jesse Pinkman, White's sometimes undependable right hand. And Anna Gunn won for outstanding supporting actress for her performance as White's wife. She also won last year. Show writer Moira Walley-Beckett also won.
'Modern Family' won three awards total — in addition to the top comedy award (which ties for most wins with Frasier), Gail Mancuso won for directing and Ty Burrell got his second win in the supporting-actor category.
Below is a list of all of winners of the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards as they are announced.
- Outstanding Drama Series: Breaking Bad
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Modern Family
- Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad
- Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife
- Outstanding Writer for a Drama Series: Moira Walley-Beckett for "Ozymandias" on Breaking Bad
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Allison Janney for Masters of Sex
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Joe Morton for Scandal
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Anna Gunn for Breaking Bad
- Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Cary Joji Fukunaga for True Detective
- Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad
- Outstanding Variety Series: The Colbert Report
- Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special: Glenn Weiss for the 67th Annual Tony Awards
- Outstanding Variety Special: Sarah Silverman: We are Miracles
- Outstanding Television Movie: The Normal Heart
- Outstanding Miniseries: Fargo
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange for American Horror Story: Coven
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock: His Last Vow
- Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie: Colin Bucksey for Fargo
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Martin Freeman for Sherlock: His Last Vow
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Kathy Bates for American Horror Story: Coven
- Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Movie: Steven Moffat for Sherlock: His Last Vow
- Outstanding Reality Competition Show: The Amazing Race
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep
- Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Gail Mancuso for Modern Family
- Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Uzo Aduba for Orange is The New Black
- Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Jimmy Fallon for Saturday Night Live
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Allison Janney as Bonnie in Mom
- Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: "So Did The Fat Lady" from Louie. written by Louis C.K.
- Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy: Ty Burrell for Modern Family
