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via the gazette online rAr 1. iMcmcTUCDnv.CAi f() iiicDUAi thll i uemseuuguay previews tne new jenna tuman -J 1 1 it! sitcom, Accidentally on Purpose, which debuts tonight, montrealgazette.comtv rn A (POT Tinm AK I THE GAZETTE MONTREAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 I EDITORS: ARTS, MARK TREMBLAY LIFE, MICHAEL SHENKER 5149872560 artsSlifethegazette.canwest.com A19 Green Life A20 Les Prix Cemeaux A21 Applause A21 Seniors A22 TV listings sV i e'I 4. if'aov THE EMMY AWARDS TONI COLLETTE was the sole newcomer in the major categories, as last year's winners, including Alec Baldwin, Glenn Close and Bryan Cranston and two shows, won again Mad Men, 30 Rock repeat Best host, worst winner And where was Kanye West when Jon Cryer won for supporting actor? ALEX STRACHAN CANWEST NEWS SERVICE Different year, same results. jV On an evening when there were several surprises in the junior categories, the major awards at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards went to the I same series and actors who won last year: 30 Rock for best TTy comedy, Mad Men for best drama, and Bryan Cranston, Glenn Close and Alec Baldwin in their respective acting a 7j'' () 1 categories. i Toni Collette, who plays a mother with multiple person alities in the Diablo Cody's comedic drama United States of Tara, was the sole Emmy newcomer in the major cate-' gories, winning best comedy actress over last year's winner, Tina Fey Fey did not go home empty-handed, however.

Fey won an 'Emmy as the producer of 30 Rock, and last week won an Emmy for guest actress in a 'comedy program, for her im-personation of former Alaska 0 -governor Sarah Palin on Sat- 'jte day Night Live. n'' "Tnank yu keeping us tI-6n the air, even though we're Slls0 much more expensive than to 'J0j-a talk show," Fey quipped in her acceptance speech, in a tiio i 'not-so-thinly veiled reference 'w; to The Jay Leno Show. PBS Masterpiece's Little 'Dorrit was the big winner 101 overall, with a field-leading seven Emmys, Little Dorrit, )o i.r. ritish screenwriter Andrew KlIJ Davies' adaptation of the p- Charles Dickens serial novel about a young girl growing up MARIO ANZUONI REUTERS Toni Collette accepts the award for best actress in a comedy series for her role in United States of Tara. MARIO ANZUONI REUTERS Bryan Cranston accepts Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his role in Breaking Bad.

in debtors nrison in Victori be fill! KAT ANGUS CANWEST NEWS SERVICE Best Host Usually, musical numbers at high-end awards shows are our cue to hit the bathroom or the fridge, but with Neil Patrick Harris at the helm, there was no way we were leaving the couch. Harris opened the Emmy Awards with a big band number called Put Down the Remote -and with Doogie's adorable smirk and rocking voice, there really was no way we would miss a second of it Worst Way to Make Us Weep The "TV People Who Passed" montage always makes us a little weepy, but in a year when so many pop culture icons have died, was it really necessary to have Sarah McLachlan sing I Will Remember You live at the Emmys? What's next, are they going to come to our apartment and punch us in the stomach? Worst Win Entourage's Jeremy Piven was finally left off the nomination list for Best Supporting Actor, we knew that this was finally the yf Harris would win for How I Met Your Mother. Or, at the very least, Tracy Morgan or Jack McBrayer of 30 Rock would win. Well no. It seems that somehow, Jon Cryer won for Two and a Half Men.

Where's Kanye West when you need him? Best Bitterness Well, at least Harris was as annoyed by his loss as we were: After Cryer won his Emmy, Harris made several thinly veiled digs at the Two and a Half Men star throughout the rest of the ceremony. He even interrupted Cryer in the press room, demanding to see the contents of the Emmy envelope. Well, if Harris couldn't win, at least he still makes us laugh. Best Repeat Win We let out a cheer when Bryan Cranston won his second consecutive Emmy for Breaking Bad. He is beyond incredible in his portrayal of a morally bankrupt, cancer-ridden chemistry teacher who turns to meth dealing for validation, and as much as we love Jon Hamm on Mad Men, Cranston deserved the award.

