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62nd Primetime Emmy Awards

62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
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Promotional poster
Date
  • August 29, 2010
    (Ceremony)
  • August 21, 2010
    (Creative Arts Awards)
Location Nokia Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Jimmy Fallon
Most awards Drama: Breaking Bad / Mad Men (3)
Comedy: Glee / Modern Family (3)
Miniseries / Movie: Temple Grandin (5)
Most nominations Drama: Mad Men (10)
Comedy: Glee (11)
Miniseries / Movie: Temple Grandin / You Don't Know Jack (7)
Television/Radio coverage
Network NBC
Produced by Don Mischer

The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, were held on Sunday, August 29, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PDT (00:00 UTC; August 30). Comedian and Late Night host Jimmy Fallon hosted the ceremony for the first time.

The ceremony honored the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2009 until May 31, 2010. The HBO miniseries The Pacific won eight awards, the most for any program this year, including Outstanding Miniseries. ABC's freshman series Modern Family was the most honored comedy series of the year with six awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series. AMC's period piece drama Mad Men won four awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, its third consecutive victory in that category. The HBO film Temple Grandin won five major awards, tying the record for most major wins by a television film, set by Promise in 1987.


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