Last night's ceremony broke that mold, with the television academy awarding a lot of first timers.
Surprising first time winners included:
- Archie Panjabi "The Good Wife"-Supporting Actress Drama
- Aaron Paul "Breaking Bad"-Supporting Actor Drama
- Eric Stonestreet "Modern Family"-Supporting Actor Comedy
- Jim Parsons "The Big Bang Theory"-Lead Actor Comedy
There were also wins for Emmy favorites Edie Falco and Kyra Sedgwick. Falco was a surprising winner for Lead Actress in a Comedy for "Nurse Jackie," which is the most serious, unfunny comedy on TV.
Sedgwick had been nominated five times for her role on "The Closer," finally taking home the trophy for Lead Actress in a Drama last night.
The night's biggest upset came when "Top Chef" won for Reality Competition Program. "The Amazing Race" had won this award seven years in a row, and everyone figured it would be "American Idol" or "Survivor" to finally take it down, but "Top Chef," no one saw that coming.
New show "Modern Family" won for Best Comedy, but that had been predicted by several TV experts so that wasn't really a surprise.
Like the Super Bowl, the Emmys rotate networks and with the show on NBC this year, Jimmy Fallon hosted.
For the most part he was funny doing unusual introductions and fun comedy bits, but his crowning moment was the opening number. Fallon and the cast of "Glee" got together a group TV stars to perform the Bruce Springsteen classic "Born to Run."
It really set the tone for a laidback, fun show.
While all the surprises did throw a wrench into our predictions, it was nice to see the Emmys honor a new crop of shows and welcome some newcomers into the fold.
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For the record:
In picking the major acting/show winners Stephanie won by correctly guessing four while I only got two right.
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