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7 :rnber 20,; Monday, September 20, 2004 AGGIELIFE THE BATTALION HBO sweeps Emmys ^CYCLE 600, Black, -693-9340 LOS ANGELES —“The Sopranos” became the irst cable show to win the Emmy for best drama |eries Sunday and fellow HBO entry “Angels in awards as Fox’s slice must mai possession doesn't sell, ify for the 5 d early ' I America” received a record |urprise comedy winner “Arrested Development” roved a rare bright spot for broadcast TV. Broadcast networks also collected performance wards for comedy series, but it was clear that able’s accomplishments were overshadowing the ti. Runs great,* ra ditional networks. 9 " 45 4 ' “Angels in America,” the miniseries adapta- a ’ a ion of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning _lay about the 1980s AIDS crisis, won seven Em- 3 iys Sunday, including outstanding miniseries nd acting trophies for A1 Pacino, Meryl Streep, \ /so. nuns jadary-Louise Parker and Jeffrey Wright. 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It matched ■ he 11 won by “Eleanor and Franklin” in 1976. the nost for any program in one season. “The Sopranos” finally collected the best drama Emmy in its fifth try. “This is really great and seeing those goodbye pisodes before gave me some great ideas how to Jmd the show,” said series creator David Chase if “The Sopranos,” which has one more season ur A&M DJ Se' 18-Inch subwj 171-7416. i how to play d sons contact Pi TS off the farm! 1 Box trainee College Sk! a, Beam Week Brech, m BeamCreek, Arapahoe Basin Jf. • a Kevstone ^fKu.ftski 1-800-SK1-MD 1 -QOO- -£»-*S3 www ■■ The Battalion Classified Advertising • Easy • Affordable • Effective For information, call 845-0569 TREEHOUSE APARTMENTS & 2 BR’S AVAILABLE $390 - $550 (979) 696-5707 Short term leases available Dec.- May or Dec.- Aug. Starting at $ 449, 2bdrm/lbth Redstone Apartments 696-1848 Very Few Remaining! |head of it. 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