Again. Best funnyman For the second year in a row, Ricky Gervais was the funniest thing about the Emmys. The Brit came onstage and immediately began insulting everyone in attendance. We know Emmy producers don't want Gervais to host because they can't predict what he'll say, but that's exactly why they should hire him next year. DOSE.CA montreaTgazette rnarH PHOTO GALLERY More great photos from last night's Emmy awards for the best in prime-time television.

1 3t 4 Clinton, among other characters, on Saturday Night Live. "I'm unemployed now," Chenoweth said, with mock horror. "So, I'd like to be on Mad Men." Jon Cryer won the Emmy for supporting actor, for Two and a Half Men. "I used to think that awards were just shallow tokens of momentary popularity," Cryer quipped, in accepting the award. "But now I realize they are the only true measure of a person's worth as a human being." Michael Emerson won the Emmy for supporting actor in a drama, for his performance as the brooding mercurial schemer Benjamin Linus in Lost.

And Cherry Jones won for supporting drama actress, h. I i- ''ii' 1 wiuiMumu y.w.i.uiiui. wuiiw I wai'H i i. an England, won for best 'miniseries, writing and directing. 30 Rock, Fey's fast-paced, witty satire set inside a fictionalized, modern-day broadcast network not-so-loosely based on NBC, won five Emmys in all, equalling the mark set by the HBO made-for-TV movie Grey Gardens, which also won five.

30 Rock won for best comedy, comedy actor and writing, to go with the two technical Emmys it won last week. Grey Gardens, a fictionalized account of the lives of "reclusive socialite Edith "Big Bouvier and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvi er Beale, the aunt and first cousin of Jacaueline Bouvier 4 vrj b-iu ir Inn MARIO ANZUONI REUTERS ROBIN BECK AFPGETTY IMAGES Jones of 24 won for best supporting actress in a drama. Glenn Close accepts award for best ac- Alec Baldwin won best actor in a com-tress in a drama for Damages. edy for his work on 30 Rock. 'Y Kennedy Onassis, won for 1 'best TV-movie and for its lead Jessica Lange, as well as supporting actor, Ken i Baldwin credited Toronto's isyir 'Lome Michaels in accepting his award, acknowledging the a ro(jucer of 30 Rock and Sat-" urday Night Live as a mensch and mentor, "who thinks of "tj 'ttnii in annH wont-hor nnH had lnn is5 am KEVIN WINTER CETTY IMAGES for playing the first female president of the U.S.

in the real-time thriller 24. In other awards, Survivor's Jeff Probst won for best host of a reality-TV program, to go with the award he won last year. Probst gave Harris props for a job well done, saying "This is how you host an award show." That was a reference to last year's Emmy debacle, in which Probst was one of five reality-TV emcees who hosted the ceremony unscripted. And The Amazing Race won an amazing seventh consecutive Emmy for outstanding reality-competition program. 30 Rock and Mad Men's Cherry -weather." Glenn Close, last year's winner for best drama actress, won again for her turn as malevolent, scheming litiga tion lawyer in Damages.

And In another repeat win, Rrvan Cranston won a best actor Emmy for Ing a terminally ill high- tffhV. fore you a very humble man grateful to be honoured this way tonight," Cranston said. Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner won an Emmy for best drama screenplay, quipping, "On a night like this, writing looks like fun but it isn't" In other awards, Pushing Daisies's Kristin Chenoweth threw a wrench into the Poehler express in winning the evening's first Emmy for supporting actress in a comedy series for a show that has been cancelled. It was the veteran Broadway actress's first Emmy after a pair of nominations, and it came at the expense of Amy Poehler, nominated for her impersonation of Hillary awards came on a night when Emmy producers promised to overhaul a ceremony that had become increasingly tired and stale in recent years. The evening was divided into five parts, separated by TV genre, with the awards for comedy handed out first and the high-profile drama awards and best series saved for last.

The new format gave the Emmys some much-needed structure. Sunday's ceremony, hosted by Harris with an old-school song-and-dance vibe, was a throwback to the glamour and style of televised award shows of the 1970s and '80s, with frequent clips, musical numbers and an on-stage orchestra. Am -school teacher who turns to Of i selling crystal meth to secure his family's financial future, in Breaking Bad. "Breaking Bad is a story about a good man who makes bad decisions, and I stand be- 0 r. n4 irfl rfii A i-rJiir.