In 1946, the first Emmy winners were named and on August 29, 2010, the entertainment industry honored additional achievements in television programs, reality, variety and music shows as well as television movies and mini series by naming the prime time Emmy Award winners. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9809/04/emmy.briefs/index.html If You Knew Emmys http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetime-emmy-awards/62nd-primetime-emmy-awards Recipients of the Emmy Awards receive a statue designed by Louis McManus which reflects a winged golden girl holding up an atom. McManus’s statue was selected after 47 proposal rejections and was designed using his wife as a model. http://www.emmys.tv/awards/history-emmy-statuette

While the majority of the 2010 Emmy Awards were announced at the ceremony on August 29, 2010, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award winner was named earlier. During the awards ceremony, George Clooney was recognized as the fourth-ever winner of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Clooney led the Hope for Haiti television show after the country was struck by a damaging earthquake. http://www.accesshollywood.com/george-clooney-to-receive-the-tv-academys-bob-hope-humanitarian-award-at-emmy-ceremony_article_34796 Presenting the award to Clooney was former ER costar Julianna Margulies, who is also nominated for an Emmy for her current role in The Good Wife. http://perezhilton.com/2010-08-26-george-clooney-to-reunite-with-julianna-margulies-at-the-emmys

In 2009, HBO and NBC were the top winners with each taking five statue awards.http://www.emmys.com/articles/hbo-and-nbc-lead-winners-61st-primetime-emmys In 2010, HBO led the nominations with 101 possibilities to win.http://www.vibe.com/posts/2010-primetime-emmy-nominations-hbos-treme-and-true-blood-vie-emmy-gold NBC nominees numbered 48 for the 2010 primetime awards.http://www.nbc.com/emmys/blog/2010/07/nbc-scores-48-nominations-for-62nd-primetime-emmy-awards.html

The 2010 Emmy Awards took place on August 29, 2010 and aired on NBC as well as broadcast via UStream. The night's event was hosted by Jimmy Fallon and began with a Red Carpet show at 7:00 PM EST.http://www.accesshollywood.com/nbccom-to-produce-online-backstage-emmys-show-accesshollywoodcom-to-team-up-for-red-carpet-online-show_article_35984

Winner: Mad Men

Nominees:

• Breaking Bad
• Dexter
• The Good Wife
• Lost
• Mad Men
• True Blood

Winner: Modern Family

Nominees:

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Glee
• Modern Family
• Nurse Jackie
• The Office
• 30 Rock

Winner: Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Nominees:

• Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
• Michael C. Hall - Dexter
• Kyle Chandler, - Friday Night Lights
• Jon Hamm, - Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie - House
• Matthew Fox - Lost

Winner: Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Nominees:

• Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
• Glenn Close - Damages
• Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: SVU
• January Jones - Mad Men
• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

Best Reality TV Competition

Winner: Top Chef

Nominees:

• The Amazing Race
• American Idol
• Dancing With the Stars
• Project Runway
• Top Chef

Best Reality Program

Winner: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Nominees:

• Antiques Roadshow
• Dirty Jobs
• Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
• Mythbusters
• Undercover Boss

Best Reality Host

Winner: Jeff Probst - Survivor

Nominees:

• Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
• Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
• Tom Bergeron - Dancing With the Stars
• Heidi Klum - Project Runway
• Jeff Probst - Survivor

Winner: Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Nominees:

• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Matthew Morrison - Glee
• Tony Shalhoub - Monk
• Steve Carell - The Office
• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Winner: Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie

Nominees:

• Toni Collette - United States of Tara
• Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock
• Lea Michele - Glee
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Winner: Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family

Nominees:

• Chris Colfer - Glee
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson - Modern Family
• Ty Burrell - Modern Family
• Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men
• Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
• Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Winner: Jane Lynch - Glee

Nominees:

• Julie Bowen - Modern Family
• Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock
• Jane Lynch]- Glee
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live
• Holland Taylor - Two and a Half Men

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Winner: Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad

Nominees:

• Michael Emerson - Lost
• Andre Brauer - Men of a Certain Age
• Terry O'Quinn - Lost
• Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
• Martin Short - Damages
• John Slattery - Mad Men

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Winner: Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife

Nominees:

• Sharon Gless - Burn Notice
• Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife
• Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
• Rose Byrne - Damages
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men

Winner: The Daily Show

Nominees:

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Real Time With Bill Maher
• Saturday Night Live
• Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

Winner: Temple Grandin

Nominees:

• Endgame
• Georgia O'Keefe
• The Special Relationship
• Temple Grandin
• Moonshot
• You Don't Know Jack