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2009 Emmy® Winners and Nominees

Grey GardensGrey Gardens (pictured), "30 Rock", and "Mad Men" were the top winners at this year's Emmy Awards. Check out the list of winners below, and photos from the big night.

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Outstanding Comedy Series

WINNER

"30 Rock" (2006)

Other Nominees:

"Entourage" (2004)

"Family Guy" (1999)

"Flight of the Conchords" (2007)

"How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

"The Office" (2005)

"Weeds" (2005)

Outstanding Drama Series

WINNER

"Mad Men" (2007)

Other Nominees:

"Big Love" (2006)

"Breaking Bad" (2008)

"Damages" (2007)

"Dexter" (2006)

"House M.D." (2004)

"Lost" (2004)

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

WINNER

Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees:

Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)

Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Outstanding Miniseries

WINNER

"Little Dorrit" (2008)

Other Nominees:

"Generation Kill" (2008)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Other Nominees:

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

Jemaine Clement for "Flight of the Conchords" (2007)

Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER

Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Other Nominees:

Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)

Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees:

Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008)

Kevin Kline for "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (#37.8)" (2008)

Ian McKellen for "Great Performances: King Lear (#37.12)" (2008)

Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)

Other Nominees:

Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)

Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)

Sarah Silverman for "The Sarah Silverman Program." (2007)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER

Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)

Other Nominees:

Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)

Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007)

Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" (2007)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees:

Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)

Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

Chandra Wilson for Accidental Friendship (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Other Nominees:

Kevin Dillon for "Entourage" (2004)

Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

Jack McBrayer for "30 Rock" (2006)

Tracy Morgan for "30 Rock" (2006)

Rainn Wilson for "The Office" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER

Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)

Other Nominees:

Christian Clemenson for "Boston Legal" (2004)

William Hurt for "Damages" (2007)

Aaron Paul for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)

John Slattery for "Mad Men" (2007)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Ken Howard for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees:

Len Cariou for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Tom Courtenay for "Little Dorrit" (2008)

Bob Newhart for The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) (TV)

Andy Serkis for "Little Dorrit" (2008)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Kristin Chenoweth for "Pushing Daisies" (2007)

Other Nominees:

Jane Krakowski for "30 Rock" (2006)

Elizabeth Perkins for "Weeds" (2005)

Amy Poehler for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Kristen Wiig for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Vanessa Williams for "Ugly Betty" (2006)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER

Cherry Jones for "24" (2001)

Other Nominees:

Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)

Hope Davis for "In Treatment" (2008)

Sandra Oh for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)

Chandra Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Shohreh Aghdashloo for "House of Saddam" (2008)

Other Nominees:

Marcia Gay Harden for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV)

Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Jeanne Tripplehorn for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Cicely Tyson for Relative Stranger (2009) (TV)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

WINNER

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (1996)

Other Nominees:

"The Colbert Report" (2005)

"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)

"Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003)

"Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

WINNER

"The Amazing Race" (2001)

Other Nominees:

"American Idol" (2002)

"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)

"Project Runway" (2004)

"Top Chef" (2006)

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality - Competition Program

WINNER

Jeff Probst for "Survivor" (2000)

Other Nominees:

Tom Bergeron for "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)

Phil Keoghan for "The Amazing Race" (2001)

Heidi Klum for "Project Runway" (2004)

Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio for "Top Chef" (2006)

Ryan Seacrest for "American Idol" (2002)

Outstanding Reality Program (Previously Announced)

WINNER

"Intervention" (2005)

Other Nominees:

"Antiques Roadshow" (1997)

"Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" (2004)

"Dirty Jobs" (2005)

"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (2005)

"MythBusters" (2003)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special (Previously Announced)

WINNER

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Other Nominees:

Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg (2008) (TV)

Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch (2009) (TV)

Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008) (TV)

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W Bush (2009) (TV)