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Sopranos and 30 Rock take home primetime Emmys


The Sopranos went out with a bang and took home three Emmys for its final season, including best Drama. This was the Sopranos second win for best Drama, having earned the Emmy for the first time in 2004. None of the actors of the Sopranos were honored with Emmys this year, but both James Gandolfini and Edie Falco have won three separate Emmys for best actor and actress in a drama.

Minor controversies this year included a several second blackout after Ray Romano made a joke about his old costar Patricia Heaton f’ing her new costar Kelsey Grammar, and Katherine Heigl mouthing a swear word when she learned that she had won best supporting actress for a drama. Heigl said she didn’t expect to win and didn’t have anything prepared, but was sure to add that she’d worked 17 years in the industry and “worked her ass off.”

America Fererra took home best actress in a comedy and sounded a bit more gracious in her acceptance speech, saying “This is such an amazing, wonderful achievement. The award is to be able to get up and go to work tomorrow.”

Tina Fey quipped when 30 Rock won for best comedy that she wanted to thank the “dozens and dozens of viewers.”

And another censor happened at the end of Sally Field’s rambling two minute acceptance speech for best actress for her work on Brothers and Sisters. She criticised the war on Iraq when praising mothers saying “Surely this [award] belongs to all the mothers in the world. May they been seen, may their work be valued, and raised, and especially to the mothers who stand with an open heart and wait. Wait for their children to come home from danger, from harm’s way and from war… And to war, um um…. I am proud to be one of those women…”

At the end she tried to add “If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any god-damned wars in the first place,” and she was cut off after “God.” It’s a pretty good statement against the war, but she should have cut the speech shorter and put it in the middle so she wouldn’t get cut off. [Thanks to Democratic Underground for the details. Other details and quotes from AP Article and People.com]

Here’s the complete list of winners at the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Drama: “The Sopranos,” HBO.

Comedy: “30 Rock,” NBC.

Miniseries: “Broken Trail,” AMC.

Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central.

Variety, Music or Comedy Special: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.

Made-for-TV Movie: “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” HBO.

Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS.

Creative Achievement in Interactive TV: Current.

Actor, Comedy Series: Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC.

Actor, Drama Series: James Spader, “Boston Legal,” ABC.

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Robert Duvall, “Broken Trail,” AMC.

Actress, Drama Series: Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC.

Actress, Comedy Series: America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty,” ABC.

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, “Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre),” PBS.

Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Terry O’Quinn, “Lost,” ABC.

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, “Entourage,” HBO.

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Thomas Haden Church, “Broken Trail,” AMC.

Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC.

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl,” NBC.

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Judy Davis, “The Starter Wife,” USA.

Individual Performance, Variety or Music Program: Tony Bennett, “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.

Directing, Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Kennedy and Heidi,” HBO.

Directing, Comedy Series: “Ugly Betty: Pilot,” ABC.

Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre),” PBS

Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Program: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” NBC.

Writing for a Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Made in America,” HBO.

Writing, Comedy Series: “The Office: Gay Witch Hunt,” NBC.

Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Prime Suspect: The Final Act,” PBS

Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC.

And here’s Sally Field’s Acceptance Speech:

And a memorable performance by Christina Aguilera and Tony Bennett. Can you imagine if Britney tried to perform?

Here are pictures from the press room including Thomas Haden Church, Tony Bennett, Robert Duvall, Sally Fields, America Ferrera, Helen Mirren, Katherine Heigl, Terry O’Quinn Jon Stewart, James Spader, Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, and Alec Baldwin. Thanks to Splash and WENN for these pictures.

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