Emmy Awards

Emmy honors: The National Geographic Channel's "Preserve Our Planet Campaign," consisting of environmentally themed specials, series and public-service announcements, will receive the governors award at next month's Emmy Awards from the board of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Paul Bogart, an Emmy Award-winning director who launched his career during the days of live television in New York and later was a prolific director on the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," has died. He was 92. Bogart died of age-related causes Sunday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., said his son, Peter. Beginning as a stage manager and associate director in the early 1950s, Bogart progressed to directing shows such as "Kraft Theatre," "The United States Steel Hour" and "Armstrong Circle Theatre.

The prime-time Emmy Awards this year will hand out an additional 10 nominations in major categories to "accommodate an abundance of outstanding programs and performances," the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday. The categories that will get an extra nominee are: outstanding comedy and drama series; outstanding lead actor and actress in comedy and drama series; and outstanding supporting actor and actress in a comedy and drama series. Emmy nominations are slated for July 16, and the awards ceremony is set for Sept.

Carl Reiner won his first of eight Emmy Awards in what category and for what show? Supporting actor in a series in 1957 for NBC's "Caesar's Hour"

'There are unbelievably strong contenders.' -- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, on nominees in the lead actress in a comedy category -- 'The fact that we're more mature women in a highly competitive profession is something to be very proud of. People are finally thinking of great stories for complex women, and that's something to be excited about.' -- Glenn Close, "Damages" star, nominated for lead actress in a drama series -- 'I think we're all extra surprised because our first season was cut short by the writers strike.

Here is the complete list of nominees for the 46th annual nighttime Emmy Awards, as announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The academy said additional nominations will be released in the next few weeks, for categories such as choreography, voice-over performance and individual achievement in informational and cultural programming. * Comedy series: "Frasier," NBC; "Home Improvement," ABC; "The Larry Sanders Show," HBO; "Mad About You," NBC; "Seinfeld," NBC.

In one clip, viewed 14 million times on YouTube, family members stage a "puke-a-thon" to see who can hold off vomiting after guzzling ipecac. In another, the same brood performs a spirited song-and-dance routine about the joys of smoking marijuana. Welcome to the world of Stewie, the diabolical toddler at the center of "Family Guy," who's supplanted Bart Simpson as TV's enfant terrible and who's just pushed the often-staid Emmys into new territory.

There will probably be a lot of surprise winners and losers at Sunday's Emmy Awards, but nothing that happens will catch Andy Sale off guard. That's because in his role as partner at the accounting firm Ernst & Young, his clients include the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Sale oversees the counting of votes for the prime-time Emmy Awards. In other words, he knows who will win before anyone else. It is a grueling process that wouldn't exactly make for spellbinding TV. Sale estimates that there are more than 20,000 ballots in both the nomination and Emmy rounds.

Award-show fatigue is a common ailment these days, but in the case of Sunday's Emmys on Fox, there are enough unknowns to make a tune-in worthwhile. Despite the perennial blizzard of pre-Emmy media coverage, this year's Jane Lynch-hosted, Mark Burnett-produced ceremony still promises plenty of moments of intrigue, interest and surprise. Here are eight items to consider on awards night: Guaranteed snub: You want high-wire suspense as an envelope is torn open? Check out the lead dramatic actor category.

This just wasn't Conan O'Brien's year. NBC didn't let him keep his dream job as host of "The Tonight Show," and the red-haired comedian came up short with Emmy voters Sunday night. Instead, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" kept its winning streak alive, bagging its seventh straight Emmy for variety, music or comedy series. It had been one of the most anticipated categories of the evening, threatening to pose an awkward moment or two for NBC, which was broadcasting the Emmys, and host Jimmy Fallon.

As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970. On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to discuss his directing the initial episode of her new TV series, he got a call from Norman Lear who wanted to send him a script for a pilot he was about to produce. Rich was impressed with both scripts, but he was shocked by the "unusually explicit language" he found in Lear's offering.

Emmy Award-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom "MASH" and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama "Dragnet," died Wednesday. He was 96. Morgan died at his home in Brentwood after a bout with pneumonia, his daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told the Associated Press. Morgan's eight - year run on "MASH," the pinnacle of his seven-decade acting career, began when he was 60 and had already appeared on the Broadway stage, in dozens of television shows and more than 50 films.

