Something historic appears to be brewing in anticipation of the announcement of the nominees for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards next Thursday. There is near-unanimous agreement that if ever cable drama series are going to get their rightful representation beyond just HBO, this is the year, what with acclaimed rookies like AMC�s Mad Men and Breaking Bad, FX�s Damages, and TNT�s Saving Grace now in the mix along with Showtime�s second-year pair Dexter and The Tudors. Not that there is necessarily any sort of tie-in between the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assocation., but the latter already chose four cable shows among the six nominees for best drama at the Golden Globes in January. Moreover, one of them, Mad Men, won.
And now Mad Men creator/executive producer Matthew Weiner dares to dream of Emmy glory as well.
�It would be especially sweet because with this show I was able to do exactly what I wanted to do. And the �Mad Men� idea was hardly a natural sell. I mean, a New York ad agency in the early 1960s.
And then I was able to hire people for the cast who weren't famous. It's all worked out perfectly.�
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