Sopranos, Angels hit high notes at Emmys
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LOS ANGELES: Big-screen stars Al Pacino and Meryl Streep shone at the US&#39;s annual celebration of small-screen performances yesterday as the acclaimed mini-series Angels in America snared a record haul at the Emmy awards.
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It was a night for the expected and the unexpected at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The HBO adaptation of the acclaimed 1991 Broadway play, &quot;Angels in America&quot; was the big winner with a record-tying 11 awards.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was defeated for the Best Drama Emmy Award last night by The Sopranos at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, televised from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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The U.S. television industry paid a  final Emmy tribute on Sunday to &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and sent  America&#39;s favorite mob family off with the prestigious award  for best drama in a night otherwise filled with upsets.
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Angels in America soared to lofty, record-tying heights at the 56th Annual Emmy Awards. Frasier and Sex and the City were honored for their swan-song seasons, while Friends was ignored.
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Mob saga "The Sopranos" led the field of Emmy Award contenders for best television series on Thursday in its much-ballyhooed last season on HBO, claiming a total of 15 nominations, including a bid for best drama.
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Last night, &quot;The Sopranos&quot; won a long-awaited Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, finally besting NBC&#39;s faded &quot;West Wing.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; The Emmys Awards got edgy as an off-color "Saturday Night Live" video featuring Justin Timberlake and strategically placed gift boxes was honored at the creative arts ceremony.
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Cable network HBO ran away with the  Emmy Awards on Sunday night as its gangster hit "The Sopranos"  finally got the respect it deserved and its landmark production  of "Angels in America" surpassed "Roots" to clinched a record  11 awards for a miniseries.
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Limousines filled with television's  biggest stars rolled up to the red carpet on Sunday for the  56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, a night many pundits expect  to be dominated by the premium cable network HBO.
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HBO's acclaimed gangster hit "The  Sopranos" won the Emmy Award for best drama series Sunday,  becoming the first cable network show to win U.S. television's  top prize in that category.
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A month after he abruptly  disappeared from TV screens, Tony Soprano was back to grab a  piece of the Emmy action on Thursday as HBO&#39;s mob drama led the  field of network series nominated for U.S. television&#39;s highest  honors.
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Winners at Sunday's 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences:
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Emmy has the chance Sunday to shed its timid ways. TV academy voters could admit that "The Sopranos" outshone four-time best-drama winner "The West Wing." They could confer a best-comedy trophy on brutally funny newcomer "Arrested Development."
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LOS ANGELES  - In its four seasons of  Primetime Emmy eligibility, HBO's "The Sopranos" has won 13  statuettes -- including three apiece for stars James Gandolfini  and Edie Falco.
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America&#39;s favorite mob family, &quot;The  Sopranos,&quot; is favored to rub out the competition at Sunday&#39;s  Primetime Emmy Awards and notch a place in the record books of  U.S. television&#39;s top honors along the way.
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An estimated 14 million viewers watched the triumphs of HBO&#39;s The Sopranos and Angels in America on the Emmy Awards on Sunday night on ABC - an alarmingly low number for what is supposed to be television&#39;s big night.