PARTIAL WINNERS LIST
Supporting actress, comedy series: Merritt Wever, “Nurse Jackie,” Showtime
Writing, comedy series: Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield, “30 Rock”
Supporting actor, comedy series: Tony Hale, “Veep,” HBO
Actress, comedy series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep,” HBO
Directing, comedy series: Gail Mancuso, “Modern Family,” ABC
Actor, comedy series: Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS
Actress, miniseries or movie: Laura Linney, “The Big C: Hereafter”
Writing, drama series: Henry Bromell, “Homeland,” Showtime
Supporting actress, drama series: Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad,” AMC
Reality-competition program: “The Voice,” NBC
Supporting actor, drama series: Bobby Cannavale, “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO
Actor, drama series: Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom,” HBO
Actress, drama series: Claire Danes, “Homeland,” Showtime
Directing, drama series: David Fincher, “House of Cards,” Netflix
Writing, variety series: “The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central
Directing, variety series: Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC
Variety series: “The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central
Choreography: Derek Hough, “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC
Writing, miniseries or movie: Abi Morgan, “The Hour,” BBC America
Supporting actor, miniseries or movie: James Cromwell, “American Horror Story: Asylum,” FX Networks
Directing, miniseries or movie: Steven Soderbergh, “Behind The Candelabra,” HBO
Supporting actress, miniseries or movie: Ellen Burstyn, “Political Animals,” USA
— Associated Press
Jeff Daniels won the Emmy Award on Sunday for best actor in a drama series for his portrayal of an idealistic TV anchorman in “The Newsroom,” with Claire Danes capturing top actress honors for her troubled CIA agent in “Homeland.”
Daniels noted that he’d also received an age 50-plus acting honor from AARP, which represents the interests of older Americans.
“With all due respect to the AARP, this is even better,” Daniels said.
Danes, who captured her second trophy for the terrorism drama, paid tribute to one of the series’ writers, Henry Brommell, who died in March and who received a writing Emmy posthumously Sunday.
Danes’ win ended the hope that “Scandal” best actress nominee Kerry Washington would become the first African-American to win in the category since Cicely Tyson in 1995 for “Sweet Justice.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus claimed her second consecutive best comedy actress award for her role as an ambitious political second banana in “Veep,” with Jim Parsons again claiming the best comedy actor trophy for “The Big Bang Theory.”
“This is so much good fortune it’s almost too much to bear,” said Louis-Dreyfus. “I’m very grateful to have the opportunity to make people laugh. It’s a joyful way to make a living.”
Parsons added to the awards he won in 2011 and 2010.
“My heart, oh my heart. I want you to know I’m very aware of how exceedingly fortunate I am,” he said.
Merritt Wever of “Nurse Jackie” won the night’s first award, for best supporting actress in a comedy series, kicking off the ceremony on a surprising note and with a remarkably brief acceptance speech.
“Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Um, I got to go, bye,” Wever told the audience after besting a field that included two-time winner Julie Bowen of “Modern Family.”
“Merritt Wever, best speech ever,” host Neil Patrick Harris said.
Backstage, she offered an explanation: “I’m sorry I didn’t thank anyone. I was going to cry.”
Tony Hale of “Veep” claimed the trophy for best supporting actor in a comedy, a category that has been the property in recent years of the men of “Modern Family.”
“Oh, man…. This is mindblowing, mindblowing,” Hale said.
Laura Linney was named best actress in a miniseries or movie for “The Big C: Hereafter.” ”The Voice” won best reality-competition program, “The Colbert Report” was crowned best variety show and Tina Fey won for writing “30 Rock.”
Bobby Cannavale, from “Boardwalk Empire,” won as best supporting actor in a drama, and Anna Gunn from “Breaking Bad” won the best actress award in the same category.
The ceremony’s first hour was relatively somber, with memorial tributes and a doleful song by Elton John in honor of the late musical star Liberace, the subject of the nominated biopic “Behind the Candelabra.”
Robin Williams offered another tribute. “Jonathan Winters was my mentor,” Williams said of the actor-comedian. “I told him that and he said, ‘Please, I prefer ‘idol.’”
Also honored was Cory Monteith, the “Glee” star who died at age 31 in July of a drug and alcohol overdose.
“Cory was a beautiful soul,” said his co-star Jane Lynch. “He was not perfect, which so many of us here tonight can relate to. His death is a tragic reminder of the rapacious, senseless destruction that is brought on my addiction.”
