26 exclusive OSN shows make headlines at 65th Annual Primetime Emmys

Top-rated shows Boardwalk Empire, Modern Family and Breaking Bad, scoop maximum honours

Dubai, UAE; September 24, 2013: 26 primetime shows that air exclusively on OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the region, scooped the maximum number of accolades at the star-studded 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Broadcast live to subscribers on OSN First HD to audiences across the MENA region, the Awards saluted the excellence of some of the silver screen's most celebrated talent.

Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, renowned for his role as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, the annual awards brought the crème-de-la-crème of television fame together.

Modern Family took home gold for Best Comedy Series for the fourth consecutive year, as well as Best Directing in a Comedy Series while Tony Hale of Veep, won the award for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

The Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for her brilliant portrayal of Vice President Selena Meyer in the new OSN hit show, Veep, whose second season is currently airing on OSN First Comedy HD.

Breaking Bad, currently showing same time as the U.S. on OSN with its season finale on 1st October, won the Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Anna Gunn), as well as the Outstanding Drama Series award, while Bobby Cannavale of Boardwalk Empire took the award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Outstanding Variety Series was scooped by The Colbert Report while the Outstanding Animated Programme award went to South Park.

Jeff Daniels scooped the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series' for his portrayal of Will MacAvoy in The Newsroom; while Claire Danes, who plays Carrie Mathison on Homeland, was awarded the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The highly anticipated premier of Homeland S3 is on 1st October exclusively on OSN at the same time as the U.S.

OSN is the only broadcaster in the region showcasing the latest and biggest award-winning series at the same time as the U.S. so viewers watch it first. Of the record-breaking 238 nominations across 75 categories, over 50 shows are telecast only on OSN in the region. In total, OSN favourites scooped a total of 46 awards dominating this years Emmy's.

The number of OSN shows nominated and winning awards at this year's Emmy's once again reinforces the choice and variety of the premium and award-winning content OSN brings exclusively for viewers across the region.