Mad Men won the Outstanding Drama series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18, 2011. The Primetime Emmy Awards were presented at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles and televised live on Fox TV. Winning series in the top drama categories included Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, Justified, The Good Wife, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones.
Mad Men
Mad Men, the stylish AMC drama about a 1960s advertising agency, took the Outstanding Drama Series for the fourth year in a row. Producer Matthew Weiner accepted the award on behalf of the cast and crew. The cast of Mad Men includes Jon Hamm as dashing ad executive Don Draper, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery and Vincent Karthheiser.
Mad Men won the trophy in a category of nominees that included; Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Game of Thrones and The Good Wife. Pan Am and Playboy Club join Mad Men on Retro Bandwagon
Boardwalk Empire
The HBO Prohibition Era drama Boardwalk Empire was honored with the Outstanding Director Emmy for Martin Scorsese. In addition to the award for Scorsese, Boardwalk picked up seven Creative Arts Emmys, for a total of eight Emmys. HBO premieres the second season of Boardwalk Empire on September 25, 2011. HBO wins 19 Emmys Leads Awards for 10th Year
The Good Wife
Julianna Margulies won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Award for her role in The Good Wife, which reurns for a third season on CBS on Sunday, September 25, 2011. The Good Wife is an intense legal drama that stars Julianna Margulies as the wife of a politician (Chris Noth) who starts over, as a lawyer, after he goes to prison. Julianna Margulies made the list of Forbes Best Paid TV Actresses
The nominees in the Outstanding Lead Actress category included Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Kathy Bates (Harry's Law), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), Mireille Enos (The Killing), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order SVU) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men).
Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler won the Outstanding Actor in a Drama in a surprise victory. The nominees in the category included Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Hugh Laurie (House) and Timothy Olyphant (Justified).
Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage of the sci-fi fantasy series Game of Thrones won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Game of Thrones, based on the novels by George R.R. Martin, returns for its second season in 2012, on HBO. The Borgias and Game of Thrones Historic Dramas
Nominees in the category included Josh Charles (The Good Wife), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Walter Goggins (Justified), John Slattery (Mad Men) and Andrew Braugher (Men of a Certain Age.)
Justified
Margo Martindale won the Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy for the FX western crime drama Justified, which stars Timoty Olyphant.
The nominees in the category included Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Chrisine Baranski (The Good Wife), MIchelle Forbes (The Killing) and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men).
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