"The Good Wife" patch member Julianna Margulies poses with her accolade for prizewinning advance actress in a episode program backstage at the 63rd Primetime accolade Awards Sun in Los Angeles.

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By metropolis Levin USA TODAY

Published: Monday, Sept 19, 2011 at 6:21 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, Sept 19, 2011 at 6:21 a.m.

Modern Family was TV's recent artist Sunday, as ABC's impact took bag fivesome trophies, including its ordinal honor for prizewinning comedy, at the 63rd accolade Awards.

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List of winners at Sunday's 63rd Annual Primetime accolade Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:

— Drama Series: "Mad Men," AMC.

— Actress, Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife," CBS.

— Actor, Drama Series: Kyle Chandler, "Friday Night Lights," DirecTV/NBC.

— Supporting Actor, Drama Series: saint Dinklage, "Game of Thrones," HBO.

— Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Margo Martindale, "Justified," FX.

— Writing, Drama Series: Jason Katims, "Friday Night Lights," NBC.

— Directing, Drama Series: histrion Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire," HBO.

— Comedy Series: "Modern Family," ABC.

— Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory," CBS.

— Actress, Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy, "Mike & Molly," CBS.

— Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Julie Bowen, "Modern Family," ABC.

— Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Ty Burrell, "Modern Family," ABC.

— Writing, Comedy Series: Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman, "Modern Family," ABC.

— Directing, Comedy Series: archangel Spiller, "Modern Family," ABC.

— Miniseries or Movie: "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS.

— Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce," HBO.

— Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Barry Pepper, "The Kennedys," ReelzChannel.

— Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS.

— Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Guy Pearce, "Mildred Pierce," HBO.

— Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Brian Percival, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS.

— Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: statesman Fellowes, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS.

— Reality-Competition Program: "The Amazing Race," CBS.

— Variety, Music or Comedy Series: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Comedy Central.

— Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series: Don Roy King, "Saturday Night Live," NBC.

— Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Comedy Central.

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And in added repeat, AMC's adman saga Mad Men won its ordinal straightforward accolade as prizewinning drama, the exclusive field honor for the '60s series' stylish season.

Family's Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen, who endeavor the harried Dunphys, apiece won their prototypal Emmys in supporting-actor categories, besting quaternary appointed co-stars. The program also won for composition and directing.

Though the crowning winners were familiar, accolade voters rewarded plentitude of first-timers, and CBS had a solidified night: Julianna Margulies of jural episode The Good Wife nabbed the lead-acting accolade (she terminal won in 1995, as a activity actress on ER).

In another advance roles, Jim sociologist took his ordinal serial accolade for the network's Big Bang Theory, patch Melissa politico was a assail succeeder for newborn comedy Mike & Molly.

Other upsets: DirecTV's weekday Night Lights grapheme Kyle author won his prototypal accolade for the outgoing drama, denying Mad Men's Jon Hamm the honor after quaternary tries. (Lights also won a composition trophy.) Other first-time winners included activity episode actors Margo Martindale, for FX's Justified, and saint Dinklage, for HBO's Game of Thrones, and histrion Scorsese, for leading HBO's Boardwalk Empire premiere.

But voters upheld another traditions: CBS' The Amazing Race won its ordinal accolade in figure eld as prizewinning reality-competition series, and Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon histrion won its ordinal accolade for prizewinning variety, penalization or comedy series, and its ordinal composition award.

In the new compounded flick and miniseries category, PBS' Downton Abbey took crowning honors, along with awards for writing, leading and activity actress Maggie Smith. HBO's Mildred Pierce won for prizewinning actress (Kate Winslet) and activity person (Guy Pearce), and Barry Pepper won the lead-acting accolade for ReelzChannel's The Kennedys.

Sunday's 25-trophy calculate was distribute evenly, as ABC nabbed Family's five, and CBS, HBO and PBS apiece claimed quaternary awards.