That's hopeful news for Mad Men and the night's other ratings-challenged winners, including Glenn Close of FX's Damages, Bryan Cranston of AMC's Breaking Bad and Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin of General Electric -owned NBC's 30 Rock.

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By humanizing them, as Lone Star's writers strive to do, these characters can be both, and viewers are allowed to care about them in spite of--or perhaps because of--their flaws, much as they do the stars of Emmy-winning cable shows like AMC's Breaking Bad and Mad Men and FX's Damages.

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The Showtime thriller's British star Damian Lewis lost out to Bryan Cranston, who was named best actor in a drama series for AMC's crime drama Breaking Bad.

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AMC, the home of Emmy darlings "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad, " has decided to adapt the comic book series "The Walking Dead, " set to premiere Sunday, October 31, at 10 p.m.

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