The cast of "Mad Men" gather backstage at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 in Los Angeles. Mad Men won best drama series. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
LOS ANGELES – Cult ad agency drama “Mad Men” won the best drama Emmy for the fourth year Sunday, at the US television industry’s annual awards show.
The brilliantly-stylized drama, which has spawned a host of lookalike shows, fought off notably the strongly-tipped “Boardwalk Empire” to take the best drama Emmy at the climax of the annual show in Hollywood.
The AMC series, about a 1960s New York advertising agency, took the prize even though the show is not back on screens until next March, after a painfully long 17-month break.
“Mad Men” had also been up against new HBO series “Game of Thrones,” CBS drama “The Good Wife, “Friday Night Lights” and “Dexter” as well as “Boardwalk Empire” for the coveted drama Emmy.