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HBO took home a total of 14 Emmy’s, including the statues for best drama, comedy, movie and miniseries.

The Emmy wins should help HBO solidify its position as the first stop for Hollywood producers and writers pitching their projects – and it could also entice consumers to sign up for HBO Now, the $14.99-a-month standalone streaming service.

Publisher’s Weekly reported late last week that the book will “explore Schumer’s childhood, how she got her big break in comedy, her family and feminism”. The firm emerged as the victor of a bidding war, with eight publishers showing interest in a book...

The awards themselves were also a blow to broadcast TV as the premium channel HBO took the majority of trophies Sunday night, including Emmys for best comedy (“Veep“) and best drama (“Game of Thrones”).

Political satire “Veep“, also from HBO, picked up four awards including Best Comedy Series and Best Actress for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, her fourth consecutive win.

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart left some advice to incoming Jewish host Trevor Noah: “Do or do not, no try”.

During Sunday’s broadcast 14 awards were handed out to 4 HBO shows, including a sweep of Best awards (technically the award is called “Outstanding”) in comedy (Veep), drama (Game of Thrones), limited series (Olive Kitteridge), and television movie (Bessie).

Add in the creative arts Emmys awarded a week ago and HBO took a total of 43 awards (NBC was second with 12).

The fantasy series “Game of Thrones” received 24 nominations for Emmy Awards and took the record for the most number of wins for a series in a single year, taking home 12 Emmy awards. The show’s star, Jon Hamm, finally took home an Emmy as best actor in a drama...

Veep, the political satire from HBO, bagged four, including the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Viola Davis accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series for her role in ABC’s “How To Get Away With Murder” during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in LA on September 20, 2015.

Ending his eight years of quest, Jon Hamm finally won the outstanding actor in a drama series honour at the 2015 Emmy Awards for his portrayal of troubled ad man Don Draper in “Mad Men“.

Co-stars include Emmy nominee Zoe Kazan as Henry’s naïve assistant, Denise, “Friday Night Lights” breakout Jesse Plemons as her (spoiler alert) eventual husband, Jerry, and “The Newsroom’s” John Gallagher Jr.as Olive and Henry’s resentful...

Amazon’s comedy-drama Transparent won awards for best director in a comedy and for its lead actor, Jeffrey Tambor, who plays a transgender college professor.

The show was the highest award earner taking home 12 awards out of its 24 nominations, the most to be won by any show in a year.