'Dreams,' 'Rules' Honored at Family Television Awards
(Monday, August 18 10:24 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Six programs were honored at the Fifth Annual Family Television Awards, which were handed out on Sunday night (Aug. 17) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The show will air on Monday, Aug. 25 at 9 p.m. ET on The WB.
Two stars from The WB hosted the event, with Jenny Garth ("What I Like About You") and Holly Robinson Peete (new comedy "Like Family) doing the honors. Treat Williams of The WB's "Everwood" also picked up an award for acting achievement.
The awards, presented by the Association of National Advertisers, salute the best in family-friendly entertainment. Two new shows actually picked up the top prizes, with NBC's "American Dreams" recognized as best drama and ABC's "8 Simple Rules" getting props for comedy.
FOX's "American Idol" took the reality honors and TNT's "Door to Door" was lauded for original movie. Ensuring that no network was left out of the awards (with the exception of UPN), Patricia Heaton picked up a distaff acting nod for her work on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond."
"Last night we toasted a renaissance in television that began just five years ago," says Kaki Hinton, of the Family Friendly Programming Forum Executive Committee. "Family fare is quickly becoming a dominant force in primetime. The shows, producers and talent we honored should be proud of their accomplishments, but it is the American family that is the real honoree."
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