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NBC headed the winners circle with 11 wins, closely followed by
cable network HBO with ten. CBS got nine citations while ABC got
eight. Rupert Murdoch's Fox got recognised seven times.
Meanwhile, Emmys in 28 other categories will be presented at the
2003 Primetime Emmy Awards on 21 September at the Shrine Auditorium.
Zee English will cover the event in India.
Coming back to Saturday's function, HBO's Six Feet Under
which airs in India on Zee English won in the outstanding casting
for a Drama Series section. Will & Grace which airs on
the same channel was recognised for its cinematography. Fox's 24
which airs in India on AXN was cited for the quality of editing.
HBO's movie Live From Baghdad was also recognised for editing
as well as for the casting.
Comedian Hank Azaria went home with a trophy for voicing various
characters on Fox's The Simpsons. In India, the show airs
on Star World. Bill Conti's music direction of The Oscar Awards
also did not go unnoticed. The Oscars also won for the art direction.
Monk which will soon air on Star World won for its main
title theme music. Production designer Scott Willis was recognised
for the animation design done for the Cartoon Network show Samurai
Jack. The Grammy Awards were cited for sound mixing as
was CSI which airs in India on AXN.
Another AXN show Alias was cited for the stunt co-ordination.
The CSI spinoff CSI Miami which will commence shortly
on the channel won for the cinematography.
Meanwhile, veteran television broadcaster, Bob Costas, of HBO's
Emmy-winning On the Record with Bob Costas, has been named
to host the 2003 International Emmy Awards Gala which will be held
on 24 November at the New York Hilton Hotel. Costas, a 23-year veteran
of NBC Sports, joined the network's sports division in 1980. Since
then, he has hosted five Olympics and been prominently involved
in virtually every major sports event, including numerous World
Series, Super Bowl and NBA Finals broadcasts.
HBO's star of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker has
also been roped in as the presenter of the International Emmy Founders
Award for innovative programming to HBO.
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