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HBO Dramas Dominate Ratings-Challenged Virtual Emmy Awards

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Source: HBO

The more the TV business changes, the more the Emmy Awards stay the same.

“Succession,” a show about a dysfunctional family that controls a media empire, won the award for best drama from the Television Academy Sunday night. The win marks the fifth time in the last six years that HBO has won the top prize at the celebration of the year’s best TV.