America's traditional old broadcast networks staged a comeback Sunday night at the 61st annual Emmy Awards and snatched a few of the key prizes back from cable channels that have been making inroads and all but staging raids, especially in the 21st century.

When recipients open their mouths, there's no telling what'll come out. Thanks to Jessica Lange, Ken Howard, Michael Emerson and their like, we felt like watching. Like every other award show on Earth, the Emmys, whose 61st edition became history Sunday night, is a staged event masquerading as news, or rather a staged event that contains nuggets of something that might be called news. It poses ...

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"Mad Men" and "30 Rock" led a pack of Emmy winners who successfully defended their titles Sunday, but the snappy ceremony and a star turn by host Neil Patrick Harris made the evening far from a rerun.

Jessica Lange won her first Emmy Sunday for her performance in HBO's movie "Grey Gardens," playing a fictionalized version of the real-life Edith Bouvier Beale.The film is based on Albert and David Maysles' 1975 documentary about "Big Edie" and her daughter, "Little Edie," relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis who were discovered living in squalor on Long Island in the early 1970s. The documentary ...

The firefighters working the red carpet at the 61st annual Emmy Awards were worried that at least one reality TV star might be going home Sunday with more than just a trophy.

Kristin Chenoweth, Rob Ashford, Cherry Jones, Jessica Lange, Glenn Close and David Javerbaum were among the winners of the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which were presented Sept. 20 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

HBO's Grey Gardens, starring Jessica Lange (right) and Drew Barrymore, won the Emmy for...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- "Grey Gardens" co-stars Jessica Lange and Ken Howard won Emmys for lead actress and supporting actor in a TV movie or miniseries in Los Angeles Sunday.