'Modern Family' and 'Mad Men' sweep Gold Derby TV Awards
Winners of the seventh annual Gold Derby TV Awards were unveiled Tuesday night in a ceremony held in our forums' chat room. Posters in our message boards voted to heap three trophies upon "Modern Family," including best comedy series, ensemble acting and supporting actor (Ty Burrell).
Though "Glee" lost best comedy, it reaped four consolation prizes: supporting actress and breakthrough performer of the year (Jane Lynch), guest actor (Mike O'Malley) and guest actress (Kristin Chenoweth).
Biggest surprise: Victory by Courtney Cox-Arquette ("Cougar Town"), who isn't nominated for an Emmy this year (and has never been, for that matter). She beat Emmy nominees Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie"), Tina Fey ("30 Rock"), Lea Michele ("Glee") and Amy Poehler ("Parks & Recreation").
"Mad Men" led among drama skeins, claiming best series and supporting actress (Elisabeth Moss). "Dexter" nabbed best actor (Michael C. Hall) and guest actor (John Lithgow).
All winners listed below. To see a rundown of nominees plus the reax of our forum posters, click here. Many thanks to our forum moderators Chris "Boomer" Beachum, Rob Licuria, Andrew Pickett and Matt Noble for organizing the awards procedure.
COMEDY SERIES:
"Modern Family" (ABC)
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS:
Courteney Cox-Arquette as Jules Cobb on "Cougar Town"
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR:
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory"
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on "Glee"
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on "Modern Family"
COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS:
Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes on "Glee"
COMEDY GUEST ACTOR:
Mike O’Malley as Burt Hummel on "Glee"
COMEDY EPISODE OF THE YEAR:
"Modern Warfare" episode of Community" — directed by Justin Lin; written by Emily Cutler
DRAMA SERIES:
"Mad Men" (AMC)
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS:
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor on "Friday Night Lights"
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR:
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan on "Dexter"
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on "Mad Men"
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman on "Breaking Bad"
DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS:
Lily Tomlin as Marilyn Tobin on "Damages"
DRAMA GUEST ACTOR:
John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell on "Dexter"
DRAMA EPISODE OF THE YEAR:
"Lost" for "The End" — directed by Jack Bender; written by Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES:
"The Pacific" (HBO)
TV MOVIE/MINI ACTRESS:
Claire Danes as Temple Grandin on "Temple Grandin"
TV MOVIE/MINI ACTOR:
Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian on "You Don’t Know Jack"
VARIETY SPECIAL:
"Hope for Haiti Now" (Multiple)
VARIETY SERIES:
"Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien" (NBC)
VARIETY PERFORMER:
Betty White on "Saturday Night Live"
REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM:
"Survivor" (CBS)
ANIMATED SERIES:
"Family Guy" (Fox)
SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM:
"Life" (Discovery)
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
(Person with the biggest impact on television)
Betty White
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
(Person with the biggest career advancement)
Jane Lynch
ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ed O’Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara, Ariel Winter
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (PERFORMER):
Cloris Leachman
Bob Newhart
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (OTHER):
Lorne Michaels
Carl Reiner
Illustration by Ty Wilson
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Courtney cox arquette is a great actress and I'm happy that she won.
Posted by: sam | August 14, 2010 at 09:13 AM
The biggest fault (I totally agree with Amy) is the embarrasing and sentimental award to Courteney Cox-Arquette.. I thought you people, did not do that unbelievable rewards like Hollywood award ceremonies...
Posted by: Will | August 12, 2010 at 07:07 PM
hells yeah "modern warfare" and "the end" were the episodes of the year!!! also modern family and ty burrell are incredible. modern family for the emmy! what'd be really awesome is if they screw the whole 'voting for people who were nominated' and community just takes it anyways.
Posted by: wi | August 11, 2010 at 08:23 PM
Well, Courtney Cox garnering the most votes is a complete joke.
Posted by: Amy | August 11, 2010 at 04:44 PM
This is stupid... just embarrasing... who does these lists?
Posted by: Will | August 11, 2010 at 02:50 PM
good catches. TX. Fixed now.
Posted by: Tom O'Neil | August 11, 2010 at 02:03 PM
"Modern Warfare" is an episode of Community. Modern Family only won 3 awards.
Posted by: Bop | August 11, 2010 at 01:41 PM
Ouch! You've got Courteney's name spelled wrong. And for this show, she's credited as Courteney Cox (no Arquette).
Posted by: Adam | August 11, 2010 at 01:27 PM
Hey Tom,
Just a quick correction: the comedy episode of the year was from the show Community and was titled Modern Warfare. It was not an episode of Modern Family. (A very deserving victory, by the way.)
Posted by: Mike | August 11, 2010 at 01:18 PM