‘Modern’ man Eric Stonestreet wins big
For his family, friends and fans back here, Eric Stonestreet got the party started early Sunday night with an Emmy win for best supporting actor in a comedy.
His show, ABC freshman “Modern Family,” won for best comedy, too — besting a field that included Fox high school dramedy “Glee,” which had led in nominations.
Taking the stage, the Piper High School grad quipped that he was just happy he hadn’t gotten anything on his shirt yet.
Stonestreet then thanked his parents — his mom in the audience, his dad at home.
“This (statuette) is going home with you,” Stonestreet said, “so you can wake up every day and go to bed every night and see what you made possible for (me).”
Meanwhile, the other half of “Modern’s” gay couple, fellow nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, looked as if he was crying. Or maybe just sweating a lot.
“We just wanted to say we’re so happy that you have let us into your families,” “Modern Family” creator Steven Levitan told the Emmy audience in LA’s Nokia Theatre.
Of “Family’s” adult cast, all were nominated except Ed O’Neill. Stonestreet’s category also included cast mate Ty Burrell.
It was a similar story for “Glee.” Jane Lynch, as cheerleading-coach-from-hell Sue Sylvester, was the only “Glee” actor who won at the prime-time awards.
The night’s big Emmy winner turned out to be an HBO movie, “Temple Grandin,” about a brilliant autistic scientist, played by Claire Danes (best lead actress in a movie). It scored five primetime Emmys.
“Modern Family” took home three trophies, including a writing award.
How’d Jimmy Fallon do? Plus more highlights and the complete list of winners | C3