&quot;Sopranos&quot; grab big piece of Emmy action
305896
Mob saga &quot;The Sopranos&quot; led the  field of Emmy Award contenders for best television series on  Thursday in its much-ballyhooed last season on HBO, claiming a  total of 15 nominations, including a bid for best drama.
83679
LOS ANGELES Tonight&#39;s Emmys will be the final bow for three shows that dominated the awards in years past: &quot;Frasier,&quot; &quot;Friends&quot; and &quot;Sex and the City.
463836
The 11.9 million viewers who watched "The Sopranos" finale brought HBO to the edge of a historic feat: a show on a pay cable network available in about 30 million homes was more popular last week than all but one show on the far larger world of broadcast television.
159967
"The Sopranos" turned its startling cut-to-black final season into Emmy gold Sunday, winning the best drama series award, and newcomer "30 Rock" was named best comedy series.
514935
HBO's celebrated mob hit "The  Sopranos" is favored to finally rub out NBC's "The West Wing"  on Sunday and grab an unprecedented victory for cable networks  in the race for best television drama at the 56th annual  Primetime Emmy Awards.
348969
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was defeated for the Best Drama Emmy Award last night by The Sopranos at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, televised from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
249122
Finally joining 21st century pop culture, Emmy voters last night caught up with what most of the world has known for years: &quot;The Sopranos&quot; is television&#39;s best show.
473496
The oddsmakers say this will be the Emmy year of The Sopranos and   Sarah Jessica Parker. The averages say different.
591899
In an elegaic night for network television, the Emmys on Sunday honored HBO&#39;s &quot;Angels in America&quot; and &quot;The Sopranos,&quot; Comedy Central&#39;s Jon Stewart and gave major comedy awards to actors on comedies that have stopped production.
2652
Tony Soprano's fate may remain a mystery, but he is almost certain to muscle his way back into the Emmy race one last time when nominations for U.S. television's highest honors are unsealed on Thursday.
363174
HBO may never repeat last season's Emmy-dominating strength, but it's not going to stop trying. Here's a look at what's ahead.
137825
If it wins Best Drama for the fifth time, it&#39;ll be the all-time leader in that category. It has won four straight. &quot;The Sopranos&quot; is hoping to break &quot;The West Wing&#39;s&quot; streak and win its first Best Drama award.
143352
LOS ANGELES - "The Sopranos" finally whacked its competitors in the best drama category at the Emmy Awards, and a comedy series victory for ratings-starved "Arrested Development" proved SOMEBODY was watching - but it was HBO and its record-breaking "Angels in America" that fluttered away with the most trophies.    HBO's megahit about a New Jersey mob family collected the best drama Emmy on its fifth try Sunday, and the channel's "Sex and the City" and "Angels in America" helped cable overshadow the traditional networks...
479939
LOS ANGELES  - If one trend stands out  among nominations for the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards,  which take place in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, it is the  dominance of HBO.
370333
Cable network HBO ran away with the  Emmy Awards on Sunday night as its gangster hit "The Sopranos"  finally got the respect it deserved and its landmark production  of "Angels in America" surpassed "Roots" to clinched a record  11 awards for a miniseries.
636800
The Sopranos is expected to crown its final season with the top prize at the Emmy Awards on Sunday.
751683
LOS ANGELES  - Win or lose, "The Sopranos" is ending on an Emmy high note.