Emmys: 'Veep' Unseats 'Modern Family' for Best Comedy

By R. Thomas Umstead
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In a surprise, HBO's Veep beat out five-time winner Modern Family for the Best Comedy Emmy Category.

The Julia Louise-Dreyfus-starrer ended Modern Family's five-year run as the top comedy series on television. Veep also beat out HBO’s Silicon Valley, NBC’s Park & Recreation, Amazon’s Transparent, FX Network’s Louie, and Netflix’ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

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.