Sep 20,2009

Emmys

Posted by Anna with 3 Comments

Claire won’t be attending the Emmy Awards ceremony tonight, but we’ll be rooting for Little Dorrit! :)

UPDATE:

Little Dorrit comes up big:
Dark horse miniseries takes home the most Emmys

It was the little engine that could.

After staying off the radar with little marketing push, the BBC/PBS production of Little Dorrit surprisingly became the most honored program of the night with seven Emmys, including best miniseries.

It was a come-from-behind win. At the nomination stage, Dorrit was tied with its competitor in the best miniseries category, HBO’s Generation Kill, for sixth place, behind such heavy hitters as series 30 Rock, Mad Men and movies Grey Gardens and Into the Storm.

But in the end, the Charles Dickens adaptation squeaked past the dominant player in the longform space, HBO. The cabler’s Gardens was second in the program tally with six Emmys.

“This is a fantastic win that Dickens would be proud of,” said BBC Worldwide exec vp programming and production Jane Tranter, who commissioned the mini at the BBC. “If he was around today, he would undoubtedly be writing for television.”

Click here for the full list of Emmy Awards winners.

Dearbhla Walsh with her Emmy

Dearbhla Walsh with her Emmy for directing Little Dorrit

Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of Little Dorrit on a very well deserved win!!!



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3 Responses to “Emmys”

  1. Comment by Mia in September 21, 2009 @ 3:25 am

    Wow! Congratulations for the well deserved wins! Clearly quality and not promotion & publicity mattered most (for once) – which makes me even happier about this :)

  2. Comment by Robert Kitchen in September 21, 2009 @ 12:28 pm

    Really pleased to see Little Doritt come out on top. Sorry that either Tom or Andy didn’t make it as best supporting actor.
    Even sorrier to not to see either Matthew or Clair on the list of nominees. As a new comer Clair really wouldn’t have stood a chance. There’s a lot of politics and paying your dues associated with the awards. In any case PBS can take pride in bringing us this marvelous piece.

  3. Comment by Amanda in September 21, 2009 @ 2:22 pm

    I was rooting for Little Dorrit! So happy they won and like Mia said, they were well deserved! :D

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