61st Primetime Emmy Awards

What’s on? Reruns.

Despite tweaks in telecast, Emmys stick with old favorites

Bob Newhart presents the best comedy series Emmy to Tina Fey for “30 Rock.’’ Among the night’s few surprises was Fey’s loss as best actress in a comedy to Toni Collette, the star of “United States of Tara.’’ (Kevin Winter/Getty Images (Left); Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press)

By Matthew Gilbert

Globe Staff / September 21, 2009

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One thing you can safely say about Emmy voters: They’re consistent. Mind-numbingly consistent. The lineup of winners on last night’s Emmy Awards telecast was nearly a copy-and-paste job of last year’s list. Again, “Mad Men’’ was best drama, “30 Rock’’ was best comedy, Bryan Cranston was best dramatic actor, Glenn Close was best dramatic actress, and Alec Baldwin was best ... (Full article: 931 words)