A big night for ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ at 66th Emmy Awards

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MUMBAI: 66th Primetime Emmy Awards was a big night forBreaking Bad,The Big Bang TheoryandModern Family.

The awards opened with Jim Parsons winning his fourth Emmy in the lead actor category for his work as Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom,The Big Bang Theory.

The 41-year-old actor plays the role of nerdy Caltech physicist Sheldon Cooper in the Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady-created series. Parsons beat William H Macy, Matt LeBlanc, Louis CK and Ricky Gervais in the category.

Cult drama seriesBreaking Badwas the other big winner of the night bagging the Emmy for Best Drama Series, while Game of Throneswent home with none of the big prizes despite garnering the most nominations.

The series saw a fourth Best Lead Actor win for Bryan Cranston as chemistry teacher-turned-meth drug lord, Walter White aka Heisenberg. His co-star Aaron Paul took home his third Emmy win for Best Supporting Actor and Anna Gunn became a two-time Emmy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in the show.

Moreover, the now-departed, much beloved AMC series also took another Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing as well as Best Drama.

The show won six Emmys in total.
Hit TV seriesModern Familymade Emmy history by winning the title of Best Comedy series for a record-tying fifth year in a row at television’s equivalent of the Oscars and has now tied the record set by NBC’sFrasier.

Ty Burrell won the Best Supporting Actor for the comedy series, and the show also won a directing award.

Other significant Emmy Award winners included Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman for BBC’s Sherlock: His Last Vowas Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, as well as comedienne Sarah Silverman’s win for Variety Show Writing.

The Emmy Awards also held its traditional memorial tribute to industry members who have died in the past year.

The presentation concluded with Billy Crystal giving a moving tribute to longtime friend and fellow comedian Robin Williams, who tragically committed suicide just two weeks ago.

Among the other notable winners, Julianna Margulies won the Best Drama Actress for The Good Wife,while Best Television Movie went toThe Normal Heartabout gay activist Larry Kramer’s work to raise HIV/AIDS awareness during the early 1980s.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus received her third consecutive Best Comedy Actress Emmy for the political comedy Veepon HBO.

Shows like Netflix’s Orange Is the New BlackandHouse of Cards, Showtime’s Shameless,and HBO’s True Detectiveneither benefited from tactical category choices nor garnered any Emmy Awards this year, despite their popularity and stellar storytelling.

http://www.indiantelevision.com/movies/hollywood/a-big-night-for-breaking-bad-and-the-big-bang-theory-at-66th-emmy-awards-140826
 
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