Edie Falco took home her first Emmy for comedy for her role as the pill-popping "Nurse Jackie," while Jane Lynch, the scheming cheerleader coach of "Glee" was a first-time winner as best supporting actress.

Kyra Sedgwick won her first Emmy in five tries for playing a tough police detective in drama series "The Closer."

"Glee" won just four Emmys, despite having taken popular culture and the music world by storm this year.

The sweeping World War Two epic HBO mini-series "The Pacific" won eight Emmys, but was almost upstaged by HBO's biopic "Temple Grandin," which won seven, including a best actress award for Claire Danes.

Al Pacino won an Emmy for playing controversial assisted suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian in the HBO film "You Don't Know Jack." Kevorkian was in the Emmy audience and stood to acknowledge the applause.

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