Alec Baldwin wins best actor Emmy for "30 Rock"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin won the Emmy Award as best actor in a television comedy series on Sunday for his role as a venal, egotistical broadcast executive on NBC's network TV satire "30 Rock."

Baldwin prevailed over challenges from fellow NBC star Steve Carell of "The Office," as well as three-time past winner Tony Shalhoub of "Monk," Charlie Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" and Lee Pace of the new ABC series "Pushing Daisies."