Hello, everybody. The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards reached seniority Sunday night with a few junior wins. AMC's "Breaking Bad" (in its final season) picked up Outstanding Drama Series, beating out "House of Cards" and last year's winner "Homeland", which earned Claire Danes back-to-back Lead Actress honors over sentimental favorites Kerry Washington and Connie Britton. "The Newsroom's" Jeff Daniels surprisingly took Lead Actor while Supporting Acting went to Bobby Cannavale ("Boardwalk Empire") and Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad"). HBO's "Behind The Candelabra" also won big with Outstanding Movie/Miniseries, Lead Actor (Michael Douglas) and Director (Stephen Soderbergh).

"Modern Family" remained unstoppable as far as Outstanding Comedy Series was concerned, while Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") and Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep", making her the only person to have won for three different series) once again collected the lead acting trophies. The Supporting acting side belonged to first-timers Merritt Wever ("Nurse Jackie", in what was the briefest speech ever) and Tony Hale (also "Veep", who later stood behind Louis-Dreyfus).

"The Voice" became the second show to topple perennial Reality Competition Program winner "The Amazing Race", while after ten years, the streak was over for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" as sister show "The Colbert Report" won not only Variety Series, but Writing as well. Other winners include: Derek Hough (Choreography, "Dancing With The Stars" and the show's second), David Fincher (Directing/Drama, "House of Cards"), Laura Linney (Actress, Miniseries/Movie, "The Big C"); and at last week's Creative Arts Awards, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Reality Competition Host, "Project Runway") and, finally, Bob Newhart (Guest Actor/Comedy, "The Big Bang Theory").

There was a twist in the usual In Memoriam segment, as there were five special ones devoted to Cory Monteith (eulogized by Jane Lynch), James Gandolfini (Edie Falco), Gary David Goldberg (Michael J. Fox), Jonathan Winters (Robin Williams), and Jean Stapleton (Rob Reiner). Jack Klugman, Larry Hagman, Bonnie Franklin, Andy Williams, and Roger Ebert among others were featured in the extended version.

For the second time (and being that it was on CBS), Neil Patrick Harris served as host; Elton John performed his new song "Home Again" while Carrie Underwood did The Beatles' "Yesterday", and at the halfway point, the Emmys became the Tonys once again with "The Emmy Gold Dancers" and "The Number in the Middle of the Show."

Of course, there a lot of fashionable numbers before the show: Heidi Klum (Versace), Claire Danes (Armami Prive), Kerry Washington (Marchesa), Julianne Hough (showing a lot of sheer leg in Jenny Packham), and Carrie Underwood (designer info unknown). I thought Sofia Vergara in her Vera Wang ultimately sizzled the most, while "Girls'" Lena Dunham: Is that a table cloth, or do my eyes deceive me?

This year's Emmys was also the last awards show I'll ever watch live at 4:00 pm here in Alaska, as next week, my new home sweet home will be Atlanta. More on that in a special blog on Friday; till then, so long and stay strong.