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It was a star studded affair at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The big winners include AMC's Mad Men and ABC's Modern Family, as well as Eric Stonestreet, Jane Lynch, Jim Parsons, Edie Falco, Aaron Paul, Archie Panjabi, Bryan Cranston, Kyra Sedgwick, and Padma Lakshmi who won in the reality award category for Top Chef.
The show was hosted by Jimmy Fallon whose wit left the audience in hysterics.
Kyra Sedgwick's stunning work in The Closer won her an Emmy (Outstanding Lead Actress) in the Drama Series while Archie Panjabi won the Outstanding Supporting Actress for The Good Wife.
Bryan Cranston won (Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama series) for the third year in a row for his work on Breaking Bad. Aaron Paul also won an Emmy (Outstanding Supporting Actor) for Breaking Bad.
But the really big winners were Modern Family who won Emmys for Writing and Best Comedy.
Lost fans were in for a disappointment as the drama mini series 'lost' out to Mad Men.
The award for Directing went to Dexter while HBO won in the movie and mini-series categories with Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Claire Danes, and Director Mick Jackson all winning for Temple Grandin, which also won the big prize for Best Movie.
Al Pacino won for HBO's You Don't Know Jack. The Pacific won the Mini-Series.