LOS ANGELES – Stylish 1960s drama Mad Menand comedy Modern Familywere among the regular series leading nominations yesterday for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honours in the television industry.
Mad Men
, the three-time Emmy winner for best dramatic show, scored 19 nominations. ABC’s
Modern Family
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, which took the top comedy prize last year, earned 17.
Other contenders in the best drama series race were HBO prohibition-era series
Boardwalk Empire
, CBS legal series
The Good Wife,
fantasy series
Game of Thrones, Dexter
and
Friday Night Lights
. – (Reuters)