Emmy Winners 2008 (Pictures)
Posted on September 22, 2008
The Primetime Emmy Awards Show 2008 wasn’t very exciting to watch Sunday night, but we have a list of the Emmy Award winners below. The television shows MadMen and 30 Rock took home the top honors at the 2008 Emmys. We also included the Josh Groban medley video from the Emmy’s below.
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The Emmy Awards 2008 was a bit boring, and heavy with political humor…which is to be expected.
There were some big winners tonight and we have a complete list of Emmy Winners 2008 below.
HBO’s “John Adams,” experienced a landslide, grabbing 13 Emmys, including best miniseries. That set a new record, topping the 11 awards given to HBO’s “Angels in America:” in 2004.
And AMC’s “Mad Men,” made history by becoming the first basic cable series to win for best drama.
There weren’t many surprises on the Emmy award winners except maybe for Bryan Cranston’s win as best actor in a drama for his daring turn as a family-man-turned-meth-maker in AMC’s “Breaking Bad.”
Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey of “30 Rock” took home lead acting honors, while their sitcom won for best comedy.
The reality-show hosts (including the eventual winner as best reality-show host, Jeff Probst of “Survivor”) bombed miserably with their opening act, a drawn-out bit about them not having prepared any material. Even Probst’s precious dimples couldn’t save the act.
“We have nothing,” said Howie Mandel of “Deal or No Deal,” saying they were on “Sarah Palin’s bridge to nowhere” and that even the government couldn’t bail them out.
Even William Shatner coming onstage to pull a thread that made “Project Runway” host Heidi Klum’s prim tuxedo fall off (revealing a sparkly top and shorts) couldn’t save the day.
One funny part was Ricky Gervais and Steve Carell taking their mock grudge match to new heights.
Josh Groban sang through a medley of TV show themes that ran the gamut from “The Jeffersons” to “South Park.” Some seem to find this entertaining, while Groban, who is very cute, seemed to make a fool of himself during the medley.
Here is the full list of Emmy Award Winners for 2008:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart, Samantha Who? (ABC)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages (FX)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Diane Wiest, In Treatment (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Dame Eileen Atkins, Cranford (Masterpiece) (PBS)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Laura Linney, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
Louis J. Horvitz, The 80th Annual Academy Awards
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
Don Rickles, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Barry Sonnenfeld, Pushing Daisies - “Pie-lette” (ABC)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, 30 Rock - “Cooter” (NBC)
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Recount (HBO)
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Jay Roach, Recount (HBO)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Kirk Ellis, John Adams - “Independence” (HBO)
OUTSTANDING REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY/COMPETITION SHOW
Jeff Probst, Survivor (CBS)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Greg Yaitanes, House - “House’s Head” (Fox)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men - “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (AMC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brian Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men (AMC)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
So there we have it! Here’s a video of Josh Groban doing his medley at last night’s emmy awards:
Steve Carrell, love him!
Olivia Wilde:
Images: WENN
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