A panic-stricken middle-aged man, wearing little more than a gas mask and tighty-whities, is driving a dilapidated RV across the desert. Two unconscious bodies and a dead one slide around in the back — near his portable methamphetamine lab. He wants to make money before he dies of cancer. A slightly younger man, dressed in snug leather pants and a glittery top with a plunging neckline, is gyrating his hips for an arcade dance contest. He's doing the robot to a mix of "Sometimes When We Touch.

Hey, Amy Poehler, jump the gun much? At Sunday night's Emmy Awards, it seemed as if Poehler, nominated for lead comedy actress, marched purposefully onto the stage to pick up a trophy she thought was hers. Or believed should be? The assembled audience inside the Nokia Theatre didn't seem to know if Poehler had gone rogue, making a statement with feet planted on the stage and defiant expression on her face. Her body language said, "That hardware's mine!" The question mark continued as each nominee — "30 Rock's" Tina Fey, "The Big C's" Laura Linney, "Nurse Jackie's" Edie Falco, "Raising Hope's" Martha Plimpton and "Mike & Molly's" Melissa McCarthy — made her way to Poehler's side.

Apparently you can't be too big to fail. HBO, the premium pay cable channel that is normally a dominant force at the Emmy Awards, was beaten up in prestige categories Sunday by an unlikely foe — public broadcasting, which gets its funding from the government and viewer contributions. Although HBO outscored PBS in the final Emmy medal count — 19 to 14 — it was PBS' British import "Downton Abbey" that walked away with some of the night's highest honors. The "Masterpiece"drama about an aristocratic family in pre-World War I England that PBS aired in the United States won for TV miniseries or movie.

It was repeat victories for ABC's "Modern Family" and AMC's "Mad Men" on Sunday night as they captured the marquee prizes at the 63rd annual Emmy Awards. The sitcom about a deliciously dysfunctional family won its second consecutive trophy for outstanding comedy series and four other awards, including honors for onscreen husband and wife Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen. Meanwhile, AMC's stylish period drama about Madison Avenue advertising executives earned its fourth consecutive Emmy for outstanding drama series.

There was a lot of new comedy but not much new drama at the 62nd annual prime-time Emmy Awards on Sunday night. "Modern Family," the ABC comedy series about a disarmingly dysfunctional family, won the top comedy series honor as well as writing and supporting actor awards. Fox's cult phenomenon "Glee" — nominated for 19 Emmys — took home two trophies: Jane Lynch for supporting actress in a comedy and series creator Ryan Murphy for comedy direction. The combination of "Modern Family" and "Glee" ended the dominance in the comedy category by " 30 Rock," NBC's critically acclaimed but low-rated spoof of the television business.

Here is a list of the winners announced Sunday at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards and some of the winners from the previous weekend's Creative Arts ceremony. For a complete list, go to the website of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, www.emmys.org. PROGRAMS Comedy series "30 Rock," NBC Drama series "Mad Men," AMC Miniseries "Little Dorrit," PBS Movie "Grey Gardens," HBO Variety, music or comedy series "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Comedy Central Variety, music or comedy special "The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS Reality program "Intervention," A&E Reality-competition series "The Amazing Race," CBS Animated program (less than one hour)

Sure, the screen is small, but wait until you see the bar tab. With Sunday's prime-time Emmy Awards, the annual celebration of television and its humble efforts, comes the inevitability of Champagne-soaked celeb parties. Be it the hot young things of "Glee" gallivanting at the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall or the seriously funny anchors of Comedy Central cavorting in Hollywood, here's a handy guide to fetes that will host Emmy's big winners. And lots of nominees … because it's an honor just to be included, right?

Award-show fatigue is a common ailment these days, but in the case of Sunday's Emmys on Fox, there are enough unknowns to make a tune-in worthwhile. Despite the perennial blizzard of pre-Emmy media coverage, this year's Jane Lynch-hosted, Mark Burnett-produced ceremony still promises plenty of moments of intrigue, interest and surprise. Here are eight items to consider on awards night: Guaranteed snub: You want high-wire suspense as an envelope is torn open? Check out the lead dramatic actor category.