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“Modern Family” wins Emmy as best comedy series

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Gail Mancuso accepts the award for outstanding directing for a comedy series for her work on “Modern Family” at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. Looking on from left are Justin Mikita, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julie Bowen. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – “Modern Family” has done it again, winning the Emmy Award for best comedy series.

It’s the fifth year in a row the hit ABC series has bagged the big prize, tying a record winning streak set by “Frasier.”

Rivals were “The Big Bang Theory,” ”Louie,” ”Orange Is the New Black,” ”Silicon Valley” and “Veep.”

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