Recap: Primetime Emmy Awards

The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards aired Sunday night on NBC. Jimmy Fallon hosted the show, and similar to his late night show, he brought some light-hearted fun to the night.

The Emmys begin with a Glee-inspired opening sequence that not only includes many of Glee's cast, but also stars Joel McHale and Tina Fey. Kate Gosselin and Betty White also appear. The latter has a memorable part as she tells the butt-shaking Jon Hamm to "Back that mother up!" Fans of Lost will rejoice to hear that Jorge Garcia, who plays Hurley, sings during the number.

The actual awards then begin with comedy. Fallon strums on his guitar and introduces a clip for the year in comedy. Eric Stonestreet wins for "Best Supporting Actor in Comedy." Steve Levitan wins for Best Comedy Writing for Modern Family.

Stephen Colbert then presents "Best Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Comedy." Jane Lynch wins for Glee and gives a touching, yet humorous speech, including referencing creator Ryan Murphy as "Lord." Ryan Murphy is Glee's other win for "Best Directing in a Comedy Series."

Eva Longoria Parker and LL Cool J announce "Best Actor in Comedy," and the winner is Jim Parsons from Big Bang Theory.

Last year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, then comes out to announce the award for "Best Actress in a Comedy." However, he first jokingly thanks the Academy for allowing a gay man to host the Emmys for two straight years. The winner is Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie.

Fallon brings out his guitar again and introduces a reality-television montage for the year. Top Chef wins for "Best Reality Television Series."

Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy win for Mad Men for "Best Writing for a Drama." Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad wins for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. "Best Supporting Actress in a Drama" goes to Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife

Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad wins for "Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series," while "Best Directing in a Drama" went to Steve Schill for Dexter.

In a hilarious moment, Fallon does a few musical tributes to TV shows we lost this year. He dressed up as Elton John at the piano, singing an altered version of "Candle in the Wind" to say farewell to 24. He then quickly changed into Boys to Men clothes and sang goodbye to Law and Order. His last song was Green Day's "Time of Your life" sung to Lost.

Tina Fey and Matthew Morrison present "Best Actress in a Drama." Kyra Sedgwick wins for The Closer.

Ricky Gervais provides more humor as he goes on a rant about how unlike the Golden Globes, there's no booze allowed at the Emmys. He subsequently asks the audience, "Who wants beer?" And then has waiters coming out to give beer to some front row members.

Although there was plenty of audience support for Conan, The Daily Show with John Stewart wins "Best Variety, Music or Comedy Show." However, Stewart isn't present to accept the award and several writers took the stage in place of him.

George Clooney then wins the "Bob Hope Humanitarian Award" and receives a standing ovation after making his speech. He makes the point of noting that we live in a country where people who need attention, like disaster victims, aren't getting the attention they deserve.

Next, Julia Ormand wins for "Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries" for her work on Temple Grandin. David Strathairn provides another win for the movie as he receives the "Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries" award. Claire Danes also wins "Best Actor in a Miniseries" for Temple Grandin.. However, its overall biggest wins were the "Best Made for TV Movie" and "Best Director for TV Movie or Miniseries," won by Mick Jackson.

On a somber note, Jewel sings a self-written song for a friend who passed away from cancer. We then begin the "In Memoriam" montage.

Al Pacino wins "Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie" for You Don't Know Jack. Laurence Fishburne presents the award for "Best Miniseries" to Tom Hanks, who makes an eloquent and short speech.

Fallon and Tom Selleck have a big hug on stage as they are dressed the same. Fallon calls him his "real father" and says, "I knew you were real!"

The night closes with the two major categories: "Best Drama" and "Best Comedy Series." Mad Men wins "Best Drama" for its third straight year, while "Best Comedy Series" goes to Modern Family.