Television crime saga 'Breaking Bad' won its first Emmy award in the drama series while 'Modern Family' won its fourth consecutive trophy in the comedy category at the 65th Emmy Awards here.
'Breaking bad', which is set to end soon, earned its long due Emmy by besting competition from 'Mad Men', 'Home Land', 'House of Cards', 'Game of Thrones' and 'Downton Abbey' in a tightly contested category.
It was an unbelievable moment for executive producer Vince Gilligan.
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"I did not see this coming," Gilligan said.
'Modern Family' retained its crown by beating '30 Rock', 'Girls', 'Louie', 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'Veep' in the comedy series. The awards took place on Sunday at the LA's Nokia Theatre.
Jeff Daniels won the annual outstanding actor in a drama award for his role as Will McAvoy in 'The Newsroom' while seeing off competition from Bryan Cranston of 'Breaking Bad', Kevin Spacey 'House Of Cards', Damian Lewis 'Homeland', Hugh Bonneville 'Downton Abbey' and Jon Hamm 'Mad Men'.
Claire Danes won her second outstanding actress in a drama category Emmy as Carrie Mathison in 'Homeland' and paid tribute to the series' writer Henry Bromell, who died last March and who received a writing Emmy posthumously.
Danes bested Elisabeth Moss 'Mad Men', Michelle Dockery 'Downton Abbey', Vera Farmiga 'Bates Motel', 'Kerry Washington 'Scandal', Robin Wright 'House Of Cards' and Connie Britton 'Nashville' to win the trophy.
Supporting honours in the drama category went to Anna Gunn for 'Breaking Bad' and Bobby Cannavale for 'Boardwalk Empire'.
