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Primetime Creative Arts: Something For Everyone NBC edged out HBO, taking 11 Emmy Awards to the cable network's 10 at the Primtetime Creative Arts show on Saturday. The rivalry continues on Sunday, September 21, with the national Primtetime Telecast. The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles is host to both ceremonies of the 55th Emmy Awards. The cast of MadTV set the irrevent tone for what's become known as "the fun Emmys," which mostly honor the behind-the-scenes artists who work largely in anonymity to make on-camera talent look and sound their best. "We're Screwed Without You" was the repeated chorus of their opening production number. The top onscreen awards, for series guest appearances, went to Christina Applegate as Amy in NBC's Friends and to Gene Wilder as Mr. Stein in Will and Grace on NBC in the comedy categories. The drama winners were Charles S. Dutton, who played Chet Collins on CBS' Without a Trace and Alfre Woodard for her role as Denise Freeman in The Practice on ABC. Stanley Nelson, with his first nomination, won his first Emmy in the nonfiction directing category, for "The Murder of Emmitt Till" on PBS' The American Experience. Nonfiction cinematographer John Armstrong, who joined a team of mountaineers to scale Artarctica's highest peak, also won an Emmy on his first nomination for "Mountain of Ice" on PBS' Nova series. The team from Fox's Firefly took home the awards for special visual effects for a series. And Fox's fast-paced 24 was judged best in single-camera picture editing for the work of Chris Willingham, ACE on the episode titled "5:00 A.M.-6 A.M." A PBS promo titled "Fish" was named outstanding commercial. Other top awards included Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001, HBO's outstanding children's program; and a new award -- outstanding writing for nonfiction programming, which went to Michelle Ferrari for Seabiscuit on PBS. "For an animal that's been dead for nearly half a year, Seabiscuit is making quite a comeback," she said. PBS' American Masters was the outstanding nonfiction series in the "traditional" category, and Benjamin Franklin won the nonfiction special (traditional) Emmy. An initiative called "Our Lifetime Commitment: Stop the Violence Against Women" initiative was named winner of the prestigious Governors Award. The multifaceted program, in its second year, "represents the first comprehensive campain by a television network to stop violence against women," said Academy Governor Maura Dunbar. Academy Chairman Bryce Zabel made it clear to the Shrine audience that the Governors Award had nothing to do with the California governor's recall election. "If you win, we're going to let you keep the award," he said. Panavision received the Philo T. Farnsworth award for technical achievements in cameras, lenses, lighting and an entire toolkit of other innovations used by TV makers. Pam Fransworth, 95-year-old widow of the man knows as "the father of television," came onstage in a wheelchair to present the special honor. Ray Dolby, founder and chairman of Dolby Laboratories Inc., won the Charles H. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Engineering Award for sound innovations since 1965. Both awards, along with others in the engineering and interactive media awards, had been previously announced. <<Back to Awards index |
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