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61st Primetime Emmy Awards
Promotional poster
Date
LocationNokia Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byNeil Patrick Harris
Highlights
Most awards
Most nominations30 Rock (13)
Outstanding Comedy Series30 Rock
Outstanding Drama SeriesMad Men
Outstanding MiniseriesLittle Dorrit
Outstanding Reality-Competition ProgramThe Amazing Race
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Websitehttp://www.emmys.com/ Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Produced byDon Mischer
Directed byGlenn Weiss
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The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 20, 2009[1] on CBS. It took place at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The nominations were announced on July 16, 2009.[2]

On July 13, 2009, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that Neil Patrick Harris would host the Primetime ceremony (even going so far as to play Dr. Horrible at one point).[3] The Creative Arts Emmy Awards for prime time were hosted by Kathy Griffin on September 12.[4]

After the previous year's lackluster performance in ratings, the Primetime Emmy Awards were hoping to achieve success by selecting Harris as sole host, as opposed to a group of hosts as in the previous year. The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards earned a 4.2 rating in the 18–49 demo and drew 13.3 million, 1.1 million more than the previous year's all-time low.[5]

30 Rock became the sixth show to win Outstanding Comedy Series three consecutive years, winning three major awards on that night. 30 Rock made history when it smashed the record for most major nominations by a comedy series with 18. The Cosby Show had held the record of 13 since 1986, while 30 Rock had tied this the previous year. The 18 major nominations became the third biggest record of all time, behind Roots' record number of 21 in 1977 and NYPD Blue's mark of 19 in 1994. These records still stand.

The drama field also crowned the defending champion, AMC's Mad Men. It won two major awards on that night. After airing for fifteen seasons, ER went out a winner as its series finale won for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. This was the first major win for ER since 2001.

Cherry Jones became the first from a Fox network show to win the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series but also the second female ever from Fox to win a Major Acting award since Gillian Anderson in 1997.

History was also made by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Amazing Race. Both programs won their series categories for the seventh straight year, this broke the record for most consecutive victories in a major category of six that was held by The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cagney & Lacey. The Amazing Race would lose the following year. However, in 2013, The Daily Show's streak was finally snapped by The Colbert Report, after a record of ten consecutive wins.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[6]

Alec Baldwin, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Toni Collette, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Bryan Cranston, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
Glenn Close, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Brendan Gleeson, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jessica Lange, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jon Cryer, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Kristin Chenoweth, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Michael Emerson, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
Cherry Jones, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
Ken Howard, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jeff Probst, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program winner

Programs

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Programs

Acting

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Lead performances

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Lead performances

Supporting performances

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Supporting performances

Hosting

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Hosting

Music

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Music

Directing

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Directing

Writing

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Writing

Most major nominations

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Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
Network No. of
Nominations
HBO 38
NBC 25
CBS 17
ABC 16
AMC 12
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network No. of
Nominations
30 Rock Comedy NBC 13
Mad Men Drama AMC 9
Grey Gardens Movie HBO 7
Into the Storm 6
Saturday Night Live Variety NBC
Damages Drama FX 5
Flight of the Conchords Comedy HBO
Little Dorrit Miniseries PBS
The Office Comedy NBC 4
Taking Chance Movie HBO
American Idol Competition Fox 3
Boston Legal Drama ABC
Breaking Bad AMC
The Colbert Report Variety Comedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Entourage Comedy HBO
Generation Kill Miniseries
In Treatment Drama
Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS
Lost Drama ABC
Weeds Comedy Showtime
The Amazing Race Competition CBS 2
Coco Chanel Movie Lifetime
Dancing with the Stars Competition ABC
Dexter Drama Showtime
Grey's Anatomy ABC
House Fox
How I Met Your Mother Comedy CBS
Prayers for Bobby Movie Lifetime
Project Runway Competition Bravo
Real Time with Bill Maher Variety HBO
Top Chef Competition Bravo
Two and a Half Men Comedy CBS
Wallander: One Step Behind Movie PBS

Most major awards

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Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
Network No. of
Awards
HBO 5
NBC
ABC 3
AMC
CBS
PBS
Comedy Central 2
Fox
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network No. of
Awards
30 Rock Comedy NBC 3
Grey Gardens Movie HBO
Little Dorrit Miniseries PBS
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Variety Comedy Central 2
Mad Men Drama AMC
Notes
  1. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Presenters

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The awards were presented by the following:

Name(s) Role
Tina Fey
Jon Hamm		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alyson Hannigan
Josh Radnor
Jason Segel
Cobie Smulders		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Amy Poehler		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Justin Timberlake Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Blake Lively
Leighton Meester		 Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series winner Justin Timberlake
and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series winner Tina Fey
Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Rob Lowe Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer
Hayden Panettiere		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tracy Morgan Presenter of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Kevin Bacon
Kyra Sedgwick		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kate Walsh
Chandra Wilson		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Patricia Arquette
Jennifer Love Hewitt		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Alec Baldwin Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Kiefer Sutherland
Anna Torv		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Miniseries
Kaley Cuoco
Johnny Galecki
Jim Parsons		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Jimmy Fallon Presenter of the award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Ricky Gervais Presenter of the award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
LL Cool J
Chris O'Donnell		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
David Boreanaz
Stephen Moyer		 Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series winner Michael J. Fox
and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winner Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Michael J. Fox		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Simon Baker Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Dana Delany Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bob Newhart Presenter of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Sigourney Weaver Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series

In Memoriam

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The singer Sarah McLachlan performed the song "I Will Remember You" during the tribute:

References

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  1. ^ Emmys move back to Sept. 20
  2. ^ 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Calendar ATAS
  3. ^ "Neil Patrick Harris to Host the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, to Be Broadcast Live, Sunday, Sept. 20 on the CBS Television Network". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. July 13, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  4. ^ HBO Tops 2009 Creative Arts Emmys, NBC Leads Nets from the official Emmy website (retrieved September 13, 2009)
  5. ^ CBC News - Television - Genial host helped boost Emmy ratings
  6. ^ Emmys.com list of 2009 Nominees & Winners
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