
Breaking Bad final season sweeps Primetime Emmy Awards
AS addictive as the narcotic it features, Breaking Bad dominated today's Primetime Emmy Awards.
Game of Thrones might be the most pirated show on TV, and have earned the most Emmy nominations this year, but it was Walter White's final downfall which earned Breaking Bad the top gong in the 66th annual TV awards.
Creator Vince Gilligan said winning Best Drama was a "wonderful farewell" for the show's fifth and final season, the second half of which aired last year.
Bryan Cranston, who plays central character White, was named Best Actor in a Drama Series, his fourth Emmy win for the role.

Cranston's win denied Matthew McConaughey his potential Oscar/Emmy double victory. An actor has not won both the leading acting awards in the Oscars and Emmys in the same year since George C Scott in 1971.
His co-stars Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn also took home the awards for was named Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Drama Series, beating Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey.
Breaking Bad took home a total of six awards, including one creative arts gong handed out in a separate ceremony earlier this month, and was only beaten by the telemovie Sherlock: His Last Vow, which won a total of seven awards including three during the TV broadcast and four in the creative arts categories.
Dark comedy Orange is the New Black also failed to convert any of its major category nominations into wins, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus named Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Allison Janney named Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the sitcom Mom.
Modern Family was named Best Comedy, while the small-screen adaptation of Fargo was named Best Miniseries.
The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons took home his fourth Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Modern Family's Ty Burrell took home his second gong for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Billy Crystal paid tribute to the comedic genius of friend Robin Williams, who died earlier this month.
"As genius as he was on stage he was an even more brilliant friend; supportive, protective, loving," he said.
Late Night host Seth Meyers presented the awards from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
2014 Primetime Emmy Awards winners:
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad - WINNER
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective
Outstanding Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven
Bonnie & Clyde
Fargo - WINNER
Luther
Treme
The White Queen
Outstanding Television Movie
Killing Kennedy
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
The Normal Heart - WINNER
Sherlock: His Last Vow
The Trip to Bountiful
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family - WINNER
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory - Jim Parsons - WINNER
Derek - Ricky Gervais
Episodes - Matt LeBlanc
House of Lies - Don Cheadle
Louie - Louis CK
Shameless - William H Macy
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad - Bryan Cranston - WINNER
House of Cards- Kevin Spacey
Mad Men - Jon Hamm
The Newsroom - Jeff Daniels
True Detective - Woody Harrelson
True Detective - Matthew McConaughey
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Dancing on the Edge - Chiwetel Ejofor
Fargo - Martin Freeman
Fargo - Billy Bob Thornton
Luther - Idris Elba
The Normal Heart - Mark Ruffalo
Sherlock: His Last Vow - Benedict Cumberbatch - WINNER
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls - Lena Dunham
Mike & Molly - Melissa McCarthy
Nurse Jackie - Edie Falco
Orange is the New Black - Taylor Schilling
Parks and Recreation - Amy Poehler
Veep - Julia Louis-Dreyfus - WINNER
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Downton Abbey - Michelle Dockery
The Good Wife - Julianna Margulies - WINNER
Homeland - Claire Danes
House of Cards - Robin Wright
Masters of Sex - Lizzy Caplan
Scandal - Kerry Washington
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Coven - Jessica Lange - WINNER
American Horror Story: Coven - Sarah Paulson
Burton and Taylor - Helena Bonham Carter
Return to Zero - Minnie Driver
The Spoils of Babylon - Kristen Wiig
The Trip to Bountiful - Cicely Tyson
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Andre Braugher
Girls - Adam Driver
Modern Family - Ty Burrell - WINNER
Portlandia - Fred Armisen
Veep - Tony Hale
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad - Aaron Paul - WINNER
Downton Abbey - Jim Carter
Game of Thrones - Peter Dinklage
The Good Wife - Josh Charles
Homeland - Mandy Patinkin
Ray Donovan - Jon Voight
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Fargo - Colin Hanks
The Normal Heart - Jim Parsons
The Normal Heart - Joe Mantello
The Normal Heart - Matt Bomer
Sherlock: His Last Vow - Martin Freeman - WINNER
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory - Mayim Bialik
Modern Family - Julie Bowen
Mom - Allison Janney - WINNER
Orange is the New Black - Kate Mulgrew
Saturday Night Live - Kate McKinnon
Veep - Anna Chlumsky
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad - Anna Gunn - WINNER
Downton Abbey - Maggie Smith
Downton Abbey - Joanne Froggatt
Game of Thrones - Lena Headey
The Good Wife - Christine Baranski
Mad Men - Christina Hendricks
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Coven - Frances Conroy
American Horror Story: Coven - Kathy Bates - WINNER
American Horror Story: Coven - Angela Bassett
Fargo - Allison Tolman
Flowers in the Attic - Ellen Burstyn
The Normal Heart - Julia Roberts
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race - WINNER
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice