
cabletechtalk the official blog of NCTA Archive Cable Dominates Emmy Awards by : Joy Sims As Tom Hanks said at last night’s Emmy Awards , television is better than ever . And it would seem that television is better on cable . Cable once again dominated the awards at the 64 th Annual Emmy Awards , winning a majority of the awards Cable networks grabbed 65 percent of the Primetime Emmys , and 58 percent of the total which includes the Creative Arts Emmys , more than in 2011. Noteworthy from the awards : five of six nominated dramas were cable shows and swept the principal awards for best drama , best miniseries movie , leading actor , leading actress , directing and writing . Also , half of the comedy show nominations were cable shows , interesting as comedy is an area traditionally