Emmys: HBO Leads the Pack Despite True Blood Snub

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There are two immediate observations about The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations: Fox’s Family Guy for Outstanding Comedy Series, the second time in the history of television an animated show was nominated in this category; and the absence of HBO’s highly touted True Blood for Outstanding Drama Series. 

Leader HBO should not, however, be shedding any tears with a total of 99 nominations—32 more than second-place NBC (at 67). The third most nominated network is ABC at 55, followed by CBS (49), Fox (42), Showtime (29), PBS (26), AMC (23), Comedy Central (13), Bravo and FX (11 each) and TNT (10).

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