2010 Emmy Recap

The Emmy Awards show is possibly the gayest awards show on television. Well, maybe the gayest after the Oscars, the Grammy’s, the Tony’s, and the NewNowNext awards. The Emmy Awards are definitely top five!

Either way, for the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards, Jimmy Fallon took the hosting reigns and did a fantastic job. To open the show, Fallon was joined by Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Betty White, Kate Gosselin, Jorge Garcia, Nina Dobrev, Joel McHale, and the cast of Glee for a very Glee musical number.

There were a lot of surprises, and of course the expected “well duh” moments. If I could sum up the evening in three words it would be:

“GAY WON BIG!”

With Glee and  Modern Family sweeping most of the categories they were nominated for, gay clearly was the winner.

Here’s the breakdown of the winners, and a special treat is waiting at the bottom, the opening number!

• Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Eric Stonestreet (“Cameron” on Modern Family)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Jane Lynch (“Sue Sylvester” on Glee)
• Best Writing for a Comedy Series – Modern Family
• Best Director for a Comedy Series – Ryan Murphy (Glee)
• Best Actor in a Comedy Series – Jim Parsons (“Sheldon Cooper” on The Big Bang Theory)
• Best Actress in a Comedy Series – Edie Falco (“Jackie Peyton” on Nurse Jackie)
• Best Reality Series – Top Chef
• Best Writing for a Drama Series – Mad Men
• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Aaron Paul (“Jesse Pinkman” on Breaking Bad)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Archie Panjabi (“Kalinda Sharma” on The Good Wife)
• Best Actor in a Drama Series – Bryan Cranston (“Walter H. White” on Breaking Bad)
• Best Director for a Drama Series – Steve Shill (Dexter)
• Best Actress in a Drama Series – Kyra Sedgewick (“Brenda Leigh Johnson” on The Closer)
• Best Director for a Variety or Musical Show – Bucky Gunts (2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremonies)
• Best Variety or Musical Show – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie – Julia Ormond (“Eustacia” from Temple Grandin)
• Best Suppotring Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie – David Strathairn (“Professor Carlock” from Temple Grandin)
• Best Writing for a Mini-Series or Movie – Adam Mazer (You Don’t Know Jack)
• Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie – Clair Danes (“Temple Grandin” from Temple Grandin)
• Best Director of a Mini-Series or Movie – Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin)
• Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie – Al Pacino (“Jack Kevorkian” from You Don’t Know Jack)
• Best Mini-Series – The Pacific
• Best Drama Series – Mad Men

George Clooney was given the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, and a touching performance dedicated to the TV personalities we’ve lost in the last year like Rue McClanahan.

What do you think was the biggest surprise?

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