”30 Rock,” “Mad Men” Win Best Series Emmy Awards
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”30 Rock,” “Mad Men” Win Best Series Emmy Awards
The comedy “30 Rock” and the drama “Mad Men” top the list of this year’s Emmy award winners.
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(September 22, 2008)—The comedy "30 Rock" tied an Emmy record Sunday for the most Emmys won in a single season by a comedy series.

It won four last night, including best comedy series and it picked up three the week before at the Creative Arts Emmys for a total of seven.

Seven is the single season record set in 1972 by "All in the Family."

"30 Rock" also won last year.

"Mad Men" won the Emmy for best drama.

"Mad Men" also won best dramatic writing and four other Emmys from the week before at the Creative Arts awards for a total of six.

Emmy Winners
Drama Series: "Mad Men," AMC.
Comedy Series: "30 Rock," NBC.
Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad," AMC.
Actress, Drama Series: Glenn Close, "Damages," FX.
Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock," NBC.
Actress, Comedy Series: Tina Fey, "30 Rock," NBC.
Reality-Competition Program: "The Amazing Race."
Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program: Jeff Probst - "Survivor."
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages," FX.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment," HBO.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, "Entourage," HBO.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jean Smart, "Samantha Who?," ABC.
Miniseries: "John Adams," HBO.
Made-for-TV Movie: "Recount," HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giamatti, "John Adams," HBO.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, "John Adams," HBO.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams," HBO.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Eileen Atkins, "Cranford" (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS.
Directing for a Drama Series: "House" - "House's Head" Greg Yaitanes.
Writing for a Drama Series: "Mad Men" - "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (Pilot) Matthew Weiner.
Directing for a Comedy Series: "Pushing Daisies" - "Pie-Lette" Barry Sonnenfeld.
Writing for a Comedy Series: "30 Rock" - "Cooter" Tina Fey.
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart."
Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program: Don Rickles - "Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project."
Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: "80th Annual Academy Awards" Louis J. Horvitz.
Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: "The Colbert Report."
Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: "Recount" Jay Roach.
Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: "John Adams" Kirk Ellis.
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