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features Raising Her Voice to Alzheimer's Moved to action by Alzheimer's devastating effects on her loved ones, voiceover actress Dina Sherman is putting her money where her mouth is—pledging 50% of her next year's earnings to fight this deeply debilatating disease. See story. Composer Ian Fraser Joins Julie Andrews When Julie Andrews headlines two magnificent Hollywood Bowl concerts this summer, Television Academy music peer group governor Ian Fraser will be right up there with her.The eleven-time Emmy Award winner will conduct the evenings titled “Julie Andrews–The Gift of Music.” See story. LGBT Members of Industry Talk Biz Actor-comedian Billy Crystal, director-actress Amanda Bearse, more top stars, net execs and special guests joined the Television Academy Diversity in honoring the work of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders at "LGBT: Above and Below the Line in Prime." See story and gallery. Broadband Brings TV to Many, Many Screens With broadband delivering television fare and new video forms to huge screens and smaller mobile ones, the Television Academy has welcomed the emerging digital world with open arms. And beloved icons of series classics like I Dream of Jeannie and the Mary Tyler Moore Show are on hand for the launch. Story here.

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AWARDS WRAP-UP SPECIAL
Issue No. 5, 2008

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New Rules
Ashton Kutcher has morphed from onetime
model into would-be media mogul. With deals
in all directions, he’s proving that new content
calls for new (or was that no?) rules.

The Bold and the Gold
The excitement of television's night of nights
spilled over backstage, where stars at the
60^th Primetime Emmys stopped for stunning
portraits by famed photographer Charles
Bush: Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Bryan Cranston,
Sandra Oh, Patrick Dempsey, Brooke Shields,
Laura Linney and more.

Family, Valued
The family comedy has moved to cable, which
has found a lot to love in the celebrity reality
show. It’s a long way from Lucy and Desi.
      
Vic, Vice and Virtue
For Detective Vic Mackey, laws were made to
be broken, but now the conflicted hero nears
his end game. A creator of ABC’s Los —Damon
Lindelof—revels in the genius of The Shield‘s
Shawn Ryan, who created a dirty cop and
compelled viewers to like him.

Critics’ Poll
With fewer pilots and late productions, this was
a fall like no other. Emmy’s intrepid panelists
rose to the challenge: check out their views
of the season in our annual poll.

Bell-Bottom Blues
Designers boogie back to the 1970s for ABC’s
time-traveling cop drama, Life on Mars.

Three for the Show
A trio of execs who’ve made their name in
cable—Michael Hirschorn, Lisa Sherman and
Rob Sorcher —prove there’s no set route to
screen success.

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• TCM's Elvis Mitchell
• New Media: NBC Universal Ventures into
        Digital with OMG
• TV's Median Viewer Marks the Big 5-0
• The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi