62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Introduction The '''62nd Primetime Emmy Awards''', presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, were held on Sunday, August 29, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PDT (00:00 UTC; August 30). Comedian and ''Late Night'' host Jimmy Fallon hosted the ceremony for the first time.The ceremony honored the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2009 until May 31, 2010.The HBO miniseries ''The Pacific'' won eight awards, the most for any program this year, including Outstanding Miniseries. ABC's freshman series ''Modern Family'' was the most honored comedy series of the year with six awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series. ''Modern Family'' would go on to win again the top prize for four more years (2010-2014) to reach a record five Outstanding Comedy Series wins. AMC's period piece drama ''Mad Men'' won four awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, its third consecutive victory in that category. The HBO film ''Temple Grandin'' won five major awards, tying the record for most major wins by a television film, set by ''Promise'' in 1987.The ceremony was telecast live coast-to-coast in the United States by NBC, the first such broadcast since ABC did so for the 34th ceremony held in 1976.The ceremony was held before its usual mid-September date to avoid a conflict with ''NBC Sunday Night Football''.On August 21, 2010, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented at the same venue. E! aired clips from the ceremony on August 28, the evening preceding the night of the primetime telecast.The ceremony was received well by critics, with much praise going to the quality of the production, the voting trends and the entertainment factor. Jimmy Fallon received unanimous acclaim for his performance as the host, with some critics citing him as one of the greatest Emmy hosts in recent times.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold''':Jim Parsons, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winnerEdie Falco, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winnerBryan Cranston, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winnerAl Pacino, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winnerClaire Danes, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winnerJane Lynch, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winnerAaron Paul, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winnerArchie Panjabi, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winnerDavid Strathairn, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winnerJulia Ormond, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner===Programs===+  * '''''Modern Family'' (ABC)'''** ''30 Rock'' (NBC)** ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (HBO)** ''Glee'' (Fox)** ''Nurse Jackie'' (Showtime)** ''The Office'' (NBC) * '''''Mad Men'' (AMC)'''** ''Breaking Bad'' (AMC)** ''Dexter'' (Showtime)** ''The Good Wife'' (CBS)** ''Lost'' (ABC)** ''True Blood'' (HBO) * '''''Temple Grandin'' (HBO)'''** ''Endgame'' (PBS)** ''Georgia O'Keeffe'' (Lifetime)** ''Moonshot'' (History)** ''The Special Relationship'' (HBO)** ''You Don't Know Jack'' (HBO) * '''''The Pacific'' (HBO)'''** ''Return to Cranford'' (PBS) * '''''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (Comedy Central)'''** ''The Colbert Report'' (Comedy Central)** ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' (HBO)** ''Saturday Night Live'' (NBC)** ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' (NBC) * '''''Top Chef'' (Bravo)'''** ''The Amazing Race'' (CBS)** ''American Idol'' (Fox)** ''Dancing with the Stars'' (ABC)** ''Project Runway'' (Lifetime)===Acting=======Lead performances====+  * '''Jim Parsons – ''The Big Bang Theory'' as Dr. Sheldon Cooper (CBS)'''** Alec Baldwin – ''30 Rock'' as Jack Donaghy (NBC)** Steve Carell – ''The Office'' as Michael Scott (NBC)** Larry David – ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' as himself (HBO)** Matthew Morrison – ''Glee'' as Will Schuester (Fox)** Tony Shalhoub – ''Monk'' as Adrian Monk (USA) * '''Edie Falco – ''Nurse Jackie'' as Jackie Peyton, RN (Showtime)'''** Toni Collette – ''United States of Tara'' as Tara Gregson (Showtime)** Tina Fey – ''30 Rock'' as Liz Lemon (NBC)** Julia Louis-Dreyfus – ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' as Christine Campbell (CBS)** Lea Michele – ''Glee'' as Rachel Berry (Fox)** Amy Poehler – ''Parks and Recreation'' as Leslie Knope (NBC) * '''Bryan Cranston – ''Breaking Bad'' as Walter White (AMC)'''** Kyle Chandler – ''Friday Night Lights'' as Eric Taylor (DirecTV)** Matthew Fox – ''Lost'' as Dr. Jack Shephard (ABC)** Michael C. Hall – ''Dexter'' as Dexter Morgan (Showtime)** Jon Hamm – ''Mad Men'' as Don Draper (AMC)** Hugh Laurie – ''House'' as Dr. Gregory House (Fox) * '''Kyra Sedgwick – ''The Closer'' as Brenda Leigh Johnson (TNT)'''** Connie Britton – ''Friday