61st Primetime Emmy Awards

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61st Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date
Location Nokia Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris
Highlights
Most awards
Most nominations30 Rock (13)
Outstanding Comedy Series 30 Rock
Outstanding Drama Series Mad Men
Outstanding Miniseries Little Dorrit
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program The Amazing Race
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Network CBS
Produced by Don Mischer
Directed by Glenn Weiss
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The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 20, 2009 [1] on CBS. It took place at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The nominations were announced on July 16, 2009. [2]

Contents

On July 13, 2009, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that Neil Patrick Harris would host the Primetime ceremony (even going so far as to play Dr. Horrible at one point). [3] The Creative Arts Emmy Awards for prime time were hosted by Kathy Griffin on September 12. [4]

After the previous year's lackluster performance in ratings, the Primetime 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. The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards earned a 4.2 rating in the 18–49 demo and drew 13.3 million, 1.1 million more than the previous year's all-time low. [5]

30 Rock became the sixth show to win Outstanding Comedy Series three consecutive years, winning three major awards on that night. 30 Rock made history when it smashed the record for most major nominations by a comedy series with 18. The Cosby Show had held the record of 13 since 1986, while 30 Rock had tied this the previous year. The 18 major nominations became the third biggest record of all time, behind Roots ' record number of 21 in 1977 and NYPD Blue 's mark of 19 in 1994. These records still stand.

The drama field also crowned the defending champion, AMC's Mad Men . It won two major awards on that night. After airing for fifteen seasons, ER went out a winner as its series finale won for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. This was the first major win for ER since 2001.

Cherry Jones became the first from a Fox network show to win the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series but also the second female ever from Fox to win a Major Acting award since Gillian Anderson in 1997.

History was also made by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Amazing Race . Both programs won their series categories for the seventh straight year, this broke the record for most consecutive victories in a major category of six that was held by The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cagney & Lacey . The Amazing Race would lose the following year. However, in 2013, The Daily Show's streak was finally snapped by The Colbert Report , after a record of ten consecutive wins.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold: [6]

Alec Baldwin, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner Alec Baldwin by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Alec Baldwin, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Toni Collette, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner Toni Collette (8968233309).jpg
Toni Collette, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Bryan Cranston, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner Bryan Cranston by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Bryan Cranston, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
Glenn Close, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner Glenn Close - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg
Glenn Close, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Brendan Gleeson, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner Brendan Gleeson at the Moet BIFA 2014.jpg
Brendan Gleeson, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jessica Lange, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner Jessica Lange (Cropped).JPG
Jessica Lange, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jon Cryer, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner JonCryerHWOFSept2011 (cropped).jpg
Jon Cryer, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Kristin Chenoweth, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner Kristin Chenoweth in Daniel Swarovski.jpg
Kristin Chenoweth, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Michael Emerson, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner Michael Emerson SDCC 2013.jpg
Michael Emerson, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
Cherry Jones, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner Cherry Jones 2009.jpg
Cherry Jones, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
Ken Howard, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner Ken Howard 2014.jpg
Ken Howard, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner ShohrehAghdashloo08TIFF.jpg
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jeff Probst, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program winner Jeff Probst.jpg
Jeff Probst, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program winner

Programs

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Supporting performances

Hosting

Hosting

Music

Music

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Nominations
HBO38
NBC25
CBS17
ABC16
AMC12
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Nominations
30 RockComedyNBC13
Mad MenDramaAMC9
Grey GardensMovieHBO7
Into the Storm6
Saturday Night LiveVarietyNBC
DamagesDramaFX5
Flight of the ConchordsComedyHBO
Little DorritMiniseriesPBS
The OfficeComedyNBC4
Taking ChanceMovieHBO
American IdolCompetitionFox3
Boston LegalDramaABC
Breaking BadAMC
The Colbert ReportVarietyComedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
EntourageComedyHBO
Generation KillMiniseries
In TreatmentDrama
Late Show with David LettermanVarietyCBS
LostDramaABC
WeedsComedyShowtime
The Amazing RaceCompetitionCBS2
Coco ChanelMovieLifetime
Dancing with the StarsCompetitionABC
DexterDramaShowtime
Grey's AnatomyABC
HouseFox
How I Met Your MotherComedyCBS
Prayers for BobbyMovieLifetime
Project RunwayCompetitionBravo
Real Time with Bill MaherVarietyHBO
Top ChefCompetitionBravo
Two and a Half MenComedyCBS
Wallander: One Step BehindMoviePBS

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Awards
NBC8
HBO5
CBS4
AMC3
PBS
ABC2
Comedy Central
Fox
FX
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Awards
30 RockComedyNBC3
Grey GardensMovieHBO
Little DorritMiniseriesPBS
The Daily Show with Jon StewartVarietyComedy Central2
Mad MenDramaAMC
Saturday Night LiveVarietyNBC
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Presenters

The awards were presented by the following:

Name(s)Role
Tina Fey
Jon Hamm
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alyson Hannigan
Josh Radnor
Jason Segel
Cobie Smulders
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Amy Poehler
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Justin Timberlake Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Blake Lively
Leighton Meester
Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series winner Justin Timberlake
and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series winner Tina Fey
and presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Rob Lowe Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer
Hayden Panettiere
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tracy Morgan Presenter of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Kevin Bacon
Kyra Sedgwick
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kate Walsh
Chandra Wilson
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Patricia Arquette
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Alec Baldwin Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Kiefer Sutherland
Anna Torv
Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Miniseries
Kaley Cuoco
Johnny Galecki
Jim Parsons
Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Jimmy Fallon Presenter of the award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Ricky Gervais Presenter of the award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
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Chris O'Donnell
Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
David Boreanaz
Stephen Moyer
Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series winner Michael J. Fox
and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winner Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Michael J. Fox
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Simon Baker Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Dana Delany Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bob Newhart Presenter of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Sigourney Weaver Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series

In Memoriam

The singer Sarah McLachlan performed the song "I Will Remember You" during the tribute:

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