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Cable Takes Top Honors During The 57th Emmy Awards With 27 Statuettes

The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards which revels in national prime-time programming excellence, awarded top honors chiefly to Cable. HBO and ABC lead this year's Emmys with 27 and 16 statuettes, respectively, during the creative arts awards and the primetime telecast.

Lighthearted and well-paced fun made for classic TV moments such as Donald Trump and Will & Grace’s Megan Mullaly singing the theme from Green Acres with Trump clutching a pitchfork and dressed in overalls. They won the Idol contest of the night by the way.

In its ninth and final season, the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond was named Outstanding Comedy Series. In its debut season, the ABC hit Lost took top honors as Outstanding Drama Series. Outstanding Reality-Competition Series went to CBS’ The Amazing Race.

Cable’s quality cutting-edge programming continued to be recognized and celebrated for its superiority. Outstanding Variety or Music Program was won by the Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which also took home top honors for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program. And for the second consecutive year, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series went to Tony Shalhoub for his performance as obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk in the USA series Monk.

Among movies and miniseries, four separate HBO productions took home the acting prizes. Outstanding Lead Actor went to Geoffrey Rush; Outstanding Lead Actress was won by S. Epatha Merkerson for Lackawanna Blues; living legend Paul Newman was named Outstanding Supporting Actor for Empire Falls; and Jane Alexander topped the Outstanding Supporting Actress category for Warm Springs. HBO won Best Movie as well, with Warm Springs, about President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggle with polio, taking top honors.

As the night unfolded, HBO nabbed 27 honors; Cartoon Network walked away with 7; Comedy Central and Showtime both received 3 wins; Nickelodeon seized 2; and A&E, Discovery Channel, Hallmark, and USA also captured an honor.

Cable’s continuous investment in its programming benefits consumers by delivering original, compelling and high-quality content that captures the hearts of viewers and continues to amaze its critics.

The 2005 Emmy’s which aired on CBS on 9/18/05, delivered a 19.6 household share, up 4.5 share points from year ago. During this time period, Cable managed to capture 57% of all TV tuning, up 2.1 share points from year ago. Additionally, 40.0 million homes chose Cable as their number one entertainment and information source for the night.

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