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Listed below are the complete winners of the recently concluded 61st Emmy Awards:

COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: “30 Rock”
“Entourage”
“Family Guy
“Flight of the Conchords”
“How I Met Your Mother”
“The Office”
“Weeds”

DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: “Mad Men”
“Big Love”
“Breaking Bad”
“Damages”
“Dexter”
“House”
“Lost”

MINISERIES
WINNER: “Little Dorrit” (PBS)
“Generation Kill” (HBO)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Steve Carell – “The Office” (NBC)
Jemaine Clement – “Flight Of The Conchords” (HBO)
Jim Parsons – “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub – “Monk” (USA)
Charlie Sheen – “Two And A Half Men” (CBS)

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Bryan Cranston – “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
Simon Baker – “The Mentalist” (CBS)
Gabriel Byrne – “In Treatment” (HBO)
Michael C. Hall – “Dexter” (Showtime)
Jon Hamm – “Mad Men” (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – “House” (Fox)

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Toni Collette – “United States Of Tara” (Showtime)
Christina Applegate – “Samantha Who?” (ABC)
Tina Fey – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “The New Adventures Of Old Christine” (CBS)
Sarah Silverman – “The Sarah Silverman Program” (Comedy Central)
Mary-Louise Parker – “Weeds” (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Glenn Close as Patty Hewes – “Damages” (FX Networks)
Sally Field – “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Holly Hunter – “Saving Grace” (TNT)
Mariska Hargitay – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
Kyra Sedgwick – “The Closer” (TNT)
Elisabeth Moss – “Mad Men” (AMC)

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
WINNER: “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
“Coco Chanel” (Lifetime)
“Into The Storm” (HBO)
“Prayers For Bobby” (Lifetime)
“Taking Chance” (HBO)

REALITY HOST
WINNER: Jeff Probst – “Survivor” (CBS
Tom Bergeron – “Dancing With The Stars” (ABC)
Phil Keoghan – “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
Heidi Klum – “Project Runway” (Bravo)
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio – “Top Chef” (Bravo)
Ryan Seacrest – “American Idol” (Fox)

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
WINNER: “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“American Idol” (Fox)
“Dancing With The Stars” (ABC)
“Project Runway” (Bravo)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Brendan Gleeson – “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Kevin Kline – “Cyrano de Bergerac” (“Great Performances”) (PBS)
Sir Ian McKellen – “King Lear” (“Great Performances”) (PBS)
Kevin Bacon – “Taking Chance” (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland – “24: Redemption” (Fox)
Kenneth Branagh – “Wallander: One Step Behind” (PBS)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Jessica Lange – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Drew Barrymore – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Shirley MacLaine – “Coco Chanel” (Lifetime)
Sigourney Weaver – “Prayers For Bobby” (Lifetime)
Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Jon Cryer – “Two And A Half Men” (CBS)
Kevin Dillon – “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris – “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
Jack McBrayer – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Rainn Wilson – “The Office” (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Michael Emerson – “Lost” (ABC)
Christian Clemenson – “Boston Legal” (ABC)
William Hurt – “Damages” (FX Networks)
Aaron Paul – “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
William Shatner – “Boston Legal” (ABC)
John Slattery – “Mad Men” (AMC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Ken Howard – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Len Cariou – “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Tom Courtenay – “Little Dorrit” (PBS)
Bob Newhart – “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice” (TNT)
Andy Serkis – “Little Dorrit” (PBS)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Kristin Chenoweth – “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Jane Krakowski – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Elizabeth Perkins – “Weeds” (Showtime)
Amy Poehler – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Kristen Wiig – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Cherry Jones – “24″ (Fox)
Rose Byrne – “Damages” (FX Networks)
Hope Davis – “In Treatment” (HBO)
Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Dianne Wiest – “In Treatment”
Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Shohreh Aghdashloo – “House Of Saddam” (HBO)
Marcia Gay Harden – “The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler” (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation) (CBS)
Janet McTeer – “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Jeanne Tripplehorn – “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Cicely Tyson – “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark Channel)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY
WINNER: “30 Rock” – “Reunion” (NBC) – Matt Hubbard
“Flight Of The Conchords” – “Prime Minister” (HBO) – James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie,
“30 Rock” – “Apollo, Apollo” (NBC) – Robert Carlock
“30 Rock” – “Mamma Mia” (NBC) Ron Weiner
“30 Rock” – “Kidney Now!” (NBC) – Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock

