A week after delivering the episode fans and critics are calling the best hour of programming in television history, the cast, crew and network behind “Breaking Bad” can celebrate its first-ever Outstanding Drama Series Emmy.<\/p>\n
Long considered one of the best on television, it has spent the past several years watching fellow cable series “Mad Men” and, most recently, “Homeland” claim the coveted trophy.<\/p>\n
This year, however, the buzz, writing and performances were too strong, and the “Breaking Bad” team finally received a group invitation to the Emmys stage.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the night, Anna Gunn won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Previous winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul came up short in the Lead and Supporting Actor categories, respectively, while season 5.1 standout Jonathan Banks also went home empty-handed in the Supporting column.<\/p>\n
The show also came up short in the Dramatic Writing and Directing races.<\/p>\n
“Bad” beat out “Mad Men,” “Homeland,” “House of Cards,” “Game of Thrones” and “Downton Abbey” for the grand prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[343,362,176,869],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n