Emmys: Jon Hamm Wins Best Actor Award

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Mad Men actor Jon Hamm finally won the Best Actor in a Drama series award for his portrayal of Don Draper in AMC's Mad Men.

In accpeting the award, Hamm -- who is in his final year of eligibility -- said: "There's been a terrible mistake ... its impossible to have done this hsow with this incredible cast and writers,"

Draper beat out Showtime’s Liev Schereiber of Ray Donovan, AMC's Bob Odenkirk of Better Call Saul, Netflix’ Kyle Chandler of  Bloodline & Kevin Spacey for House of Cards, and Jeff Daniels of HBO’s Newsroom.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.