When it comes to comedy, the Emmys are making room for "Girls."
FX Network's "American Horror Story" and AMC's "Mad Men" landed the most Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with 17 apiece. "Downton Abbey," from PBS had 16 nods.
"The Help" led the way with four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations as Hollywood's movie awards season revved up Wednesday.
It was a birthday party that kept Emmy nominee Alec Baldwin away from TV's biggest night, not the fact that his opening skit got cut, he says.
The 30 Rock nominee insists it wasn't over his opening sketch being cut
This year, the Emmy Awards come on the heels of New York Fashion Week. How does the red carpet measure up to the runway?
Host Jane Lynch kept the audience laughing at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Here is a recap of all the best moments.
AMC's "Mad Men" won a fourth consecutive best drama series Emmy, while the ABC sitcom "Modern Family" took top comedy honors at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night.
Plus: Jeremy Piven takes his Emmys for a drive and more stars with their statues
Poehler says the Parks and Recreation cast is tops in "straight-up partying"
Courteney Cox, Kyra Sedgwick and Joel McHale are among those left out of Thursday's nominations
The AMC drama led the field with 19 nominations, including best drama, actor and actress
The popular shows "Mad Men" and "Modern Family" were at the top of the list when the 2011 primetime Emmy nominations were announced Thursday.
The actress is "tickled pink" to be asked to emcee the awards in September
The best in acting are honored at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
"The King's Speech" actor Geoffrey Rush joked that the SAG awards should be called the "Uplift" awards because of the boost it gave his movie just four weeks before the Academy Awards.
The nominated actors will join stars like Josh Duhamel and Betty White during Sunday's show
The starlet takes to Facebook to express her gratitude for her two People's Choice Award
Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet reflects on how the show is warming people around the country to homosexuality.
The Fox hit and last year's big winner vie for golden statues at Sunday's ceremony
The comedian, who's up for an Emmy for Damages, will skip this weekend's award show
True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard also joins the roster of presenters for next Sunday's award show
The two veteran TV stars win Creative Emmys at Saturday night's ceremony
The sitcom actor is recognized - belatedly - for his work hosting the 2009 Tony Awards
TV stars like Chris Colfer and Julia Ormond celebrate their nominations - and the Prop 8 ruling
The Mad Men star tells PEOPLE he'll have a little help from House's Hugh Laurie
Sandra Bullock refuses to believe she has a chance at a best actress Oscar, even though she's now won the Screen Actors Guild award and a Golden Globe for "The Blind Side."
The 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards boost Bullock over Streep, echoing last week's Globes. Kareen Wynter reports.
James Cameron carried home two Golden Globes on Sunday night for his 3-D blockbuster, "Avatar."
The stars came out in full force for the 67th Annual Golden Globes.
Plus: Twilight sweeps the ceremony with four trophies - including favorite movie
Queen Latifah returns as host of Wednesday's show as fans pick their favorites
The veteran Golden Girl will receive the Life Achievement Award Jan. 23
Clooney, Streep, Bullock, Mo'Nique and more familiar names get top nods
The British comedian will emcee the award show on Jan. 17
Tonight's 61st ceremony features new host Neil Patrick Harris and new nominees
Watch the stars arrive at the 61st primetime Emmy Awards.
After starting with 16 nominations, "Mad Men" won just three Emmy Awards at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night -- but one of them was the big one, best drama series.
He can saw himself in half, sing a selection of Broadway showtunes and swing on a flying trapeze.
The How I Met Your Mother star's husband babysits on her first day back on set
The 61st Primetime Emmy nominees are announced including "Mad Men" for best drama and "Family Guy" for best comedy.
The Emmy Awards smiled on some unlikely comedy series nominees Thursday morning, giving nominations to "Family Guy" and "Flight of the Conchords" and leaving out such mainstays as "Two and a Half Men."
The How I Met Your Mother star will host TV's biggest night
The Tony Awards host may have another gig in September
Plus: Kate Winslet continues her award show victory lap and 30 Rock cleans up
The actors of "Slumdog Millionaire" won outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, and Heath Ledger posthumously won best supporting male actor at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.
The Screen Actors Guild stops its in-fighting long enough for "The 15th Annual SAG Awards." CNN's Brooke Anderson reports.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the big name when the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday. But it's "Doubt" that leads the pack at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which is being aired Sunday night.
After a year out of the award show spotlight, the stars return! Kareen Wynter reports.
It was a night for underdogs at the Golden Globes -- and a particularly rich one for the biggest underdog of them all, "Slumdog Millionaire."
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez lead the all-star lineup, but John Travolta cancels as he mourns his son's death
"The Dark Knight" took home top honors at the People's Choice Awards Wednesday night, walking away with five awards.
There's no doubt about "Doubt."
Tom Cruise and James Franco are also in the running for their out-there comedy roles
With ratings down for the Emmys, Hollywood figures sound off on their proposed extreme makeovers for congrat-fests
A dazzling look at fashion on the red carpet at the Emmy awards.
Perhaps there's something to these writers, after all.
Emmy preview
updated: Fri Sep 19 2008 12:44:00
CNN's Kareen Wynter previews this year's Emmy Awards from the set of Showtime's 'Dexter' series.
Mad Men, AMC's sleek drama set in the advertising world circa 1960, and FX's legal thriller Damages made Emmy nominations history as the first basic cable programs to gain best-series nods
Tim Burton's macabre musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won big at the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, announced during a live press conference from Hollywood on Sunday, while the film's star, Johnny Depp, picked up best actor in movie comedy or musical.
The Golden Globe Awards are forced into a news-conference format Sunday by the Hollywood writers strike.
The ongoing writers' strike could cause some major problems for the Golden Globes telecast: The Writers Guild denied a request late Monday to allow its writers to work on the Jan. 13 broadcast.
CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports on the plans for Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien to return to air without striking writers.
Ugly Betty star America Ferrera and High School Musical hunk Zac Efron were among the winners at the ninth Family Television Awards Wednesday night in Beverly Hills.
Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Wyclef Jean and Norah Jones join CNN for a live global telecast honoring ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Maintaining the tradition of having a child of Hollywood royalty in charge of handing out the prize at hand, Rumer Willis was named Miss Golden Globe 2008 on Wednesday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
It was inevitable: Simon Cowell had to weigh in on Ryan Seacrest's performance at the Emmy Awards.
Long hailed as one of the finest series in television history, "The Sopranos" finished its seven-season, 10-year run in a fitting manner: as the outstanding dramatic series of the year at Sunday's 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Awards bring a fitting finale for 'The Sopranos' and a censored remark from Sally Field. CNN's Brooke Anderson reports
Who will walk away with Emmy gold? CNN's Brooke Anderson has expert predictions.
It's official: Ryan Seacrest is now hosting everything.
Ryan Seacrest of "American Idol" is hosting next month's Emmy ceremony, but viewers still won't be able to call in and pick the winners.
"The Sopranos," "Boston Legal," "Grey's Anatomy," "House" and freshman hit, "Ugly Betty" all received top Emmy Award nominations on Thursday
Saving the world from assorted terrorists paid off for the cast of "24" at Sunday night's Primetime Emmy Awards.
Emmy has taken a few hits to her expansive wings lately -- but the show, as always, will go on.
The Emmy Awards academy was hoping to mix things up this year.
showbuzzupdated: Mon Jul 25 2005 14:56:00
Brittany Murphy is the first celebrity Jordache jeans girl. She stars in a series of new ads for the company that became famous during the 1970s' designer jeans craze.
"Sideways," the story of two men grappling with maturity, led the Golden Globe nominations Monday morning, picking up seven nominations, and Jamie Foxx earned three acting nominations, including best lead actor in a musical or comedy for his performance as Ray Charles in "Ray."
So this is the year "The Sopranos" finally wins its Emmy, right?
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