UK domination of international television awards highlights impact on the US market

David Suchet declared an "unbelievable night for the Brits" as they monopolised the International Emmys in New York, picking up seven of the 10 awards on offer.

Some classic Hollyweird activity was to be found at the entrance to the 60th Emmy Awards on Sunday. Apparently, security guards struggled to get the 6,500 guests through the airport-style security and into the Nokia Theatre in time for the ceremony. It seems that, despite there being four metal-detector arches available, the majority of the guests wanted to bask in the glory of the tabloid-media spotlight and joined the line for the arch dedicated solely to stars of the small screen.

Animator, producer and director, Bill Melendez had a distinguished career in animation that spanned more than 60 years, from the early Disney classics through the vintage era of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to a long, highly successful spell as producer of television shows and movies based on the long-running comic strip "Peanuts", about Charlie Brown and his friends. Melendez was the only animator authorised by Charles M. Schultz, the creator of "Peanuts", to bring his legendary characters to life.

Tom Wilkinson and Dame Eileen Atkins were the only two British prize-winners at the 60th annual Emmy awards, held in Los Angeles late on Sunday night.

Awards should always be taken with a pinch of salt, as any aficionado of the critics' favourite TV show The Wire will tell you. But even fans of that long-ignored programme must have allowed themselves a little satisfaction at the latest Emmy Awards, where, for once, the right shows won. That included Mad Men as Best Dramatic Series. Set in New York's fledgling 1960s advertising industry, Mad Men will feel totally unfamiliar to anyone used to the conventions of most American primetime TV drama.

British TV stars had a disappointing night at the 60th annual Emmy awards today.

Mad Men made Emmy history while the sitcom 30 Rock and its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin took the top honours at this year's Emmy awards in Los Angeles.

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Fifty years ago it was cowboys that stood tall in American television. Three out of five Emmy nominations for Best Dramatic Series were cowboy shows and virtually all the top rated series at the time were westerns. These days, if the latest Emmy nominations are any guide, office politics is the new frontier. With Mad Men picking up 16 nominations, 30 Rock scooping 17 and Damages and the American version of The Office also in the running for America's top broadcasting awards, the definition of watercooler television increasingly describes programmes for which the props department have to go out and find a watercooler.

Two new cable TV shows, "Mad Men" and "Damages," claimed Emmy nominations for best drama series on Thursday, marking a turning point in the 60-year-old competition for US television's highest honours.