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Emmys reward
daring shows
despite boycotts
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PASADENA, Calif. ? The television
industry saluted the TV movies
"Roe vs. Wade" and "Day
One" with Emmy awards in bold
recognition of daring, sometimes
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The mainstream Western miniseries
"LonesomS Dove" was
largely ignored.
"War and Remembrance," television's
graphic portrayal of the
Holocaust, captured the Emmy for
best miniseries, a final triumph for
the 28-hour epic that lost ABC a
staggering $30 million because of
low ratings.
NBC's "L.A. Law" and
"Cheers" collected the top series
awards.
CBS' cynical newsroom comedy
"Murphy Brown," the touchy-feely
ABC drama "thirtysomething" and
Fox network's wacky comedyvariety
"The Tracey Ullman
Show" each won four trophies at
Sunday night's 41st annual
presentations.
In a season where the networks
dodged hostile advocacy groups
and nervous advertiser boycotts,
the Academy of Television Arts
and Sciences embraced shows
whose paths to the screen were
most torturous.
"Roe vs. Wade," the muchcriticized
account of the historic
battle for legalized abortion, captured
an Emmy for Holly Hunter
(best actress in a miniseries or special)
and shared the award for top
drama-comedy special.
"I'd like to thank NBC for getting
this movie on the air," Hunter
said in an acceptance speech
greeted with knowing applause.
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Norma McCorvey, "for continuing
to keep women from being second- ?
class citizens, and for refusing to
give up her right for a reproductive
choice." (
CBS' "Day One," an unflinching
account of the personal and
scientific struggles behind the
making of the atomic bomb, split
the drama-comedy prize with "Roe
vs. Wade.
CBS, third in the A.C. Nielsen
Co. ratings last season, collected
bragging rights for most awards
with 27, followed by top-rated
NBC with 25 and ABC with 13.
Newcomer Fox claimed its first
Emmys, finishing with four.
Dana Delany won her first ]
Emmy, for best actress in a drama- ?
tic series, playing a compassionate ?
nurse in the Vietnam War series S
"China Beach," and Carroll j
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;ficer of "In The Heat of the Night
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iseries or special.
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was Candice Bergen, who stars as fc?
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