AMC’s “Mad Men”, the TV series set on Madison Avenue in the 1960s, won its fourth consecutive Emmy for drama series tonight, September 18th. Before tonight’s awards ceremony, “Mad Men” had already won 13 Emmys, four Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
As written in the LA Times, Charlie Sheen “offered an olive branch to his former colleagues, whom he had relentlessly trashed on TV, radio and Twitter months earlier.
Sheen’s apparent humility in presenting the award for lead actor in a comedy was the polar opposite of the ranting actor who continually declared that he had “tiger blood” and was constantly “winning. Sheen later tweeted that he had spoken with Ashton Kutcher, who has replaced him on the CBS sitcom. “Seriously,” he tweeted to Kutcher “Great talking to you. We’ll all be watching. Makes us proud.”
Also read how Emmy night unfolded (including Stuart Emmrich’s quick-hit fashion critique from the red carpet before the show. A handful of shots from the Red Carpet can be found towards the end of this post. (scroll down).
Modern Family” gathered up five awards at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards show, including best comedy, the second consecutive year the ABC sitcom won the top comedy award.
From the NY Times blog: “there were a few surprises in a miss-and-hit broadcast, according to The New York Times’s Dave Itzkoff, who blogged about the Emmys show with Neil Genzlinger and Mike Hale, Times TV critics. Kyle Chandler (best actor in a drama) and Jason Katims (outstanding writing) won for their work on “Friday Night Lights.” And the British drama “Downton Abbey,” which was on PBS, bested “Mildred Pierce,” on HBO, for best miniseries or TV movie.“
Red Carpet Shots below.
Above: Mad Men’s” Jon Hamm and girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt.
Above: “The Good Wife” actor Alan Cumming.
Group shot at top and Charlie Sheen Photo credit: Mario Anzuoni / Reuters. Red carpet photo credits: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times / September 18, 2011 for Kathy Griffin, Mad Men’s” Jon Hamm and girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt, “The Good Wife” actor Alan Cumming. Photo credit for Rachel Taylor, Annie Ilonzeh and Minka Kelly shot: Danny Moloshok / Reuters / September 18, 2011. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images / September 18, 2011 for “Saturday Night Live” star Kristen Wiig.
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