New-Comers Shock Emmys
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Raven Schneizer in Entertainment
It was a year for first-timers and new programming at this year’s installment of the Primetime Emmy awards on Sunday.
Actor Bryan Cranston who plays a teacher turned drug dealer in “Breaking Bad” and period advertising drama “Mad Men” and were among a handful of repeat winners during the three-hour ceremony broadcast live from Los Angeles.
“It was completely unexpected. The quality of the nominees this year was phenomenal,” said “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm, winner of the best drama for the third straight year.
“I feel gluttonous. It’s more than I can take in,” Cranston also a third-time winner, said backstage.
Newcomers or first-time Emmy winners took seven out of the eight major acting Emmys, which should inject new life into the industry which continues to fight for popularity with social networking and videogames.
Last year’s Emmys produced essentially the same winners in the major categories as the previous year.
Comedies caused the biggest changes. “Modern Family” – an ABC mockumentary – won the coveted best comedy series, and the best comedy writing Emmy after one season, beating popular Fox rival “Glee,” which had gone into Sunday with a leading 19 nominations.
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