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The kings of Madison Avenue are still lords of the living room.

Mad Men was named Outstanding Drama Series for the third year in a row, showing the upset-craving upstarts, the vampires, the likable serial killers and drug dealers—and Lost—who was boss at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Complete list of winners at the 62nd Primetime Emmys

But though Lost won a sole technical award in in its final season and AMC kicked some major butt across the board, ABC had plenty to celebrate tonight.

Modern Family, the network's one true breakout hit last season, made a nice, fat splash tonight, winning Outstanding Comedy Series and establishing itself as a viable contender in multiple categories for years to come.

In addition to earning a half-dozen Emmys, the most for a broadcast-network series, the very award-worthy ensemble lent itself to one of the show's funniest sketches, a play on a network's idea of how to spice up a show's plotline. (Hint: it involved George Clooney, lots of George Clooney.)

On his first try, Eric Stonestreet earned the win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, while Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd shared honors for comedy series writing to take Modern Familiy's Emmy tally to six (including last week's Creative Arts wins). it helped power the Alphabet net to 18 total wins, second only to perennial leader HBO's 25.

Going from ABC back to AMC, the men of Breaking bad proved once again to be total badasses, with Bryan Cranston—once perenially overlooked for his comedic skills in Malcolm in the Middle—winning his third straight Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama and Aaron Paul snagging his first for Supporting Actor as Cranston's right-hand meth cooker.

Mad Men mastermind Matthew Weiner made it three straight wins for Writing for a Drama Series, this time sharing the honor with coscribe Erin Levy. they helped push mad Men's total to four, and AMC's overall tally to six.

Kyra Sedgwick finally made it happen in the Lead Actress in a Drama category, her fifth nomination the charm for her role as a sticky-sweet-sounding but tough-as-nails detective on the Closer. Plus, we're always happy to see Kevin Bacon (and a Hollywood couple of 20-plus years).

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