(L-R) Steven Shareshian, Jay Roach, Danny Strong, Gary Goetzman, Julianne Moore and Tom Hanks hold their Emmy awards for outstanding miniseries or movie for “Game Change” at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday. — Reuters LOS ANGELES — Spy thriller “Homeland” won best TV drama at the Emmy awards Sunday, ending retro cult show “Mad Men” four-year unbroken run, while “Modern Family” was named best comedy for the third straight year. Election campaign film “Game Change,” about John McCain's Republican running mate Sarah Palin's implosion in the doomed 2008 White House race, meanwhile won best mini-series or movie at US television's annual awards show. “Homeland,” about a CIA agent probing a US Marine who went missing in Iraq and is suspected of planning a terrorist attack, is only in its first season but has earned rave reviews and nine Emmy nominations for pay channel Showtime. As well as the 64th Annual Primetime Emmys' top prize for best drama, the show also won best drama writing and best drama actor and actress for Briton Damian Lewis and Claire Danes. “Mad Men,” about life and love in a 1960s New York advertising agency, has won best drama every year since its 2007 premier, and was hoping to break the Emmys record with a fifth win this year. But the show, which was nominated in 17 categories, went home empty-handed. On the lighter side, mockumentary-style “Modern Family” won its third straight Best Comedy series Emmy. Veteran actress Kathy Bates — who only this month revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy — won best guess actress in a comedy series for her appearance on hit show “Two and a Half Men.” — AP
