61st Primetime Emmy Awards Winners

The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place on September 20, 2009. CBS broadcasted the Primetime event and E! the Creative Arts event; both take place at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The nominations for the Awards were announced on July 16.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced in July 2009 that Neil Patrick Harris would host the Primetime event. The Creative Arts Emmys for primetime were hosted by Kathy Griffin.

After last year's lackluster performance in ratings, the Emmy Awards were hoping to achieve success by selecting Harris as sole host, as opposed to a group of hosts as in the previous year. Ratings are expected to be announced on September 21, 2009.

This year, popular votes decided the six nominees in all categories for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations announced by actors Chandra Wilson and Jim Parsons.

Now let's see the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards Winners

• COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock
• DRAMA SERIES Mad Men
• MINISERIES Little Dorrit
• ACTOR IN A COMEDY Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• ACTOR IN A DRAMA Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Toni Collette, United States of Tara
• ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Glenn Close, Damages
• MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE Grey Gardens
• REALITY HOST Jeff Probst, Survivor
• REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM The Amazing Race
• ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Brendan Gleeson, Into The Storm
• ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
• SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
• SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA Michael Emerson, Lost
• SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Cherry Jones, 24
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Shohreh Aghdashloo, House Of Saddam
• WRITING FOR A COMEDY 30 Rock (”Reunion,” Matt Hubbard)
• WRITING FOR A DRAMA Mad Men (”Meditations in an Emergency,” Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner)
• WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSICAL OR COMEDY SERIES The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (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)
• WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL Little Dorrit (Andrew Davies)
• DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES The Office (”Stress Relief,” Jeff Blitz)
• DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL Little Dorrit (Dearbhla Walsh)
• DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES American Idol (”The Final Three,” Bruce Gowers)
• ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS 81st Annual Academy Awards” (”Hugh Jackman Opening Number”)
• VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
• DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES ER (”And in The End,” Rod Holcomb)

LIST OF WINNERS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS CATEGORIES

• GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
• GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me (”Sheila”)
• GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2008
• GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: SVU (”Swing”)
• GOVERNORS AWARD Sheila Nevins, HBO Documentary Films
• ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING ONE-HOUR OR MORE) Destination Imagination (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)
• ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING LESS THAN ONE HOUR) South Park (”Margaritaville”)
• ART DIRECTION FOR MULTI-CAMERA SERIES How I Met Your Mother (”Shelter Island, Not A Father’s Day”)
• ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES Pushing Daisies (”Dim Sum Lose Some”)
• ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Grey Gardens and Little Dorrit
• ART DIRECTION FOR VARIETY, MUSIC, OR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING American Idol (”Episode 821-822″) and 2008 MTV Video Music Awards
• CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock
• CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES True Blood
• CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR SPECIAL Little Dorrit
• CHOREOGRAPHY 81st Annual Academy Awards (”Musicals Are Back”) and So You Think You Can Dance (”Adam and Eve/Silence”)
• CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A HALF-HOUR SERIES Californication (”In Utero”)
• CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A ONE-HOUR SERIES The Tudors (”Episode 303″)
• CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Little Dorrit: Part 1
• CINEMATOGRAPY FOR NONFICTION Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (”Laos”)
• CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment (”What Did I Sign Up For?”)
• COMMERCIAL “Heist,” Coca-Cola
• COSTUMES FOR A SERIES Pushing Daisies (”Bzzzzzzzzz!”)
• COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR SPECIAL Little Dorrit: Part 3
• COSTUMES FOR A VARIETY/MUSIC PROGRAM OR A SPECIAL So You Think You Can Dance (”Episode 415-416A”)
• DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony” (Bucky Gunts)
• DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (Marina Zenovich)
• MAIN TITLE DESIGN United States of Tara
• MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR A SPECIAL (PROSTHETIC) Grey Gardens
• MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC) Pushing Daisies (”Dim Sum Lose Some”)
• MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC) MADtv (”Episode 1405″)
• MAKEUP FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC) The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation)
• MUSIC DIRECTION “Streisand: The Concert”
• MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) Legend of the Seeker (”Prophecy”)
• MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR A SPECIAL Into the Storm
• ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC Great Performances
• PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES (SINGLE-CAMERA) Breaking Bad (”ABQ”)
• PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) 30 Rock (”Apollo, Apollo”)
• PICTURE EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE (SINGLE-CAMERA) Taking Chance
• PICTURE EDITING (SHORT FORM) 81st Annual Academy Awards and “Stand Up to Cancer”
• PICTURE EDITING FOR A SPECIAL (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) “Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger”
• PICTURE EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING This American Life (”John Smith”)
• PICTURE EDITING FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING Project Runway (”Finale Part 1″)
• HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES Mad Men (”The Gold Violin”)
• HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL Dancing With the Stars (”Episode 709″)
• HAIRSTYLING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE Grey Gardens
• CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA — NONFICTION “The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience,” nbc.com
• CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA — FICTION “The Dharma Initiative,” DharmaWantsYou.com.
• LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC, MULTI-CAMERA) FOR VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY PROGRAMMING American Idol (”Finale”)
• VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SPECIAL “The Kennedy Center Honors”
• SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAMS “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony”
• SPECIAL CLASS — SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-ACTING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” drhorrible.com.
• SPECIAL CLASS — SHORT-FORMAT NONFICTION PROGRAMS “Writer’s Draft”
• CHILDREN’S PROGRAM Wizards of Waverly Place
• CHILDREN’S NONFICTION PROGRAM Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? With Maria Shriver and Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Coming Home: When Parents Return from War
• NONFICTION SPECIAL “102 Minutes That Changed America”
• NONFICTION SERIES American Masters
• REALITY PROGRAM Intervention
• EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN NONFICTION FILMMAKING The Memory Loss Tapes
• WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
• SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES Battlestar Galactica (”Daybreak: Part 2″)
• SOUND EDITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR SPECIAL Generation Kill: The Cradle of Civilization
• SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) “102 Minutes That Changed America”
• SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR) House (”House Divided”)
• SOUND MIXING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Generation Kill: The Cradle of Civilization”
• SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR AND ANIMATION) Entourage (”Pie”) and Weeds (”Three Coolers”)
• SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR A SPECIAL 81st Annual Academy Awards and The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
• SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) “102 Minutes That Changed America”
• SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES Heroes (”The Second Coming/The Butterfly Effect”)
• SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR SPECIAL Generation Kill: The Cradle of Civilization
• STUNT COORDINATION Chuck (”Chuck Versus the First Date”)
• TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES American Idol (”Episode 834A”)
• TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR SPECIAL “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony”
• VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE The Simpsons (”Father Knows Worst”)
• WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SPECIAL “Chris Rock — Kill The Messenger”