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"Last night&amp;#039;s 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards were pretty much business as usual. There were a few surprise winners (Jon Cryer, really?), some shock omissions (no Bryan Cranston victory?!) and some scenes that played out utterly predictably (Modern Family, yawn). Below you can read our reaction in full to the night where Homeland swept the board, Mad Men got overlooked and Sherlock was robbed... Comedy Series Modern Family has always been an Emmy favourite, but its win last night over edgier newcomers Girls and Veep was all too predictable. Once again, the voters appear out of touch - sure, Modern Family&amp;#039;s still popular, but why not give a strong newcomer a shot, as with Homeland in the drama category? Lead Actress In A Comedy Series This is more like it - a well-deserved win for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who anchored the flawed-but-entertaining Veep with a fantastic central performance. It always felt to us that last year&amp;#039;s winner (and 2012 nominee) Melissa McCarthy was being recognised more for her Bridesmaids performance than for her part in throughly average sitcom Mike &amp;amp; Molly. Lead Actor In A Comedy Series The fact that Jon Cryer was nominated yet again for the ever-declining Two And A Half Men is bad enough - he&amp;#039;s the Tony Shalhoub of comedy actors. But to then see him triumph over the likes of Louis C.K. and Alec Baldwin is a joke - and a funnier one than Two And A Half Men managed this past season.   Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series / Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series A Modern Family twofer as Julie Bowen and Eric &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m Not Dating Charlize Theron, honest&amp;#039; Stonestreet scoop a couple of awards. We&amp;#039;ve said all we&amp;#039;re going to about the Modern Family comedy clean-sweep - without wishing to take anything away from the likes of Bowen and Stonestreet, we do wish that Emmy would branch out a little. Outstanding Drama Series Yes, yes, yes. Breaking Bad and Mad Men had shaky fourth and fifth seasons respectively, while Downton&amp;#039;s critically-mauled second series hardly belongs in such prestigious company. The novelty of newbie Homeland probably saw it triumph over Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones but we&amp;#039;re happy it did - it was a scintillating and smart cable drama with *broad appeal*, and those don&amp;#039;t come along too often.   Lead Actress In A Drama Series In this case, a victory for Claire Danes was predictable - especially given her Golden Globes win - but thoroughly deserved. Our one reservation - with Damages drawing to a close, it&amp;#039;s a pity that Glenn Close couldn&amp;#039;t scoop another award, but then she does have two Emmys on her mantelpiece already... Lead Actor In A Drama Series Unlike his co-star Danes, Damian Lewis&amp;#039;s win was by no means assured - he was snubbed at the Globes and his nuanced Homeland performance has generally received less attention than Danes&amp;#039;s more showy turn.  It&amp;#039;s fantastic then to see him recognised for his brilliant portrayal of the tortured Nicholas Brody - and as much as we love Bryan Cranston, it&amp;#039;s at least refreshing to see a multi-Emmy winner overlooked in a year dominated by the same old favourites.   Supporting Actor In A Drama Series A second victory for Paul following his 2010 win and one that&amp;#039;s well-earned. Season four of Breaking Bad may not have been the show&amp;#039;s strongest hour, but Paul deserves credit for his unflinchingly raw and dark portrayal of poor Jesse Pinkman. Two Emmys, bitch! Supporting Actress In A Drama Series Everyone loves Dame Maggie, so we&amp;#039;re not going to quibble too much here - though it&amp;#039;s debatable whether more emotionally complex performances were overlooked in favour of Smith&amp;#039;s fun turn as the Dowager Countess. Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie / Lead Actress In A TV Miniseries Or Movie / Lead Actor In A TV Miniseries Or Movie Julianne Moore was rightly recognised for her spot-on Sarah Palin in HBO&amp;#039;s Game Change but the TV film itself triumphing over Brit hits Sherlock and Luther will doubtless have ruffled some feathers. In fact, despite garnering 13 Emmy nominations, Sherlock walked away with bafflingly empty hands last night. The hype and epic ratings of Hatfields &amp;amp; McCoys saw Kevin Costner beat out both Benedict Cumberbatch and Luther&amp;#039;s Idris Elba. With no wins for UK drama - aside from US critics&amp;#039; favourite Downton Abbey - these Emmy nods for British shows can&amp;#039;t help but feel like token nominations. Do you agree with our Emmy reactions? What did you make of last night&amp;#039;s awards? Share your thoughts below! Photo gallery - Emmy 2012 winners:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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