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These Emmy Awards are not a popularity contest
When the 1960s period piece "Mad Men" won the Emmy for outstanding drama series at Sunday's 60th annual Emmy Awards, it made history in at least two ways. It became the first basic-cable program to take top series honors. But it also added a more dubious mark: Compared with previous Emmy series winners, "Mad Men" is by far the least-watched, with an average of fewer than 1 million viewers tuning in during its first season last year. That's a fraction of the audience of even NBC's ever-ratings-challenged "30 Rock," which again took the comedy prize this year.
Emmys a night to salvage
The show never fully recovered after an opening clunker thanks to the five reality-show hosts. Good thing Ricky Gervais was there, though. SOMEONE at ABC should just cut Ricky Gervais a check. For 35 minutes the 2008 Emmys seemed well on the way to being the Worst Awards Show in the History of Television, including this year's Golden Globes, which happened in the middle of the writers strike and wasn't really a show at all.
'John Adams' sweeps Emmys
The HBO historical drama sets a record for a miniseries with 13 awards, including for actor and actress Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. Freshmen television cable series showed up their more established broadcast brethren at the 60th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday, underscoring cable's expanding role as the home of critically acclaimed programming.
Emmy winners and presenters make biting political remarks
References to the presidential race were occasionally subtle but more than often explicit. WITH THE presidential race grabbing much of the national spotlight, politics naturally shaded this year's Emmy ceremony featuring references ranging from subtle and sarcastic to burning.
'Amazing Race' beats 'Idol,' wins 6th Emmy
The CBS show has won every year since the reality category was created and it doesn't aim to bow out any time soon. Award shows are routinely derided as nothing more than popularity contests. That cannot be said about the Emmy winner for outstanding reality competition, which -- yet again -- went to CBS' "The Amazing Race."
The Emmy Awards: Deja vu all over again
We've entered an era when award shows honor TV and film whose commercial reach is dwarfed by the big dumb (TV shows and films).