Fey’s 30 Rock Hits, Misses Repeat Emmy Wins

30 ROCK star ALEC BALDWIN defended his title as the Outstanding Lead Comedy Actor at the 2009 Emmys for the second year running on Sunday (20Sep09) - but his co-star TINA FEY was defeated in her bid to reclaim her Lead Actress prize.

The pair stole the show at last year’s (08) ceremony, scooping the top male and female honours in the comedy series categories, and hoped to repeat their success after landing a whopping 22 nods this year (09).

And Baldwin was delighted after he was declared the winner for the second time, accepting the trophy over Brothers & Sisters favourite Rob Lowe.

Taking the stage, the star joked, “I’ll be honest with you. I’d trade this to look like him.”

But United States Of Tara’s Toni Collette was later named Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, depriving 30 Rock creator Fey of her second consecutive award in the category.

Collette beamed: “Wow, this is insanely confronting.”

Fey redeemed herself moments later as she graced the stage to acknowledge her Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress on hit sketch show Saturday Night Live. That win was first announced at the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys ceremony last week (12Sep09).

She and her co-stars Baldwin and Tracy Morgan still have a chance to compete for Emmy gold in categories including the coveted category Outstanding Comedy Series, which they won in 2008.

The winners of the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards thus far are as follows:

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Jon Cryer - Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series: American Idol

Outstanding Director in a Comedy Series: Jeff Blitz - The Office

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Matt Hubbard - 30 Rock, The Reunion

Outstanding Made for Television Movie: Grey Gardens

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Ken Howard - Grey Gardens

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Series: Dearbhla Walsh - Little Dorrit

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: Andrew Davies - Little Dorrit

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie: Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Saddam

Outstanding Reality-TV Competition: The Amazing Race

Outstanding Miniseries: Little Dorrit

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: Brendan Gleeson - Into The Storm

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Toni Collette - United States Of Tara

Outstanding Host for a Reality Competition Show: Jeff Probst - Survivor