'Modern Family' wins large at Emmys

'Modern Family' thesp Ty Burrell wins the most effective Supporting Actor in the Comedy Emmy Sunday evening within the Nokia Theater.'Mad Men' creator Matt Weiner, center, and cast celebrate the show's Drama Series win Sunday evening within the 63rd annual Emmy Honours.'Mike & Molly's' Melissa McCarthy wins the most effective Actress in the Comedy kudo.Repeat wins for AMC's "Mad Males" -- joining a high-notch club of four-time drama champs -- and ABC's "Modern Family" belied an Emmy evening shown by more new faces and perceived upsets in comparison to presentation has seen in years.Although ABC's "Modern Family" centered comedy within the 63rd annual Emmy Honours -- with outstanding series and four of six other episodic honours -- the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences plainly spread the kudos wealth, plus a horde of first-time individuals who win among the high-profile artist groups.For the reason that way, the Emmys separate what's become HBO's near-monopoly inside a couple of areas and deprived the pay network's "Boardwalk Empire" its own little bit of Emmy history. The completely new drama acquired just one award Sunday, for director Martin Scorsese, and after winning seven technical honors in the last Creative Arts presentation fell one missing the record nine honours gathered by "Free Air travel Wing" within the first season.In comparison, "Mad Males" joins "Free Air travel Wing" and "Hill Street Blues" as individuals who win of four consecutive drama honours, a complete matched up up by "L.A. Law" around the five-year span.The Emmys are actually belittled for of the routine formerly, but that was hardly the situation most abundant in recent voting.Indeed, despite "Mad Men's" series victory, producer Jason Katims needed the writing Emmy for your swansong season of "Friday Evening Lights," ending the AMC program's three-year reign over that category.Among eight series acting groups, really the only previous visitors were back-to-backer Jim Parsons, for CBS' "The Bang Theory" and Julianna Margulies -- whose Emmy for CBS' "The Truly Amazing Wife" came 16 years after her supporting award for "ER," getting one half-dozen nods between.Getting won its rookie year, "Modern Family" was anointed five occasions on Emmy evening, taking home the initial four honours -- for writing, pointing, and onscreen husband-and-wife Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell inside the supporting groups.Other overcome first-time honorees incorporated Kyle Chandler ("Friday Evening Lights"), "Mike & Molly's" Melissa McCarthy, and supporting players Peter Dinklage for HBO's "Wager on Thrones" and Margo Martindale (FX's "Justified").Lead actor does include what might be known as the small asterisk, inasmuch as AMC's "Breaking Bad" didn't air through the qualifications window, eliminating three-time champion Bryan Cranston using this year's ballot.The overall network totals layed out how very competitive the honours landscape has become, with elevated systems offering quality fare. Despite being the overall leader counting the Creative Arts event -- as it is been every year since 2000, together with a couple of ties with NBC -- HBO's 19 honours represented the cabler's smallest bounty since 2003.Similarly, despite "Modern Family's" gaudy near-sweep, the eight honours each for ABC and NBC marked the Alphabet network's least expensive Emmy haul since 2004 -- the season "Desperate Regular folksInch and "Lost" opened up -- and what appears being the paltriest showing with the Peacock (which broadcast "Friday Evening Lights" after DirecTV) ever.In comparison, PBS -- buoyed with the period miniseries "Downton Abbey" -- gathered 14 honours, the pubcaster's most regal Emmy display since 1985, before cable programs increased being qualified. CBS placed third, with 11."Downton Abbey" also won your dream of period miniseries over HBO's "Mildred Pierce," which did earn Emmys for Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce. The PBS and Cinemax programs completed with six and five honors, correspondingly.Nevertheless, the PBS mini's triumph inside the lately consolidated movie/miniseries category represented only the third time Cinemax remains declined best movie in the last 19 years.One of the objections against merging the groups happen to be that movies might be mismatched against four- and five-part productions like "Downton Abbey" and "Mildred Pierce." It'll be interesting to determine if your film can overcome people odds afterwards.Following ostentatiously sweeping movies and miniseries a year ago (for the chagrin of tv producers, who saw that stretch becoming an extended commercial for your funnel), Cinemax stood a decidedly well toned-lower presence this season.The pay giant didn't nab its first Emmy until greater than half way through Sunday's three-hour presentation, proclaiming just four honours through the primary telecast. That trailed ABC (for "Modern Family"), and tied PBS and CBS.Furthermore, Craig Pepper needed lead actor for playing Robert F. Kennedy in "The Kennedys," a pace of redemption for just about any miniseries a history funnel unceremoniously dropped before it showed up round the little-seen ReelzChannel.Introduced by "Modern Family," the broadcast systems loved their unique monopoly in episodic comedy -- some compensation for your fact no broadcast drama has assigned its side in the ledger since Fox's "24" beat the block in 2006."Thanks for visiting the 'Modern Family' honours," quipped host Jane Lynch following a ABC sitcom nabbed four straight trophies.Among other footnotes for the evening, a quartet of Oscar individuals who win -- Scorsese, author Julian Fellowes and Maggie Cruz for "Abbey" -- added Emmys for his or her trophy situation.Using what has become a surer factor than dying and taxes, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" also collected its ninth consecutive Emmy as variety/music/comedy series, proclaiming writing honors too.InchThe Astonishing Race," meanwhile, remains only slightly less dominant: After you have its own seven-year streak clicked on by "Top Chef" this season, the CBS reality-competition show reclaimed that prize.Former "two and a half Males" star Charlie Sheen came out just like a presenter for lead actor in the comedy series, striking a gracious note regarding his old show after bashing the producers before his exit. "In the feet of my heart, If perhaps you simply the most effective with this particular approaching season," he mentioned. The ultimate word, however, belonged to "Males" co-creator Chuck Lorre, who right after Sheen's appearance seen the celebs of his other two CBS sitcoms -- Parsons and McCarthy -- collect statues.Fox public the honours, so that as always the host network -- shut in the gold derby Sunday -- intensely promoted its fall programs. Still, ratings usually takes popular in the familiar source, "Sunday Evening Football," which featured a marquee game -- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick returning to Atlanta -- in the Emmys. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com