Primetime Emmys 2014: Main winners – WBNews

The winners at the 2014 Primetime Emmy awards have been announced in Los Angeles, with drug drama Breaking Bad winning five awards on the night.

Here is a selection of the key winners.

Outstanding comedy series

Winner: Modern Family

Also nominated:

• The Big Bang Theory
• Louie
• Orange is the New Black
• Silicon Valley
• Veep

Outstanding drama series

Winner: Breaking Bad

Also nominated:

• Downton Abbey
• Game of Thrones
• House of Cards
• Mad Men
• True Detective

Outstanding miniseries

Winner: Fargo

Also nominated:

• American Horror Story: Coven
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Luther
• Treme
• The White Queen

Outstanding TV movie

Winner: The Normal Heart

Also nominated:

• Burton and Taylor
• Killing Kennedy
• Return to Zero
• Sherlock: His Last Vow
• The Trip to Bountiful

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

Winner: Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

Also nominated:

• Louis CK – Louie
• Don Cheadle – House of Lies
• Ricky Gervais – Derek
• Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
• William H Macy – Shameless

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

Winner: Ty Burrell – Modern Family

Also nominated:

• Fred Armisen – Portlandia
• Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Adam Driver – Girls
• Tony Hale – Veep
• Jessie Tyler-Ferguson – Modern Family

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep

Also nominated:

• Lena Dunham – Girls
• Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
• Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
• Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
• Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

Winner: Allison Janney – Mom

Also nominated:

• Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
• Julie Bowen – Modern Family
• Anna Chlumsky – Veep
• Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
• Kate Mulgrew – Orange is the New Black

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Winner: Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

Also nominated:

• Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
• Jon Hamm – Mad Men
• Woody Harrelson – True Detective
• Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
• Kevin Spacey – House of Cards

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

Winner: Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad

Also nominated:

• Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
• Josh Charles – The Good Wife
• Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
• Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
• Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

Winner: Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

Also nominated:

• Lizzy Caplan – Masters of Sex
• Claire Danes – Homeland
• Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
• Kerry Washington – Scandal
• Robin Wright – House of Cards

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

Winner: Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad

Also nominated:

• Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
• Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
• Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
• Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
• Dame Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey

Outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie

Winner: Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: His Last Vow

Also nominated:

• Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
• Idris Elba – Luther
• Martin Freeman – Fargo
• Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
• Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

Outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie

Winner: Martin Freeman – Sherlock: His Last Vow

Also nominated:

• Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
• Colin Hanks – Fargo
• Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart
• Alfred Molina – The Normal Heart
• Jim Parsons – The Normal Heart

Outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie

Winner: Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven

Also nominated:

• Helena Bonham Carter – Burton and Taylor
• Minnie Driver – Return to Zero
• Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Coven
• Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful
• Kristen Wiig – The Spoils of Babylon

Outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie

Winner: Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven

Also nominated:

• Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Coven
• Ellen Burstyn – Flowers in the Attic
• Frances Conroy – American Horror Story: Coven
• Julia Roberts – The Normal Heart
• Alison Tolman – Fargo

Outstanding writing in a drama

Winner: Moira Walley-Beckett – Breaking Bad

Also nominated:

• Vince Gilligan – Breaking Bad
• David Benioff, DB Weiss – Game of Thrones
• Beau Willimon – House of Cards
• Nic Pizzolatto – True Detective

Outstanding writing in a comedy

Winner: Louis CK – Louie

Also nominated:

• David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes
• Liz Friedman, Jenji Kohan – Orange is the New Black
• Alec Berg – Silicon Valley
• Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci – Veep

Outstanding writing in a miniseries or movie

Winner: Steven Moffat – Sherlock: His Last Vow

Also nominated:

• Neil Cross – Luther
• Noah Hawley – Fargo
• Larry Kramer – The Normal Heart
• Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk – American Horror Story: Coven
• David Simon, Eric Overmyer – Treme

A complete list of winners, including in the technical categories, is available on the Emmys website.

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