66th Annual Primetime Emmy Winners

 
It was a huge night for Breaking Bad at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Monday. The final season of Vince Gilligan's acclaimed series was nearly unstoppable in the drama categories, winning for best series, plus wins for Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn - and for Moira Walley-Beckett for her script to the phenomenal "Ozymandias."
HBO may be regretting submitting True Detective in the drama series categories, rather than as a miniseries. While Cary Joji Fukunaga won for directing for his work on the show, there were a lot of people who expected Matthew McConaughey to continue his huge winning streak at both film and TV awards shows the past year, but he lost to Cranston. Fargo meanwhile took home the best miniseries honors, though Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch beat out the stars of Fargo for best actor in a miniseries or TV movie. Steven Moffat and Martin Freeman also picked up Emmys for Sherlock.
On the comedy front, Modern Family continued to dominate in several categories, though it was Louie that won for best writing, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus won for best actress and Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory.

Check out several of the highlights below, with the winners marked in RED.

 

Outstanding Drama Series

True Detective (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC) - WINNER
Mad Men (AMC)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Silicon Valley (HBO)
Veep (HBO)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC) - WINNER
Louie (FX)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Outstanding Miniseries

American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Fargo (FX) - WINNER
The White Queen (Starz)
Bonnie and Clyde (A&E, Lifetime, History)
Treme (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) - WINNER
Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Woody Harrelson (True Detective)
Matthew McConaughey (True Detective)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex)
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) - WINNER
Kerry Washington (Scandal)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) - WINNER
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Louis C.K. (Louie)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Ricky Gervais (Derek)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Lena Dunham Girls)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) - WINNER
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) - WINNER
Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Josh Charles (The Good Wife)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) - WINNER
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

Moira Walley-Beckett - Breaking Bad "Ozymandias" - WINNER
Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad "Felina"
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones "The Children"
Beau Willimon - House of Cards "Chapter 14"
Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective "The Secret Fate Of All Of Life"

 

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

David Crane - Episodes "Episode 305"
Louis C.K. - Louie "So Did the Fat Lady" - WINNER
Liz Friedman, Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black "I Wasn't Ready"
Alec Berg - Silicon Valley "Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency"
Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci - Veep "Special Relationship"

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire "Farewell Daddy Blues"
Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad "Felina"
David Evans - Downton Abbey "Episode One"
Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones "The Watchers on the Wall"
Carl Franklin - House of Cards "Chapter 14"
Cary Joji Fukunaga - True Detective "Who Goes There" - WINNER

 

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Iain B. MacDonald - Episodes "Episode Nine"
Paris Barclay - Glee "100"
Louis C.K. - Louie "Elevator, Part 6"
Gail Mancuso - Modern Family "Las Vegas" - WINNER
Jodie Foster - Orange Is the New Black "Lesbian Request Denied"
Mike Judge - Silicon Valley "Minimum Viable Product"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Tony Hale (Veep)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Adam Driver (Girls)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family) - WINNER
Fred Armisen (Portlandia)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Allison Janney (Mom) - WINNER
Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black)
Kate McKinnon (SNL)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dancing on the Edge)
Martin Freeman (Fargo)
Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo)
Idris Elba (Luther)
Mark Ruffalo (The Normal Heart)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) - WINNER

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Coven) - WINNER
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Coven)
Helena Bonham Carter (Burton and Taylor)
Minnie Driver (Return to Zero)
Kristen Wiig (The Spoils of Babylon)
Cicely Tyson (The Trip to Bountiful)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Colin Hanks (Fargo)
Jim Parsons (The Normal Heart)
Joe Mantello (The Normal Heart)
Alfred Molina (The Normal Heart)
Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart)
Martin Freeman (Sherlock) - WINNER

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

 

Frances Conroy (American Horror Story: Coven)
Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Coven) - WINNER
Angela Bassett (American Horror Story: Coven)
Allison Tolman (Fargo)
Ellen Burstyn (Flowers in the Attic)
Julia Roberts (The Normal Heart) 
 
For the full list of winners, go to the official Emmy website.