Comedy Centric just has to give a big shout-out to Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston.

As the photo above shows, during the September 20th 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards, the veteran of the long-running Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle received his second Best Lead Drama Actor Emmy in a row for his hit AMC dark dramedy. Excellent!
And in case fans are wondering, both Breaking Bad and Cranston’s mesmerizing character Walter White will return for a much-deserved third season of 13 episodes in 2010.

Photo: Bryan Cranston (Newscom)

As reported earlier, the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards — notably hosted by hilarious How I Met Your Mother standout Neil Patrick Harris — aired on Sunday, September 20, and I have a complete list of the comedy winners right here.

Follow the jump to read ‘em and weep … or jump for joy, depending on whether or not your favorites took home one of those dazzling little statues.

Comedy lovers are now about a day away from learning which of their favorite funny people and funny shows have managed to score primetime Emmy awards for 2009.

Even better, when it airs on CBS on Sunday, September 20, at 8pm ET, the three-hour 61st Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will be hosted by How I Met Your Mother superstar, Doogie Howser, M.D. veteran, and current Best Comedy Actor Emmy nominee Neil Patrick Harris.
So, who exactly is up for a shiny little statuette tomorrow? Follow the jump to learn all of the 2009 comedy Emmy nominees in this year’s bigger, better …read more

Go, Tina!
Tina Fey, the super-talented creative force behind NBC’s clever sitcom 30 Rock, recently landed a nice reward in honor of her terrific turn parodying Republican politician Sarah Palin during numerous skits at her old haunt Saturday Night Live.

On September 12, she received a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in acknowledgment of her spot-on Palin impersonations. The award marked Fey’s sixth Emmy win, and she also has two additional nominations in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories for her involvement with 30 Rock.

Comedic actor and chef Dom DeLuise, born Dominick DeLuise in New York on August 1, 1933, passed away in his sleep on Monday evening, May 4. Hospitalized in Los Angeles, California, the 75-year-old apparently succumbed to complications from kidney failure and/or respiratory problems he had suffered from for a long time.
In addition to writing two cookbooks — Eat This – It Will Make You Feel Better! in 1988 and Eat This Too! It’ll Also Make You Feel Good in 1997 — the popular character actor with a quirky sense of humor was well-known for his work in films. …read more

Celebrated actress Bea Arthur, born Bernice Frankel, a star of both television and stage, passed away from cancer early in the morning on Saturday, April 25, at her Los Angeles home. She was just weeks away from her 87th birthday on May 13.
The tall thespian known for her distinctive deep voice played two pivotal characters on long-running television comedies, for which she received two Best Actress Emmys and nine Emmy nominations, in addition to the two nods for Best Guest Comedy Actress for an episode of Malcolm in the Middle and Best Supporting Variety Actress for Laugh-In.

It’s shaping up to be a stellar week for the AMC dramedy Breaking Bad.
Not only was the Emmy-winning Bryan Cranston-led series honored with a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award yesterday, but not too long after that announcement, its home network announced the show has been renewed for a third season projected to begin in 2010. The second piece of good news comes just four episodes into the show’s sophomore run.
Said AMC executive Joel Stillerma: “Breaking Bad is one of the most unique and layered dramas on television today. The Peabody win, the critical acclaim and strong audience growth …read more

30 Rock! 30 Rock! 30 Rock!
Honestly — if you haven’t yet heard, Tina Fey’s masterful NBC sitcom 30 Rock is on an awards-show roll, and January 25th’s 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was no different than all of the other ceremonies in recent memory.
The NBC sitcom positively swept the comedy television awards in all three categories: Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Series. I don’t even have to specify the names of the first two winners because savvy viewers already know.
The biggest loser among the nominees? Ugly Betty, which dropped out of two categories all …read more

I’ve got bad news here, Kath & Kim fans. Just like the equally awful — no offense intended — NBC drama Knight Rider before it, the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim has suffered a sheering of sorts at the hands of network programming executives.
In the midst of all the Television Critics Association press tour madness last week, the Futon Critic learned that instead of making good on its 22-episode, full-season order for the Australian import back in November, NBC intends to decrease the comedy’s freshman season to just 17 episodes instead.
The reason is presumably the usual suspect, of course: …read more

This news truly sucks.
E! Online’s Kristin and tons of other TV industry insiders in the know all report pretty much the same dismal development: ABC is holding off on airing the final episodes of canceled gems Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, and Pushing Daisies until the summer.
For those of us who remember the vastly boring wasteland the summer TV season used to be before basic cable swooped in and made it a legitimate occasion for new stuff, waiting isn’t such a big deal. But, for fans who wanted closure as soon as possible, it’s a whole ‘nother story I’m …read more