Modern Family nets fifth Emmy to level all-time wins

Modern Family has won a record-tying fifth best comedy series Emmy Award.

The very proud Modern Family cast and producers (Vince Bucci/Invision/PA)

The comedy has now tied Frasier as the all-time sitcom champ with five statuettes.

It’s the fifth year in a row the hit series has bagged the big prize.

And it was a night of records with Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston win for best actor in a drama series putting him on par with four-time best drama actor champ Dennis Franz.

Bryan Cranston accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series

The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, aka Sheldon Cooper, was crowned as best comedy series actor, giving him his fourth Emmy and putting him in league with all-time sitcom winners Kelsey Grammer and Michael J Fox.

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