A funny thing happened on the way to the Emmys. The expected coronation of '30 Rock' as the winner of every comedy category did not quite come to pass. Toni Collette, who portrays a woman with multiple personalities on Showtime's 'United States of Tara,' won the Emmy for best actress in a comedy at the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. Kristin Chenoweth, who played Olive Snook in ABC's 'Pushing Daisies,' which was canceled after its second season, won best supporting actress in a comedy. Jon Cryer, who plays the Felix Unger to Charlie Sheen's Oscar Madison on CBS's 'Two and a Half Men,' won best supporting actor in a comedy. And Jeffrey Blitz won for best director for a comedy for 'The Office' on NBC, for the episode titled 'Stress Relief,' in which a cat was thrown into a hole in the ceiling and came crashing back down through the ceiling tiles. Some things went as expected. Alec Baldwin won the award for best actor in a comedy for his role on '30 Rock' for the second consecutive year, and the show also took home an award for writing for a comedy series -- but in that category, at least, it had a leg up. It had garnered four of the five nominations for the award. Other awards were doled out according to a well-worn script. Jeff Probst of CBS's 'Survivor' won the award for best reality host for the second consecutive year, and 'The Amazing Race,' also on CBS, won the award for best reality competition show for the seventh consecutive year. 'Upsets at every turn,' Harris ad-libbed, himself a loser in the best supporting actor in a comedy category. HBO racked up awards in its category of usual dominance, the mini-series or movie. Brendan Gleeson won the award for best actor in a mini-series or movie for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in 'Into the Storm.' Shohreh Aghdashloo won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a mini-series or movie for HBOs 'House of Saddam.' Ken Howard won the supporting actor award for 'Grey Gardens' and afterward thanked, among others, Jeannie Epper, the donor of his kidney, who also is a television stuntwoman. Significant changes were made to this year's show in the hope of attracting a bigger audience -- or at least keeping those audience members who tune in to the beginning but might be tempted to turn away soon after. 