Cable Wins Big At The Emmys
Source: Multichannel News
Cable networks in general and HBO in particular were the big winners at the 67th annual Primetime Emmys Awards Sunday night as cable shows took home the lion’s share of awards in the major categories. HBO series took home both the Best Drama series and Best Comedy series in Game Of Thrones and Veep respectively during the primetime awards telecast aired live on Fox. Overall HBO won 14 primetime Emmy Awards, while Comedy Central won four. Amazon and Cartoon Network also won multiple awards with two each.
The biggest non-cable award went to How To Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis, who became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for her role in the ABC series. Two cable personalities won Emmy awards after ending their respective shows. John Hamm won his first Best Drama Actor Emmy for his role as advertising executive Don Draper in AMC’s Mad Men, while Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show won Emmys for best variety talk series and best director for a variety series for Chuck O’Neill. Amazon’s Transparent won several awards, including The Best Actor In A Comedy award for Jeffrey Tambor, as well as Best Director for a Comedy Series for Jill Soloway.
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The reason this is so significant is I think it parallels what is going on in the political world right now. The major networks represent the entrenched force, loaded with cash and connections, and yet in the end, the quality of the content, the uniqueness of stories and the breadth of reflection those stories are on the American population ends up driving their success.
Networks have always found themselves to be the understood winners. They own the television medium in some regards, and yet, here we stand today. Those on the outside of the power brokers take the majority of the major Emmy awards home with them -- not because of their power, but because of the genuine, real and substantive quality of their efforts.
Yes, it does remind me of politics today.
And to anyone who doubts that substance can defeat entrenched interests, be it Wall Street, a powerful Washington elite, or the organized political establishments of both parties, let this be an eye-opening lesson to you.
Change is in the wind...
...and it is going to blow you over if you aren't paying attention.
Some select clips:
Viola Davis, first African-American woman to win the Best Actress in a Drama Series Emmy
'Transparent' won Best Actor In A Comedy for Jeffrey Tambor, playing a transgender parent
'Transparent' won Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Jill Soloway
Uzo Aduba - "Orange is the New Black" Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Full clips and show segments, including Jon Stewart, etc:
https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxBroadcasting/videos
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