Actress Katherine Heigl (photo) poses with the Emmy she won for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for her role in Grey?s Anatomy at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.

The US television industry also paid a final Emmy tribute on Sunday to The Sopranos and sent America?s favorite mob family off with the prestigious award for best drama in a night otherwise filled with upsets. The telecast took an emotionally charged political turn when veteran Sally Field took the stage for her surprise Emmy win as best actress in a drama in ABC?s Brothers & Sisters, playing a mom whose son ships off to serve in the Iraq war.

?I?m proud to be one of those women, and let?s face it, if mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamned wars in the first place,? Field said to applause in a comment partially bleeped from the live Fox network telecast. One of the biggest upsets came as James Spader of ABC courtroom series Boston Legal was named best actor in a drama series over James Gandolfini, the sentimental favorite to claim a fourth prize for his role as conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano.

As expected, America Ferrera was named best actress in a comedy for her breakout role as the plucky but homely fashion magazine assistant on the new ABC hit Ugly Betty. Britain?s Ricky Gervais was a surprise winner for best actor in a comedy for his role as a 40-something actor who gives up his day job to pursue movie stardom in HBO?s Extras. He upset two front-runners who play bosses from hell ? Steve Carell of NBC?s The Office and Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock.