Homeland, Modern Family Win Big at Emmys

LOS ANGELES: Modern Family won for best comedy at last night’s Emmy Awards, with creator Steve Levitan scoring a nod for his work directing the series, and Homeland took the award for best drama.

In total, Game of Thrones and Homeland tied for the most awards, with six each. Game Change, Hatfields & McCoys and Modern Family followed with five wins each.

For comedy, Jon Cryer won for Two and a Half Men as outstanding lead actor, while Veep‘s Julia Louis-Dreyfus won in the female best performance category. Supporting nods both went to Modern Family stars, Eric Stonestreet and Julie Bowen.

In the drama segment, Claire Danes landed the win for Homeland as outstanding lead actress, while Homeland‘s Damian Lewis was the outstanding lead actor winner. Downton Abbey‘s Maggie Smith won for outstanding supporting actress in a drama. Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul took the win for supporting actor in a drama. Outstanding writing in a drama went to Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff for Homeland. The directing win in the category went to Tim van Patten for Boardwalk Empire.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was named outstanding variety series. The Amazing Race won for best reality-competition program. Dancing with the Stars‘ Tom Bergeron won for his hosting duties in the reality or reality-competition category.

Julianne Moore won the outstanding lead actress in a mini-series or a movie Emmy for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in HBO’s Game Change. Game Change also won for outstanding mini-series or movie as well as outstanding directing in the category. Kevin Costner was recognized in the lead actor category for HISTORY’s Hatfields & McCoys. In the mini-series or movies arena, supporting wins went to Jessica Lange for American Horror Story and Tom Berenger for Hatfields & McCoys.

HBO was the most-awarded network, with 23 total Emmys. CBS followed with 16, then PBS with 12.