HBO Scores Big at Emmy Awards

(Los Angeles) – Cable network HBO took home the biggest haul at the television Emmy awards this year, with 23 trophies for shows like political film Game Change and White House comedy series Veep. The CBS broadcast network finished second with 16, and cable channel Showtime, also owned by CBS, scored big with major wins for new psychological thriller ‘Homeland’.
HBO dominated with Game Change, about Sarah Palin’s unlikely pick as the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. It earned five awards including a best actress win for Julianne Moore. Playing a fictional vice president, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the best comedy actress award for HBO series, Veep.