'30 Rock' and 'Mad Men' Crown Emmy Night at The Insider

In a night of fun but few surprises, "30 Rock" and "Mad Men" were named TV's top comedy and drama, respectively, at the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night -- and "The Insider" was there!

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"Mad Men" trumped "Big Love," "Breaking Bad," "Damages," "Lost," "House" and "Dexter," and in accepting the Emmy, show creator Matthew Weiner told the audience, "we worked very hard not to have it stink in the second year," adding, "it is an amazing time to work in TV."

"30 Rock" won Outstanding Comedy Series, besting "Family Guy," "How I Met Your Mother," "Weeds," "Flight of the Conchords" "Entourage" and "The Office." "Whew! That was a nailbiter," joked Tina Fey as she accepted on behalf of the cast and crew and thanked their families for putting up with their busy work schedule.

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston won his second consecutive Emmy as Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series, beating out Simon Baker, Gabriel Byrne, Michael C. Hall, Jon Hamm and Hugh Laurie. "It's an embarrassment of riches for me," he said. "I am a poor kid from the Valley, I don’t know what I'm doing up here. I feel like Cinderfella."

Glenn Close won the Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series statuette for her intense role in "Damages." In a salute to her fellow nominees -- Sally Field, Mariska Hargitay, Holly Hunter, Elisabeth Moss and Kyra Sedgwick -- she said, "I respect you and I'm inspired by your talent," and acknowledged, "probably, maybe, the character of my lifetime, depending on what we do this season."

"Lost" creep Michael Emerson charmed the Academy to win his first Emmy as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, telling the audience, "I feel like I'm living out a character actor's dream" for "the role of my lifetime." He sabotaged fellow nominees William Shatner, John Slattery, William Hurt, Christian Clemenson and Aaron Paul.

"30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin nabbed the Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series award over Steve Carell, Jemaine Clement, Jim Parsons, Tony Shalhoub and Charlie Sheen. Taking the statuette from presenter Rob Lowe, Baldwin cracked, "I'd be honest, I'd trade this to look like him." He thanked the "30 Rock" cast and singled out producer Lorne Michaels, "the greatest boss you could ever have."

Toni Collette notched a surprised win as Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "United States of Tara," over critical favorite Tina Fey and Christina Applegate, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mary Louise-Parker, and Sarah Silverman -- who sported a fake mustache in the audience. Of her multiple-personalities character, Toni joked, "I hope [my daughter] doesn't end up in therapy wondering why a strange man was breast feeding her at three months of age."

"Two and a Half Men" star Jon Cryer walked away with the statuette for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, besting Kevin Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris, Jack McBrayer, Tracy Morgan and Rainn Wilson. On his first Emmy win after four noms, he jested, "I used to think that awards were shallow tokens of momentary popularity, but now I realize they are the only measure of a person as a human being." He also turned the spotlight to his co-star, saying, "Charlie Sheen is amazing and he needs one of these."

"Pushing Daisies" star Kristin Chenoweth pushed back tears as she picked up her first-ever Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series over Jane Krakowski, Elizabeth Perkins, Amy Poehler, Kristin Wiig and Vanessa Williams. Totally surprised and crying through her acceptance speech, the comedienne acknowledged the Academy for recognizing a show that is now off the air and joked, "I'm now unemployed, so I'd like to be on 'Mad Men.' I also like 'The Office' and '24.'"

"The Amazing Race" won Best Reality Show, besting "American Idol," "Dancing with the Stars," "Project Runway" and "Top Chef"; "Grey Gardens" earned the Best TV Movie statuette, while "Little Dorrit" won the Best Miniseries trophy. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" also received yet another Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series acknowledgement.

Other major awards handed out went to Jeff Probst for Outstanding Host for a Reality Series, "Survivor"; Jessica Lange, who won her first-ever Emmy as Best Actress for HBO's "Grey Gardens" TV movie; Brendan Gleeson was named Best Actor as Winston Churchill in the TV movie "Into the Storm"; Shohreh Aghdashloo won her first Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in the TV movie "House of Saddam"; and Ken Howard was named Best Supporting Actor for "Grey Gardens," also his first win.

Dressed in a white tuxedo, host Neil Patrick Harris kept the proceedings light and moving swiftly, introducing a new format that split the show into five different genres -- Comedy, Reality, TV Movies and Miniseries, Variety and Drama -- rather than mixing it all up. Among the show's highlights, there were just enough Kanye West interruption jokes; pro "Dancing with the Stars" exes Maksim and Karina united for a fleet-footed performance; at one point Harris hijacked the broadcast as "Dr. Horrible" while the Ernst and Young accountants explained the voting process; and Sarah McLachlan sang "I Will Remember You" as stars who passed away this year were remembered including Eartha Kitt, Karl Malden, Dom DeLuise, Ron Silver, Natasha Richardson, David Carradine, Bea Arthur, Ricardo Montalban, Ed McMahon, Paul Newman, Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Farrah Fawcett and Walter Cronkite.