Showtime’s Homeland and ABC’s Modern Family took home a hefty amount of awards at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, held in the Nokia Theatre and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on the night of Sept. 23, 2012.
The drama show Homeland stars Claire Danes as neurotic CIA operative Carrie Mathison trying to find evidence that Nicholas Brody, an American prisoner of war for over 8 years who returns to the States after being suspected dead, was turned by Al’Qaeda during his captivity.
It was given awards in the Best Actress (Claire Danes), Best Actor (Damien Lewis), Outstanding Writing, and Best Drama Series. The show’s second season begins Sept. 30 on Showtime at 10pm Central.
The major Drama centric awards the show did not win include Outstanding Directing, which went to Tim Van Patten for his work on Boardwalk Empire, Best Supporting Actor, given to Aaron Paul for his performance as Jesse Pinkman in the fourth season of Breaking Bad, and Best Supporting Actress, awarded to Maggie Smith, who is currently on Masterpiece’s Downton Abbey.
Modern Family, ABC’s ensemble comedy, follows three different yet interconnected families as they deal with all sorts of current topics in the parenting/family spectrum. Notable cast members include Ed O’Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen, and Sofia Vergara. The fourth season of the show airs on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
The show was awarded Best Supporting Actress (Julie Bowen), Best Supporting Actor (Eric Stonestreet), Outstanding Direction, and Best Comedy Series.
Other Comedy awards were given to Veep and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss for Best Actress, Jon Cryer for Best Actor in Two and a Half Men, and Outstanding Writing, which went to comedian Louis C.K. for his FX series Louie.
Louis also won an awarded for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Show/Series for his Live at the Beacon Theatre stand-up performance, which is available DRM-free for $5 on his site.
Outstanding Direction for a Variety Show/Series went to Glenn Weiss for the 65th Annual Tony Awards, and the Best Variety Show/Series award went to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
In the Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie category, HBO’s Game Change won many of the awards, including Best Actress (Julianne Moore), Outstanding Writing and Directing, and Best Miniseries/Movie.
Other awards in the category went to Jessica Lange for her performance in FX’s American Horror Story, as well as Tom Berenger and Kevin Costner’s roles in Hatfields and McCoys on the History Channel.
The CBS show The Amazing Race won Best Reality-Competition Program, and Tom Bergeron was named Outstanding Host on a Reality-Competition Program for Dancing with the Stars.
