Late Night ‘s David Letterman, stand-up comic Louis C.K. and TV hitModern Family were winners at the first-ever American Comedy Awards on the weekend.

The fledgling U.S. honour, hosted by the Comedy Central network in New York on Saturday night, presented awards for achievements in a host of categories that recognized film, television, sketch and online comedy.

Mockumentary-style TV comedy Modern Family nabbed the trophy for best comedy series as well as for its direction.

Source: CBC News