The 60th US TV Emmy Awards took place last night with '30 Rock', ‘Mad Men' and ‘John Adams' the big winners on the night.
Tina Fey's TV satire ‘30 Rock' dominated the comedy side of this year's Awards, winning four honours including best series.
Period dramas ‘Mad Men' and ‘John Adams' won the awards for best drama series and best mini-series respectively.
Irish author Cecelia Ahern's ‘Samantha Who' was nominated for two awards, picking up the Emmy for best Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
The show, Ahern's first TV sitcom, stars Christina Applegate as Samantha, who after a hit-and-run awakens a week later to discover she has lost her memory. She soon discovers she was an awful person before the accident and hadn't spoken to her parents in two years, was an alcoholic and was having an affair with a married man. The show is currently airing on TG4.
The complete list of winners:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart, Samantha Who? (ABC)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages (FX)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Diane Wiest, In Treatment (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Dame Eileen Atkins, Cranford (Masterpiece) (PBS)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Laura Linney, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
Louis J. Horvitz, The 80th Annual Academy Awards
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
Don Rickles, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Barry Sonnenfeld, Pushing Daisies - "Pie-lette" (ABC)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, 30 Rock - "Cooter" (NBC)
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Recount (HBO)
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Jay Roach, Recount (HBO)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Kirk Ellis, John Adams - "Independence" (HBO)
OUTSTANDING REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY/COMPETITION SHOW
Jeff Probst, Survivor (CBS)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Greg Yaitanes, House - "House's Head" (Fox)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (AMC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brian Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men (AMC)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)