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Published: 08/29/10

Emmys: 'Mad Men' and 'Modern Family' Score; 'The Good Wife' Is Snubbed

By  Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics Daily
Emmys: 'Mad Men' and 'Modern Family' Score; 'The Good Wife' Is Snubbed

In a turnaround from the usually predictable and cravenly self-serving award shows, the 62nd Emmy Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles pulled off a few surprises in drama and comedy. On an evening of bland jokes and snail pace, the serial winner and critic favorite "Mad Men" repeated as best drama, elbowing out the acclaimed new hit "The Good Wife," and a new breakthrough comedy, "Modern Family,'' overcame the Tina Fey steamroller "30 Rock" for best comedy. One of the evening's big surprise winners was frequent Emmy drama nominee Kyra Sedgwick, whose leading role as Deputy Chief Brenda Lee ...

Published: 10/21/09

'The Good Wife' Dines With the Devil

By  Helena Andrews - Politics Daily
'The Good Wife' Dines With the Devil

"Out, damn'd spot! Out, I say!" In Tuesday night's episode of "The Good Wife," Alicia pulled a Lady Macbeth -- washing her bloodless but guilty hands in a public ladies room after doing what she thought was necessary. A courtroom drama with a twist of sex scandal, CBS's new hit, "The Good Wife," (10 p.m. ET Tuesdays) is the story of Alicia Florrick, the woman standing next to the man hiding behind the dreaded podium of "personal failings." Peter Florrick (played by the notorious Chris Noth) is a disgraced state attorney serving time in the big house for corruption and time away from his ...

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