Jeff Daniels wins the for best drama series actor for his portrayal of an idealistic TV anchorman in The Newsroom and Claire Danes picked top actress honours for her troubled CIA agent in Homeland at the Emmy 2013.

Jeff Daniels joked that he had also received an age 50-plus acting honour from AARP, which represents the interests of older Americans as he picked up his award at the Emmys.

"With all due respect to the AARP, this is even better," Daniels said.

Claire Danes, who captured her second trophy for the terrorism drama, paid tribute to one of the series' writers, Henry Bromell, who died last March and who received a writing Emmy posthumously Sunday.

Breaking Bad, the brutal, drug-fuelled saga of an everyman's ambition turned evil, captured the prestigious best drama prize.

Michael Douglas was honoured as best actor for his portrayal of Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra," besting his co-star Matt Damon. The film also captured a top trophy as best movie or miniseries.

"This is a two-hander and Matt, you're only as good as your other hand," Douglas said, then got really acy: "You want the bottom or the top?"

Bobby Cannavale, from Boardwalk Empire, won as best supporting actor in a drama, and Anna Gunn from Breaking Bad won the best actress award in the same category.

In the variety show category, The Colbert Report broke a 10-year winning streak held by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It also won for best writing for a variety show.

The ceremony's first hour was relatively sombre, with memorial tributes and a doleful song by Elton John in honour of the late musical star Liberace, the subject of the nominated biopic Behind the Candelabra."

Also honoured was Cory Monteith, the Glee star who died at age 31 in July of a drug and alcohol overdose. "His death is a tragic reminder of the rapacious, senseless destruction that is brought on by addiction," said his co-star Jane Lynch.

Edie Falco recalled her late The Sopranos co-star James Gandolfini, saluting him for his "fierce loyalty" to his friends and family and his work with military veterans.

Source: APTN

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