Emmy Awards 2013: List of winners in full

Breaking Bad won its first gong for Outstanding Drama Series, while Downton Abbey missed out in 10 categories

Bryan Cranston at the 2013 Emmy Awards (Getty Images)

Hit drama Breaking Bad won its first Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series last night, holding off competition from its AMC rival and four-time winner Mad Men.

Breaking Bad lead Bryan Cranston missed out on the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, which went to Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom. Claire Danes won for her performance as bi-polar CIA agent Carrie Mathison in Showtime’s Homeland.

British screenwriter Abi Morgan picked up a gong for BBC Two’s The Hour, and Downton Abbey took home the Emmy for outstanding music composition for the second year running, but missed out in the rest of its 11 categories.

Emmy 2013: List of winners in full

Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes, Homeland

Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Reality-Competition Series

The Voice

Variety Series

The Colbert Report

Drama Series

Breaking Bad

Comedy Series

Modern Family

Mini-series or Movie

Behind the Candelabra

Actor in a Drama Series

Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Tony Hale, Veep

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie

Writing for a Drama Series

Henry Bromell, Homeland • “Q&A”

Directing for a Drama Series

David Fincher, House of Cards • “Chapter 1”

Writing for a Comedy Series

Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield, 30 Rock • “Last Lunch”

Directing for a Comedy Series

Gail Mancuso, Modern Family • “Arrested”

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals

Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Abi Morgan, The Hour

Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra

Writing for a Variety Series

The Colbert Report

Directing for a Variety Series

Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live