Emmys 07

RTÉ and the BBC both report on the Primetime Emmy Awards, handed out in Los Angeles last night. The final season of The Sopranos garnered three Emmys, one of them being the Best Writer award for creator David Chase's episode "Made in America", and the overall Best Drama award - the first time a series has won that prestigious award for its final season.

The other writing awards went to Greg Daniels in the Comedy category for his work on The Office; the writing team of Late Night with Conan O'Brien for the Variety, Music or Comedy Program category; Irish screenwriter Frank Deasy for Prime Suspect: The Final Act in the Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special section; and Ric Burns and James Sanders for Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film in the Non-Fiction division.

The New York Times notes that a great deal of the actors accepting awards recognised the writers' importance to their work, which is a recognition of the on-going negotiations in the USA over writers' contracts.