The Daily Show with Jon Stewart grabbed the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Aug 29, 2010. The honor marked the eighth consecutive win for the Comedy Central series.
"This is the (eighth) Emmy win in this category for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," announced John Hodgman, a Daily Show regular and Emmys' color commentator.

"I am not sure that the Academy would be so quick to award The Daily Show these things if they knew what we used the Emmys for around the office. Executive Producer Rory Alabanese will accept for the program because Jon Stewart is too busy resting in his bed of melted Emmys."

Daily Show spin-off The Colbert Report walked away with the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series. The award was handed out during the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony. Colbert thanked his writers on his show in his usual fashion (taking the credit for their work).

Emmy host Jimmy Fallon came up big at the earlier ceremony, too. His Late Night pocketed an Emmy for Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing and Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media.

Future TBS talk show host Conan O'Brien notably received four Emmy nods - even though his The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien lasted only six months. Win the nominations were announced in the summer, he humorously tweeted: "Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations.

This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien."

2010 talk show winners and nominations:

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

• The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Hello Doggie, Inc. with Busboy Productions and Spartina Productions
• WINNER!!! EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW!!!The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Central Productions, LLC
• Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO, Bill Maher Productions and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
• Saturday Night Live, NBC, SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
• The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, NBC, Conaco & NBC Universal

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

• WINNER!!!The Colbert Report, #5076 (in Iraq), Comedy Central
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Episode #15040, Comedy Central
• Real Time With Bill Maher, 721- With Rachel Maddow, Niall Ferguson, Joe Queenan And Michael Ware, HBO
• Saturday Night Live, Host: Betty White, NBC
• The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, #146, NBC

Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming

• WINNER!!!!82nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• American Idol, Idol Gives Back, FOX
• Saturday Night Live, Host: James Franco, Host: Jon Hamm, Host: Betty White, NBC
• The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, Episode #1.1, NBC
• 63rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS
• The Who, Super Bowl Halftime Show, CBS

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

• The Colbert Report, #5076 (in Iraq), Comedy Central, James Hoskinson, Director
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Episode #15054, Comedy Central, Chuck O'Neil, Director
• Late Show With David Letterman, Show #3289, CBS, Jerry Foley, Director
• WINNER!!!!!Saturday Night Live, Host: Betty White, NBC, Don Roy King, Director
• The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, #146, Conaco & NBC Universal, Allan Kartun, Director

Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing

• 82nd Annual Academy Awards, John Hughes Tribute, ABC
• 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Horror Tribute, ABC
• American Idol, Dream (Episode 924/925A), FOX
• Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Handsome Men's Club, (Episode 10-1330), ABC
• Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Night Wars, (Episode 10-1304), ABC
• WINNER!!!!Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, 6-Bee, (Episode 226), NBC

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Nonfiction

• The Biggest Loser Digital Experience, NBC.com
• WINNER!!!The Jimmy Fallon, Digital Experience, LateNightWithJimmyFallon.com
• Top Chef: Las Vegas Bravo.com, Bravo Digital

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series

• The Big Bang Theory, The Adhesive Duck Deficiency, CBS
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Episode 15032, Comedy Central, Central Productions, LLC
• WINNER!!!Dancing With The Stars, Episode 909A, ABC, BBC Worldwide Productions
• Late Show With David Letterman, Episode 3150, CBS Worldwide Pants Inc.
• Saturday Night Live, Host: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, NBC, SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video