‘Homeland’, ‘Modern Family’ Dominate Emmy Award

Homeland is the latest Emmy darling. The Showtime series dominated the drama categories at Sunday night's Emmy Awards -- scoring honors as Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor and Actress for Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, as well as the award for Outstanding Writing.

Modern Family continued its reign in the comedy categories, winning Outstanding Comedy Series for the third year in a row. Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet were both repeat winners in the supporting categories while Steve Levitan also scored an award for Outstanding Directing. However there was a changing of the guard in the lead actor and actress categories, with Jon Cryer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus scoring the big awards in their field

Another big winner was Louis C.K., who brought home two awards; for writing both Louie and his standup special Live at the Beacon Theatre.

In the Miniseries/Movie categories, Game Change emerged as the champion, winning Outstanding Miniseries or TV Movie and Outstanding Directing, while Julianne Moore scored the lead actress honor for her portrayal of Sarah Palin.

Elsewhere, Tom Bergeron won as outstanding reality host for Dancing With the Stars, while The Amazing Race won for outstanding reality competition series. Jon Stewart continued his dominance in the Variety category.

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Jimmy Kimmel staged one of his famous pranks: Tracy Morgan laid down on the stage and he told the viewers to tweet or write on Facebook that he had passed out.
• Michael J. Fox got a standing ovation from the audience when presenting the final award of the night, Best Comedy Series.
• Ron Howard, who played Andy Griffith's son on The Andy Griffith Show, honored his late TV father and presented the "In Memoriam" package.
• Ricky Gervais joked about whether the Emmys or Golden Globes (which he hosted) were better. He also took a shot at Louis C.K. for winning so many awards.
• Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon tackled Jon Stewart as he was going up on stage to accept his umpteenth award -- which he won over them.
• There was a fake "Memoriam" to Jimmy Kimmel, because he said that some people deserve to be honored while they're still alive. Josh Groban sang "That's What Makes You Beautiful" as the clips played.
• A pre-taped sketch featured the actress who plays Lily on Modern Family acting like a diva on set and annoying all of her older co-stars with her attitude.
• Melissa McCarthy was making sexual remarks about the nominees in the category she was presenting.
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus pretended to have switched speeches with Amy Poehler when they hugged following her win for best actress.
• The opening sketch featured Girls star Lena Dunham naked, eating cake on a toilet when other nominees burst in on her.
• Seth MacFarlane presented at the wrong microphone when he came on stage. He was eventually informed and moved to the correct one, where people could hear him.
• Tom Hanks accepted the Outstanding TV Movie award for Game Change -- sporting a mustache.

WINNER'S LIST

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Outstanding Writer for a Comedy Series - Louis C.K., Louie

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Julie Bowen, Modern Family

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series - Steven Levitan, Modern Family

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Outstanding Reality Competition Program - The Amazing Race

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program - Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, Homeland

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Damian Lewis, Homeland

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Claire Danes, Homeland

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Louis C.K., Live at the Beacon Theater

Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Glenn Weiss, 65th Tony Awards

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Tom Berenger, Hatfields & McCoys

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special - Danny Strong, Game Change

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Julianne Moore, Game Change

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special - Jay Roach, Game Change

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Outstanding Miniseries or TV Movie - Game Change

Outstanding Drama Series - Homeland

Outstanding Comedy Series - Modern Family