It was a great night for Homeland and Modern Family at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. The awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, kicked off in great fashion at the Nokia Theatre with hilarious moments and even a twitter prank. According to TVLine, the three-hour telecast scored a B from viewers but was it enough to keep you hooked? Here is a recap of the winners and top moments of last nights award show.
Modern Family still dominates the Comedy category. Eric Stonestreet picked up his second win (he won the first time in 2010) for Best Supporting Actor. Julie Bowen took home the Best Supporting Actress award for the second year in a row. Creator Steve Levitan won for Best Directing, and the Cast of Modern Family won for Best Comedy Series. Modern Family is the fifth show to three-peet in Best Comedy Series.
Two and a Half Men's Jon Cryer was surprised as he beat out Jim Parsons for the Leading Actor in a Comedy Series. And actress Julia Lewis-Dreyfus won for Leading Actress in a Comedy Series providing us with a hilarious acceptance speech mix up with Amy Pohler's speech.
The Man Men streak finally ends as Showtime's drama Homeland took home the Best Drama Series award ending Mad Men's four year reign. Homeland also won big in the Lead Actor and Actress category with Damian Lewis and a pregnant Clarie Danes accepting the award. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul won for the Supporting Actor category and Downtown Abby's Maggie Smith won for Supporting Actress.
Reality and Variety Television gets its time to shine here at the Emmys. The Amazing Race took home another win for best Reality Show however Dancing with the Stars Host Tom Burgeon finally won for Best Reality Host thanking Jeff Probst for not being nominated. Jon Steward has been dominating in the Variety Series category taking home its 10th award.
Sorry Sarah Palin but Jilliane Moore did you justice as she won for Actress in a Mini-series for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in Game Change. Kevin Costner won for Actor in a Mini-Series.
Best and Worst Moments of the Show, Jimmy Kimmels prank with Tracy Morgan. In order to get more people to watch the telecast, Jimmy told the audience and viewers to Tweet out "OMG. Tracy Morgan just passed out on the Emmys. Turn on ABC Now." With Tracy Morgan laying on the floor for 10 minutes and finally being carried out.
Modern Family's documentary style of the behind the scenes life showing actress Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Baby Lilly) being a brat on set. Making fun of Sofia Vegara and doing pranks to Ty Burell and Ed O'Neil.
Worst Moments: The awkward Jimmy Kimmel "In Memorium" moment with Josh Grobin singing a version of One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful.
Modern Family Creator Steve Levitan getting cut off from his acceptance speech with no time to even say his thank you's
How did you like the 2012 Emmy's? Did your favorite stars win?
