Modern Family and Mad Men emerges as top winners in this year’s Emmy Awards, an annual event on television.

Modern Family, a new series, also won awards for Best Supporting Actor for Eric Stonestreet and Best Writing in Comedy. While Mad Men wins it for the third year in a row.

There were plenty of surprise wins this year, which many television enthusiast believe were great choices and were well-deserved.

The complete list of winners follow after the cut….

BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Modern Family” (ABC)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”)
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”)
BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR
Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”)
BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTRESS
Jane Lynch (“Glee”)

BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Mad Men” (AMC)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”)
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”)
BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR
Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”)
BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTRESS
Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”)

BEST TV MOVIE
“Temple Grandin”(HBO)
BEST MINISERIES
“The Pacific” (HBO)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Claire Danes (“Temple Grandin”)
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Al Pacino (“You Don’t Know Jack”)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Julia Ormond (“Temple Grandin”)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
David Strathairn (“Temple Grandin”)

BEST VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)
BEST VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SPECIAL
“The Kennedy Center Honors” (CBS)

BEST REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
BEST REALITY PROGRAM
“Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” (ABC)
BEST HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Jeff Probst (“Survivor”)

BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Anne Hathaway (“The Simpsons”)

BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Modern Family” (ABC)
BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
“Mad Men,” Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy (AMC)
BEST WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
“You Don’t Know Jack” (HBO)
BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
63rd Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Glee,” Ryan Murphy (FOX)
BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Dexter” (Showtime)
BEST DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
“Temple Grandin” (HBO)
BEST DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
BEST DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony (NBC)