Records toppled at the 60th annual Primetime Emmys Sunday as period pieces "Mad Men" and "John Adams" made history and a pair of series extended dominance within their categories to an unprecedented six consecutive years.
Already a ground-breaker thanks merely to its nomination, "Mad Men" became the first basic cable series ever — and for that matter, non-HBO cable series — named best drama or comedy.
The show about a 1960s advertising agency added two Sunday wins to its four Creative Arts Emmy wins last weekend, lifting AMC — a network that only entered the scripted production business a few years ago — to eight awards, equaling the overall annual haul for any ad-supported cabler.
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