It was the day the Emmy nominations came out and when he walked through the door he congratulated her on her Emmy nomination...

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The show won a Peabody while earning 25 Emmy nominations.

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But with success comes competition, something Landgraf was reminded of when Emmy nominations were announced earlier this summer and his biggest hit, Sons of Anarchy, failed to get a bid.

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The show has hit its stride in the past three years, garnering more National Sports Emmy nominations (20) than any show in sports television, which includes a 2012 Sports Emmy in the Short Feature category.

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"Mad Men" and "American Horror Story" lead this year's Emmy nominations with 17 nods apiece, while "Downton Abbey" and "Modern Family" round out the top of the pack -- plus a first-time nomination for Kimmel's own late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

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Each of his cookbooks has made it to the best-seller list, and both cable programs are big hits: "The Essence of Emeril" earned two daytime Emmy nominations in 2001 and 2002, and "Emeril Live" won a 1997 Cable Ace Award for best informational series.

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It was her second Emmy win after eight nominations.

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Despite 19 nominations, a hairstyling creative service Emmy was the only other trophy given the AMC series this year.

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She won three Emmy awards -- in 1971, 1972 and 1978, in addition to five other nominations in which he she fell short -- for her performance in that Lear-helmed show.

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