WRITING FOR A DRAMA
WINNER: “Mad Men” – “Meditations In An Emergency” – (AMC) – Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner
“Lost” – “The Incident” – (ABC) – Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
“Mad Men – A Night To Remember” – (AMC) – Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner
“Mad Men – Six Month Leave” – (AMC) – Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Matthew Weiner
“Mad Men” – The Jet Set” – (AMC) – Matthew Weiner

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central) – Steve Bodow, Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Josh Lieb, Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Jason Ross, Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Sam Means, Rob Kutner, J.R. Havlan, Rich Blomquist, Wyatt Cenac, Elliott Kalan, Rachel Axler
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central) – Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Opus Moreschi, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Tom Purcell, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Barry Julien, Meredith Scardino
“Late Night With Conan O’Brien” (NBC) – Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johson, Brian Kiley, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
“Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS) – Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Steve Young, Tom Ruprecht, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts, Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Bill Scheft, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano, David Letterman
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) – Seth Meyers, Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
WINNER: “Little Dorrit” (PBS) – Andrew Davies
“Generation Kill – Bomb In The Garden” (HBO)- David Simon
“Grey Gardens” (HBO) – Michael Sucsy, Patricia Rozema
“Into The Storm” (HBO)- Hugh Whitemore
“Taking Chance” (HBO) – Ross Katz

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Jeff Blitz, “The Office” (Stress Relief)
Julian Farino, “Entourage” (Tree Trippers)
James Bobin, “Flight of the Conchords” (The Tough Brets)
Millicent Shelton, “30 Rock” (Apollo, Apollo)
Beth McCarthy, “30 Rock” (Reunion)
Todd Holland, “30 Rock” (Generalissimo)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
WINNER: Dearbhla Walsh, “Little Dorrit” (Part 1)
Susanna White, “Generation Kill” (Bomb in the Garden)
Michael Sucsy, “Grey Gardens”
Thaddeus O’Sullivan, “Into the Storm”
Ross Katz, “Taking Chance”
Philip Martin, “Wallander: One Step Behind”

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: Bruce Gowers, “American Idol” (The Final Three)
Jim Hoskinson, “The Colbert Report” (No. 4159)
Chuck O’Neil, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (No. 13107)
Jerry Foley, “Late Show With David Letterman” (Episode 2932)
Hal Grant, “Real Time With Bill Maher” (No. 705), HBO, Bill Maher Prods. and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” (Host: Justin Timberlake)

ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
WINNER: “81st Annual Academy Awards,” Song: “Hugh Jackman Opening Number”
“A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All,” Song: “Much Worse Things”
“The 2008 ESPYS,” Song: “I Love Sports”
“Flight of the Conchords” (Unnatural Love), Song: “Carol Brown”
“A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa,” Song: “I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus”
“Saturday Night Live” (Host: Justin Timberlake), Song: “Motherlover”

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central, Central Prods.
“The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central, Hello Doggie with Busboy Prods. and Spartina Prods.
“Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS, Worldwide Pants
“Real Time With Bill Maher,” HBO, Bill Maher Prods. and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
“Saturday Night Live,” NBC, SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Rod Holcomb, “ER” (And in The End)
Michael Rymer, “Battlestar Galactica” (Daybreak — Part 2), Syfy, R&D TV in association with Universal Cable Prods.
Bill D’Elia, “Boston Legal” (Made in China/Last Call)
Todd A. Kessler, “Damages” (Trust Me)
Phil Abraham, “Mad Men” (The Jet Set)

Congratulations to all the winners and most specially to my favorite TV reality show “The Amazing Race!”

Cheers,