Neil Patrick Harris

61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will go down in history as ... well, actually good.

In addition to Neil's success, the show was especially clever and breezy this time around. Winners walked to the stage during announcements about their favorite hobbies and other trivial facts (courtesy of comedian John Hodgman). Presenters were introduced by references to obscure roles they played years ago ("You probably know Rob Lowe best as the teen dad on the '80s after-school special 'Schoolboy Father' ..."). Even the interviews with directors and writers taped ahead of time were funny and creative.

The bad news for the show's producers? The 2010 show will have a lot to live up to.

Here are just some of the brightest moments from this year's Emmys broadcast:

Neil Patrick Harris, host with the most

The "How I Met Your Mother" star got a little hosting practice earlier this year when he emceed the Tony Awards, but no one could have predicted just how comfortable he'd be at the helm of TV's biggest awards show. During his song-and-dance routine that kicked off the show, he rattled off the name of every network on television, wondered if "Mad Men's" Christina Hendricks could turn a gay man straight, and then flirted with Jon Hamm. Later, he played the ungracious loser after Jon Cryer won the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy with snarky congratulations and promises he wouldn't let the show get "awkward." He even brought his own Web character, "Dr. Horrible," to the show with a video promoting the fact that the Internet is making television obsolete. The problem? He was interrupted by a frozen screen and "buffering" messages. Mission accomplished.