'West Wing' Wins Third Emmy Award for Best Drama

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'West Wing' Wins Third Emmy Award for Best Drama

The White House TV drama "The West Wing" grabbed the third award for best drama in a row at the annual Emmy Awards ceremony held Sunday evening in Los Angeles.

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The White House TV drama "The West Wing" grabbed the third award for best drama in a row at the annual Emmy Awards ceremony held Sunday evening in Los Angeles.

"I'm just as surprised as you are," said Aaron Sorkin, creator of the popular political drama. The show also bagged major Emmy awards for best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting

actress, which went to Allison Janney, John Spencer and Stockard Channing respectively.

Janney plays the president's press secretary in the show while Spencer plays the chief of staff, and Channing plays the first lady. Channing also won her second award of the night as the best supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her role in the "The Matthew Shepard Story."

For Janney, she finally won the best actress Emmy after winning

the supporting actress awards for the same role in the past two years. "Thank you to the Emmy voters for this promotion," she said.

Meanwhile, the new TV drama "Six Feet Under," a strong Emmy competitor that earned 23 nominations, won only one directing award. In another major upset, Michael Chiklis won the best actor award for playing a corrupt cop in "The Shield."

In the comedy series, "Friends" was honored the best comedy award for the first time in its eight years on the air, while Jennifer Aniston won her first best actress award. "This is so amazing, after eight years and the last three hours and 10 minutes. This is so worth the wait," said the show's executive producer David Crane.

The comedy "Everybody Loves Raymond" won major acting awards, including the best actor award for Ray Romano, best supporting actor the award for Brad Garrett and best supporting actress award

for Doris Roberts.

"Late Show with David Letterman" won the fifth Emmy awards for outstanding variety, music or comedy series. The award for individual performance in a variety or music program went to "Sting in Tuscany ... All This Time."

"The Gathering Storm" was named the best made-for-TV movie, as Albert Finney was honored as best lead actor in a miniseries or movie for his portrayal of Winston Churchill. The show also won a writing Emmy.

"Band of Brothers," a sweeping World War II epic, won the award

for best miniseries. Laura Linney won the best lead actress in a miniseries or movie for "Wild Iris," while Michael Moriarty was awarded the supporting actor for his role in "James Dean."

This year's event was in sharp contrast with last year's somber

ceremony held after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, as the parade of arriving stars restored the traditional glamour and some stars wore revealing gowns.

But the Sept. 11 events still weighed heavily on the minds of the organizers and participants, as the four major U.S. TV networks of ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC were awarded the Governors Award

for jointly supporting a post-Sept. 11 telethon, "America: A Tribute to Heroes." The program also received an Emmy for variety, music or comedy special.

"Thank you on behalf of a very grateful America," said former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in handing out the awards.

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