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By Mary Milliken and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For all the talk about newcomers raising the game of television, the industry on Monday chose to bestow its top Emmys on the long-running shows “Breaking Bad” and “Modern Family” and long-time television actors who held off challenges from film stars. “Breaking Bad,” AMC’s unlikely tale of a teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White, won the night’s biggest honor, the Emmy for best drama series, for the second year in a row while lead Bryan Cranston took best drama actor for the fourth time in that role. It held off the ballyhooed HBO anthology, “True Detective,” the bayou thriller starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and fellow film star Woody Harrelson, who Cranston beat. “Thank you so much for this wonderful farewell to our show,” said “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan, who also celebrated Emmy wins in best supporting actor and actress categories for Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn.

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Basic cable channel AMC was rewarded at the Primetime Emmy awards for “Breaking Bad” and broadcasters landed top honors, while pioneering streaming service Netflix Inc was shut out of the major categories on Monday. Premium cable channel network HBO again dominated with 19 awards in total, 15 of them in creative arts categories handed out earlier this month. Its only major acting award on Monday went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for political comedy “Veep.” Broadcast network ABC’s “Modern Family” won best comedy series for the fifth consecutive time. AMC, a unit of AMC Networks Inc, took home the best drama prize for the final season of “Breaking Bad,” one of six awards for the network.

The Emmys welcomed plenty of movie stars to television’s biggest awards show, including Julia Roberts, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Spacey, Mark Ruffalo and the reigning Oscar winner for best actor, Matthew McConaughey. All were sent home empty-handed.

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Emmy awards saw a sea of red and white gowns with sleek silhouettes on Monday, as television’s top talent channeled golden age glamour for Hollywood’s first red carpet of the major awards season. Red, often a risky choice as it can disappear into the color of the carpet, was the favored tone for stars such as “Veep” nominee Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a column halter Carolina Herrera and “Homeland” star Claire Danes in a vermillion embellished Givenchy dress. …

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hip hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, who was shot and wounded at a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend, was resting at a local hospital but had “lost a lot of blood,” his family said on Monday. Knight, 49, was struck by bullets early on Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire at a club in West Hollywood during a party in advance of the MTV Music Video Awards across town at The Forum in Inglewood. Knight, best-known as the co-founder of Death Row Records, home to such rap stars as Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, suffered multiple gunshot wounds but was expected to survive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a written statement. “The family of Suge Knight ask that you keep Suge in your prayers and to stray away from the negativity portrayed by the media,” Knight’s family said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.

By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three television upstarts could shake up the annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday in a validation of the television industry’s move toward sophisticated, long-form storytelling. In what is widely seen as the start of the Hollywood awards season, some of Tinseltown’s biggest talent walked the red carpet, a reflection of film stars’ growing presence on the small screen. Led by Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson from HBO’s murder mystery “True Detective,” a new breed of TV backed by film stars and cinematic storytelling will square off against Emmy stalwarts “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.” “We have a lot of sexy newcomers,” said Tom O’Neil, the editor of awards handicapper Goldderby.com.