Which network was on top of the 2009 Emmy winners list?”
An exception to the upbeat mood came in clips from animated series “Family Guy,” which showed the dog character Brian beaten bloody, followed by a reality show snippet with barely concealed swearing. The TV academy, meanwhile, hoped to avoid an unwanted rerun of last year: paltry viewership. The 2008 ceremony was the least-watched ever with an audience of 12.3 million. Acclaimed but low-rated series like “Mad Men” are seen as one reason viewers bypassed the awards, so major categories were expanded this year to increase the odds for more popular fare. There were as many as seven nominees per category, compared with the traditional five (the Oscars have made a similar play this year, expanding the best-picture category from five nominees to 10). Harris and Emmy executive producer Don Mischer promised to keep the scheduled three-hour ceremony snappy, but theyhad less room to maneuver than planned. A TV academy proposal to pre-tape some acceptances and show them in a truncated version — g
2009 Emmy winners are celebrating into the night. The Emmy winners 2009 list includes 21 total from HBO, 16 from NBC, 11 from ABC, and 10 from FOX to lead the way. CBS, the most watched network in television right now, brought in only nine when combining both the Primetime show and the previously awarded Emmy’s. Though it was a night to celebrate the 2009 Emmy winners, it also needs mentioned what a great job that Neil Patrick Harris did in his hosting duties. He mixed some nice sketches with quite a few great jokes, and kept the mood upbeat for nearly the whole show. He truly made it a show worth watching, and if the Emmy’s are smart, they will try to get him to host more shows in the future.
