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Emmy Award Winners Prove America is Watching Cable

Monday, September 21st, 2009

The 61st annual Emmy awards aired live from Los Angeles, September 20th, and cable television audiences saw their favorites called up to be honored over and over again. Some major names repeated success stories from the previous year, while others picked up their honors for the very first time.

A total of 103 categories were honored with the Emmy this year, 28 of which were announced last night. Another 75 categories received their recognition on September 12 during the Creative Arts Awards. In total, the biggest winning channels were HBO (16 Emmys), Showtime (5) and AMC (2).

AMC’s Mad Men won Best Drama for the second straight year. This in addition to Walter White’s honor for Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama series (Breaking Bad) earned AMC its two Emmys this year.

Other Emmy-award-winning cable faces included Glenn Close (Damages, FX); Toni Colette (United States of Tara, Showtime); Jessica Lange and Ken Howard (Grey Gardens, HBO) and Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm, HBO).

Among 16 other awards, HBO took home Outstanding Made for Television Movie for Grey Gardens, which itself won 6 Emmys overall.

A complete listing of Emmy winners can be found at the official Emmy award website. Congratulations to all our favorites!