Night Lights'' as Tami Taylor (DirecTV)** Glenn Close – ''Damages'' as Patty Hewes (FX)** Mariska Hargitay – ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Olivia Benson (NBC)** January Jones – ''Mad Men'' as Betty Draper (AMC)** Julianna Margulies – ''The Good Wife'' as Alicia Florrick (CBS) * '''Al Pacino – ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Dr. Jack Kevorkian (HBO)'''** Jeff Bridges – ''A Dog Year'' as Jon Katz (HBO)** Ian McKellen – ''The Prisoner'' as Number Two (AMC)** Dennis Quaid – ''The Special Relationship'' as Bill Clinton (HBO)** Michael Sheen – ''The Special Relationship'' as Tony Blair (HBO) * '''Claire Danes – ''Temple Grandin'' as Temple Grandin (HBO)'''** Joan Allen – ''Georgia O'Keeffe'' as Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)** Hope Davis – ''The Special Relationship'' as Hillary Clinton (HBO)** Judi Dench – ''Return to Cranford'' as Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns (PBS)** Maggie Smith – ''Capturing Mary'' as Mary Gilbert (HBO)====Supporting performances====+  * '''Eric Stonestreet – ''Modern Family'' as Cameron Tucker (ABC)'''** Ty Burrell – ''Modern Family'' as Phil Dunphy (ABC)** Chris Colfer – ''Glee'' as Kurt Hummel (Fox)** Jon Cryer – ''Two and a Half Men'' as Dr. Alan Harper (CBS)** Jesse Tyler Ferguson – ''Modern Family'' as Mitchell Pritchett (ABC)** Neil Patrick Harris – ''How I Met Your Mother'' as Barney Stinson (CBS) * '''Jane Lynch – ''Glee'' as Sue Sylvester (Fox)'''** Julie Bowen – ''Modern Family'' as Claire Dunphy (ABC)** Jane Krakowski – ''30 Rock'' as Jenna Maroney (NBC)** Holland Taylor – ''Two and a Half Men'' as Evelyn Harper (CBS)** Sofía Vergara – ''Modern Family'' as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (ABC)** Kristen Wiig – ''Saturday Night Live'' as various characters (NBC) * '''Aaron Paul – ''Breaking Bad'' as Jesse Pinkman (AMC)'''** Andre Braugher – ''Men of a Certain Age'' as Owen Thoreau, Jr. (TNT)** Michael Emerson – ''Lost'' as Ben Linus (ABC)** Terry O'Quinn – ''Lost'' as John Locke / the Man in Black (ABC)** Martin Short – ''Damages'' as Leonard Winstone (FX)** John Slattery – ''Mad Men'' as Roger Sterling, Jr. (AMC) * '''Archie Panjabi – ''The Good Wife'' as Kalinda Sharma (CBS)'''** Christine Baranski – ''The Good Wife'' as Diane Lockhart (CBS)** Rose Byrne – ''Damages'' as Ellen Parsons (FX)** Sharon Gless – ''Burn Notice'' as Madeline Westen (USA)** Christina Hendricks – ''Mad Men'' as Joan Harris (AMC)** Elisabeth Moss – ''Mad Men'' as Peggy Olson (AMC) * '''David Strathairn – ''Temple Grandin'' as Dr. Carlock (HBO)'''** Michael Gambon – ''Emma'' as Mr. Woodhouse (PBS)** John Goodman – ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Neal Nicol (HBO)** Jonathan Pryce – ''Return to Cranford'' as Mr. Buxton (PBS)** Patrick Stewart – ''Hamlet'' as King Claudius / Ghost (PBS) * '''Julia Ormond – ''Temple Grandin'' as Eustacia Grandin (HBO)'''** Kathy Bates – ''Alice'' as the Queen of Hearts (Syfy)** Catherine O'Hara – ''Temple Grandin'' as Aunt Ann (HBO)** Susan Sarandon – ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Janet Good (HBO)** Brenda Vaccaro – ''You Don't Know Jack'' as Margo Janus (HBO)===Directing===+  * '''''Glee'': "Pilot" – Ryan Murphy (Fox)'''** ''30 Rock'': "I Do Do" – Don Scardino (NBC)** ''Glee'': "Wheels" – Paris Barclay (Fox)** ''Modern Family'': "Pilot" – Jason Winer (ABC)** ''Nurse Jackie'': "Pilot" – Allen Coulter (Showtime) * '''''Dexter'': "The Getaway" – Steve Shill (Showtime)'''** ''Breaking Bad'': "One Minute" – Michelle MacLaren (AMC)** ''Lost'': "The End" – Jack Bender (ABC)** ''Mad Men'': "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" – Leslie Linka Glatter (AMC)** ''Treme'': "Do You Know What It Means" – Agnieszka Holland (HBO) * '''''Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony'' – Bucky Gunts (NBC)'''** ''The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert'' – Joel Gallen (HBO)** ''In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement'' – Ron de Moraes (PBS)** ''The Kennedy Center Honors'' – Louis J. Horvitz (CBS)** ''63rd Tony Awards'' – Glenn Weiss (CBS) * '''''Temple Grandin'' – Mick Jackson (HBO)'''** ''Georgia O'Keeffe'' – Bob Balaban (Lifetime)** ''The Pacific'': "Iwo Jima" – David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa (HBO)** ''The Pacific'': "Okinawa" – Tim Van Patten (HBO)** ''You Don't Know Jack'' – Barry Levinson (HBO)===Writing===+  * '''''Modern Family'': "Pilot" – Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd (ABC)'''** ''30 Rock'': "Anna Howard Shaw Day" – Matt Hubbard (NBC)** ''30 Rock'': "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" – Kay Cannon and Tina Fey (NBC)** ''Glee'': "Pilot" – Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy (Fox)** ''The Office'': "Niagara" – Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling (NBC) * '''''Mad Men'': "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." – Erin