Breaking Bad, the brutal, drug-fuelled saga of an everyman's ambition turned evil, captures its first best drama Emmy Award.

Attention and acclaim for Breaking Bad has built as it nears the end of its five-season run next Sunday, with the final eight-episode arc eligible for next year's Emmys.

"I did not see this coming," said its creator Vince Gilligan as he picked up the award for the show which had 10 nominations overall and won three awards.

The newest player in the television industry, online streaming company Netflix, failed to score wins in best drama and best acting categories for its political thriller House of Cards but it took home an award for directing and was a topic of conversation backstage as competitors lauded its ability to break ground on original programming for online streaming.

Premium cable veteran HBO, which led the field with 108 of the more than 500 nominations, proved its staying power in the increasingly competitive television industry, where basic cable and Netflix have challenged its high-quality production.

Jeff Daniels, who plays a jaded anchorman in HBO's The Newsroom, scored an upset win for the best actor in a drama, while Claire Danes clinched her second consecutive best drama actress Emmy for her role as a bipolar CIA agent in Homeland.

Source: APTN

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