Cast members, producer, and writer of 'Mad Men' accept Best Drama Emmy, September 20, 2009

Once again, low-rated shows, largely with a negative attitude toward American institutions and the conventions of bourgeois life, dominated Hollywood’s Emmy Awards for primetime television programming this year.

In the awards announced on Sunday night’s telecast, the industry’s elites once again demonstrated their disregard for their audiences’ preferences and their intent to continue using their bully pulpit to turn the nation into a banana republic.

For details on winners and losers, see the Reuters report.