Levy and Matthew Weiner (AMC)'''** ''Friday Night Lights'': "The Son" – Rolin Jones (DirecTV)** ''The Good Wife'': "Pilot" – Michelle King and Robert King (CBS)** ''Lost'': "The End" – Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof (ABC)** ''Mad Men'': "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" – Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner (AMC) * '''''63rd Tony Awards'' (CBS)'''** ''82nd Academy Awards'' (ABC)** ''Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong'' (HBO)** ''The Kennedy Center Honors'' (CBS)** ''Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me'' (HBO) * '''''You Don't Know Jack'' – Adam Mazer (HBO)'''** ''The Pacific'': "Home" – Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan (HBO)** ''The Pacific'': "Iwo Jima" – Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan (HBO)** ''The Special Relationship'' – Peter Morgan (HBO)** ''Temple Grandin'' – William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger (HBO)
Most major nominations + Networks with multiple major nominations Network No. ofNominations HBO 38 ABC16 CBS NBC AMC 14 Fox 11+ Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network No. ofNominations ''Mad Men'' Drama AMC 9 ''Glee''Comedy Fox8 ''Modern Family'' ABC ''30 Rock'' NBC7 ''Temple Grandin''MovieHBO ''You Don't Know Jack'' ''Lost''Drama ABC 6 ''The Good Wife'' CBS5 ''The Pacific'' MiniseriesHBO ''The Special Relationship'' Movie ''Breaking Bad''Drama AMC 4 ''Damages'' FX3 ''Dexter'' Showtime ''Friday Night Lights'' DirecTV ''Georgia O'Keeffe'' Movie Lifetime ''Nurse Jackie''Comedy Showtime ''The Office'' NBC ''Return to Cranford'' Miniseries PBS ''The 63rd Tony Awards'' Variety CBS2 ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' Comedy ''The Kennedy Center Honors''Variety CBS ''Saturday Night Live'' NBC ''Two and a Half Men'' Comedy CBS
Most major awards + Networks with multiple major awards Network No. ofAwards HBO 8 AMC4 CBS ABC 3 Fox2 Showtime+ Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network No. ofAwards ''Temple Grandin'' Movie HBO 5 ''Modern Family'' Comedy ABC 3  ''Breaking Bad'' Drama AMC2 ''Glee'' Comedy Fox ''Mad Men'' Drama AMC ''You Don't Know Jack'' Movie HBO;Notes
Presenters The awards were presented by the following: Name(s)  Role  Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program   Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Seriesand Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Gugu Mbatha-Raw  Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series winner John Lithgow and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winner Ann-Margret   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special   Presenter of the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Specialand Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series   Presenter of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award   Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie    Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Specialand Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie   Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movieand Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special   Presenter of the awards for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Television Movie   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series   Presenter of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series
In Memoriam The singer Jewel performed an original song called "The Shape of You" (which would later be released on her 2015 album ''Picking Up the Pieces'') during the tribute:* Art Linkletter* Fess Parker* Jimmy Dean* Art Clokey* Gene Barry* Roy E. Disney* Dorothy DeBorba* Soupy Sales* Jean Simmons* Peter Graves* Robert Culp* Caroline McWilliams* Merlin Olsen* Pernell Roberts* Patricia Neal* Bernie West* David Lloyd* Maury Chaykin* Corey Haim* Edward Woodward* James Gammon* Joanne Dillon* Andrew Koenig* Gary Coleman* John Forsythe* Rue McClanahan* Phil Harris* Brittany Murphy* Dixie Carter* Lynn Redgrave* Lena Horne* Dennis Hopper* David L. Wolper
Opening number This Primetime Emmy telecast commenced with a cold open spoofing the musical drama series ''Glee''. Host Jimmy Fallon convinces several ''Glee'' castmembers to "enlist" in a singing competition in order for them to earn money for tickets to the Emmy ceremony. Together they recruit several nominees and famous television personalities in and around the Nokia Theatre for help. They break out in song to Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run".People who appeared in the opening segment/number:* Chris Colfer* Nina Dobrev* Jimmy Fallon* Tina Fey* Jorge Garcia* Kate Gosselin* Tim Gunn* Jon Hamm* Randy Jackson* Jane Lynch* Joel McHale* Lea Michele* Cory Monteith* Amber Riley* Betty White
References
External links *  Emmys.com list of 2010 Nominees & Winners*  Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website*