Mad Men, the period show about the advertising¹ industry, has won an Emmy for best TV drama for the second year running, at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

《广告狂人》，有关广告业的电影节目，在洛杉矶举办的艾美奖颁奖仪式上第二次获得最受欢迎剧集奖。

Glenn Close won for her role in Damages for a second year

In the comedy section, 30 Rock, a series about a fictional² TV programme, won its third trophy³（奖品，战利品） in as many years.

Glenn Close won lead actress in a drama series for her role in Damages, while best actor in a drama series went to Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad.

The BBC's Little Dorrit took several awards, including best mini-series.

It also won awards for art direction, costumes and cinematography（电影术）.

"We are thrilled that Little Dorrit has gone down so well this side of the Atlantic," executive producer Anne Pivcevic said.

The BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles says Mad Men, the drama category winner, has attracted a small audience, but it is a favourite of the critics.

Our correspondent says the awards ceremony was a relatively⁴ low key show, reflecting what has been a difficult year in the television industry.

It was left to the star of The Office, Ricky Gervais, to lighten the mood as he claimed the awards ceremony was his favourite.

"The thing about Oscars and the Golden Globes is they got film stars there," he said.

"With their jaw⁵ lines and chiselled⁶ looks, making me feel bad. But in this room, I'm probably above average."

In other awards, Australian actress Toni Colette won the Emmy for leading actress in a comedy series for her role in United States of Tara, while Alec Baldwin scooped⁷ the men's category for his role 30 Rock.

Tina Fey failed to win best actress for 30 Rock, but she was honoured for her Sarah Palin impersonation.

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson won an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a mini-series or movie for his role as Winston Churchill in Into The Storm.

Kristin Chenoweth won the best supporting comedy actress.

But the show, Pushing Daisies, has now been cancelled.

"I'm not employed now so I'd like to be on 'Mad Men'. I also like 'The Office' and '24'," she joked as she collected her award.

Jon Cryer won best supporting comedy actor for Two and a Half Men.

"I used to think that awards were just shallow（浅的） tokens of momentary⁸ popularity, but now I realise they are the only true measure of a person's worth as a human being," quipped Cryer.

Our correspondent says the ceremony devoted⁹ a significant amount of time to reality television, one of the fastest growing genres¹⁰ in entertainment.