Drug drama Breaking Bad was the biggest winner at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards last night, scooping five awards including best drama series.
It was the second consecutive year that the show, which ended last September after five seasons, had picked up the ceremony’s highest honor.
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston was named best actor in a drama series for a fourth time as the teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White.
He beat a host of Hollywood heavyweights including Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson for their roles in the acclaimed crime drama True Detective.
His co-stars Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn were also honored for best supporting actor and supporting actress in a drama series.
British drama Sherlock has won a hat-trick of awards at the Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles.
There were four awards for Sherlock including best cinematography, music, single-camera picture editing and sound editing.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won best actor and best supporting actor in a mini-series, although neither was at the ceremony.
Steven Moffat also won best writing in a mini-series for the final episode of Sherlock‘s third season.
In other categories, The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies won the Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series for her part as lawyer Alicia Florrick.
Breaking Bad was the biggest winner at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (photo Getty Images)
There were also best actress and best supporting actress in a mini-series awards for Oscar winners Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates for their roles in American Horror Story: Coven.
Sitcom Modern Family was named best comedy series for a fifth consecutive year, equaling the record set by 1990s show Frasier for most comedy wins.
Ty Burrell also walked away with best supporting actor in a comedy for his role on the show.
The Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons won best actor in a comedy series. Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her third consecutive Emmy for playing foul-mouthed US Vice President Selina Meyer in political satire Veep.
Allison Janney won the best supporting actress in a comedy series for Mom.
The ceremony also paid tribute to industry members who died in the past year.
They included James Garner, Ruby Dee, Sid Caesar, Carmen Zapata and Elaine Stritch.
It concluded with a special homage to Robin Williams by long-time friend Billy Crystal, who remembered the actor as “the brightest star in a comedy galaxy”.
“It is very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in our lives,” Billy Crystal said.
“While some of the brightest of our celestial bodies are actually extinct now, their energy long since cool, but miraculously, because they float in the heavens so far away from the sound, their beautiful life will continue to shine on us forever.
“And the glow will be so bright, it will warm your heart, it will make your eyes glisten, and you’ll think to yourself, Robin Williams – what a concept.”
The main ceremony at the Nokia Theatre followed the Creative Arts Emmy prize-giving on August 16, honoring TV guest stars and behind-the-scenes crew.
The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 25.
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The full list of winners at the Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, August 25, in Los Angeles:
Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Comedy Series
Modern Family
Actor, Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Actress, Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Actor, Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Actress, Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting Actor, Drama Series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actress, Drama Series
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Allison Janney, Mom
Actor, Miniseries Or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Actress, Miniseries Or Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 25
Supporting Actor, Miniseries Or Movie
Martin Freeman, Sherlock
Supporting Actress, Miniseries Or Movie
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story
Variety
The Colbert Report
Reality Competition
The Amazing Race
Miniseries
Fargo
Movie
The Normal Heart
Best Writing For Variety Special
Sarah Silverman
Variety Series
The Colbert Report
Best Writing Comedy Series
Louis CK, Louie
Best Directing Drama Series
True Detective
Best Directing Variety Special
Glenn Weiss
Best Writing Mini Series
Stephen Moffat, Sherlock
Best Guest Actress In Drama Series
Allison Janney
Best Guest Actor In Drama Series
Joe Morton
Guest Appearance On A Comedy Series
Jimmy Fallon and Uzo Aduba
Best Directing, Comedy:
Gail Mancuso, Modern Family
Best Writing Drama Series
Breaking Bad
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Drama series:
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective
Comedy series:
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep
Actor, drama series:
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective’
Kevin Spacey, ‘House of Cards’
Actress, drama series:
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Actor, comedy series:
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Emmy 2014 winners will be announced in a ceremony in Los Angeles on August 25
Actress, comedy series:
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
Supporting actor, drama series:
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Supporting actress, drama series:
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Dame Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Joanna Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Supporting actor, comedy series:
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Fred Armisen, Portlandia
Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting actress, comedy:
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Actor, miniseries or movie:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba, Luther
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Actress, miniseries or movie:
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Kristen Wiig, Spoils of Babylon
Variety:
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Saturday Night Live
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Reality competition:
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
Miniseries:
American Horror Story: Coven
Fargo
Luther
Bonnie & Clyde
Treme
The White Queen
Movie:
Killing Kennedy
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight
The Normal Heart
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Trip to Bountiful
Guest actor, drama series:
Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Joe Morton, Scandal
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
Guest actress, drama series:
Dianna Rigg, Game of Thrones
Kate Mara, House of Cards
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Kate Burton, Scandal
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Guest actor, comedy series:
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Steve Buscemi, Portlandia
Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Gary Cole, Veep
Guest actress, comedy series:
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black
Natasha Lyonne, Orange Is the New Black
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Joan Cusack, Shameless
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