Cranston tops Emmy winners list

Emmy award winning actor Bryan Cranston, from Breaking Bad, with his family.

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Poll

Which is your favourite TV show?

This poll ended on 31 March 2011.

Mad Men

8%

Glee

10%

Modern Family

16%

Damages

2%

The Good Wife

10%

The Closer

2%

True Blood

2%

Lost

2%

Breaking Bad

27%

United States of Tara

5%

The Big Bang Theory

8%

30 Rock

2%

This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.

BRYAN Cranston's portrayal of a meth dealer in Breaking Bad and Kyra Sedgwick's role as a brassy deputy police chief in The Closer have earned the pair top drama series acting Emmy Awards.

Cranston's honour was his third trophy for his role as a high school math teacher gone wrong, while his co-star, Aaron Paul, earned his first award as best supporting actor for the series.

"During the time it took me to walk up here, I venture there were 200 text messages to the other nominees saying, 'You were robbed'. I cannot argue with that," Cranston said.

Aussies miss out at Emmy Awards

Archie Panjabi of The Good Wife was honoured as best supporting actress in a drama for her part as a law-firm's in-house private investigator, beating Australian Rose Byrne among other nominees.

Edie Falco of Nurse Jackie and Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory were honoured for their comedy series lead roles.

Falco's trophy for her part as a tough but troubled nurse came after her hallmark turn as a mob boss' wife in The Sopranos, for which she won three best drama actress Emmys.

"Oh, this is the most ridiculous thing that has ever happened in the history of this awards show. I'm not funny!" said Falco, who won over Toni Collette, last year's winner and a nominee again this year for her role in United States of Tara.

Parsons won for his portrayal of a scientist as nerdy as he is brilliant. He ended fellow nominee Alec Baldwin's two-year winning streak for 30 Rock and beat out other heavyweights including Tony Shalhoub, nominated for the final season of Monk and a three-time winner, and Steve Carell of The Office.

Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet and Glee's Jane Lynch were honoured for their comedy-series supporting roles.

"All I wanted to be was a clown in the circus when I was a kid growing up," said Stonestreet, who plays a boisterous gay dad and partner. He thanked his parents for their support and promised to send his trophy home with them.

Lynch also thanked her folks along with her wife, Lara Embry. The pair married in Massachusetts in May.

Top Chef won best reality series, ending the seven-year winning streak of The Amazing Race.

Host Jimmy Fallon opened the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards on a musical note, performing a song-and-dance number with the cast of Glee and a wildly mismatched group of celebrities including Betty White, Jon Hamm, Kate Gosselin and Randy Jackson.

Much of the group ended up on the Nokia Theatre stage to kick off the awards with a high-energy version of Born to Run, with Fallon on guitar.

"Tonight we're going to celebrate your work," Fallon told the audience.

"So let's have some fun tonight."

Last year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, was a presenter on Sunday and took the time to rib Fallon.

"I want to thank the (TV) academy for allowing a gay man to host the Emmys two years in a row. Congratulations, Jimmy, you're doing a good job," Harris said, smiling.

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