USA: Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg's "Into The West" scores most nods among all programs vying for Emmys with 16 nominations

Record ID: 342842

  • Title: USA: Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg's "Into The West" scores most nods among all programs vying for Emmys with 16 nominations
  • Date: 13th July 2006
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 6, 2006) (REUTERS) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CEO OF THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES DICK ASKIN STANDING WITH GARRETT AND LOUIS- DREYFUS AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) DICK ASKIN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CEO OF THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES, SAYING: "Thank you. The nominations in the Comedy
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  • Topics: Entertainment
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  • Story Text: Two veteran TV shows, Fox drama "24" and newly departed NBC comedy "Will & Grace," led the field of Emmy Award series nominees despite rule changes designed to welcome new faces to the race for U.S. television's highest honors.
    Espionage thriller "24," a perennial favorite with 11 previous wins, topped the list of series contenders with 12 nominations, including a bid for best drama.
    "Will & Grace," a winner of 14 Emmys that ended its run this past season, was the most nominated sitcom, gaining recognition in 10 categories, including a nod for best comedy series.
    But cable channel TNT's six-part miniseries "Into the West," produced by Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg, scored the biggest tally among all programs vying for Emmys this year with 16 nominations.
    The nominee roster also was notable for a number of shows that got snubbed. Last year's best-drama winner, the ABC castaway mystery "Lost," was shut out of the major categories this year, as was network companion "Desperate Housewives," which clinched nominations in 2005 for three of its stars.
    In the battle for best drama, "24" will square off against two longtime Emmy darlings, HBO gangster saga "The Sopranos" and newly departed NBC political drama "The West Wing, as well as two hospital-themed newer hits -- ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and Fox's "House."
    "Will & Grace" will compete for top comedy honors against fellow NBC shows "Scrubs" and "The Office," as well as television's top-rated sitcom, "Two and a Half Men" on CBS. Rounding out the category were HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and the recently canceled but critically acclaimed Fox show "Arrested Development," a past winner.
    While premium cable channel HBO and the major broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox -- continued to dominate the proceedings, the absence of some past heavyweights made room for several noteworthy newcomers and their stars.
    One such beneficiary was former "Seinfeld" co-star and Emmy Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who landed a nomination for best actress in a comedy series for her new CBS sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine.
    Dick Askin, chief executive of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, said the competition was opened up by a new nominating system that put a blue-ribbon panel in charge of winnowing the top vote-getters down to the five nominees in each category.
    The 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien, will be broadcast live on NBC from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Aug. 27.
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