Eva Longoria and her fellow Desperate Housewives' cast took the prize for best comedy TV series. Copyright The Riviera Times

The iconic awards were presented to various stars from the best mini series - won by Japanese broadcasting corporation NHK for Yasu – A Single Father’s Story, to best new documentaries broadcast across the globe. The UK’s news medium Sky News dominated the current affairs category winning both best television news item titled ‘Inside Homs’ and best 24-hour news programme ‘The Fall of Tripoli’.

But it was the United States who stole the show, taking prizes for best drama TV series (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), best soap opera (The Bold and The Beautiful) and best comedy TV series (Desperate Housewives). The Americans dominated the comedy category too, taking home three out of the four prizes up for grabs. Jason Priestley and Tina Fey took most outstanding actor and actress, while Christopher Lloyd and Steve Levitan were awarded best international producers for their comical TV series, Modern Family. Woody Harrelson was also named television film’s outstanding actor.

A unique award of the evening, Prince Rainier III’s special recognition prize was awarded to Sweden’s Dirty Waters.

The Princely couple, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene were joined at the cocktail afterparty at the Monaco Palace by A-list stars including Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria, CSI’s Eva La Rue and Walt Disney’s President Anne Sweeney.  

Prizes:

Digital Spy presents the full list of winners at the awards ceremony below:

Best Television Film
The Last Fine Day, Hager Moss Film (Germany)

Best Director (TV Film)
Masato Harada - Early Autumn (Japan)

Outstanding Actor (TV Film)
Woody Harrelson - Game Change (USA)

Outstanding Actress (TV Film)
Christine Neubauer - Hanna's Decision (Germany)

Best Mini-Series
Yasu - A Single Father's Story, NHK (Japan)

Outstanding Actress (Mini-Series)
Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult (UK)

Outstanding Actor (Mini-Series)
Julien Boisselier - Henry Of Navarre (Germany)

Best News Documentaries
Terror Island, TV2 Norway (Norway)
Bahrain : Shouting In The Dark, Al Jazeera English (Qatar)

Best TV News Item
Inside News, Sky News (UK)

Best 24-Hour News Programme
The Fall of Tripoli, Sky News (UK)

Outstanding International Producer (Comedy)
Christopher Lloyd & Steve Levitan - Modern Family (USA)

Outstanding Actress (Comedy)
Tina Fey - 30 Rock (USA)

Outstanding Actor (Comedy)
Jason Priestley - Call Me Fitz (USA)

Outstanding European Producer (Comedy)
Joey Faré - Kaboul Kitchen (France)

Outstanding International Producer (Drama)
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss - Game of Thrones (USA)

Outstanding Actress (Drama)
Mille Dinesen - Rita (Denmark)

Outstanding Actor (Drama)
Henning Baum - The Last Cop (Germany)

Outstanding European Producer (Drama)
Guido De Angelis, Nicola De Angelis, Ciaran Donnelly - Titanic Blood & Steel (Italy)

International TV Audience Awards:

Best Drama TV Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (USA)

Best Comedy TV Series
Desperate Housewives (USA)

Best Soap Opera
The Bold and the Beautiful (USA)

The Special Prize of Prince Rainier III
Dirty Waters, Folke Ryden Production AB (Sweden)

Urti Prize - Grand Prix for Author's Documentaries
Sayome, ERT (Greece)

Amade Prize
Correspondent - Women in Kabul, SVT (Sweden)

Prize of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Irak: Les Enfants Sacrifiés de Falluja, Baozi Prod (France)

Signis Prize
The Last Fine Day, Hager Moss Film (Germany)

Prize of the Monaco Red Cross
Hanna's Decision, Wega FilmProduktionsGESMBH (Germany)

Sarah Lloyd