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Cable, streaming and Viola Davis star at the SAG Awards

LYNN ELBER content officer, Ted Sa-
randos, for his “bravery”
AP Television Writer in backing the series and
lauded creator Jenji Kohan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tele- for making a show “that
reflects and represents so
vision was praised as gutsy many people.”
The show’s diversity was
and bold as the Screen noted as well by Laura Pre-
pon, who accepted the
Actors Guild Awards hon- ensemble trophy on behalf
of her fellow cast mem-
ored shows that illuminate bers.
“Look at this stage. This is
the lives of transgender what we talk about when
we talk about diversity: dif-
parents and imprisoned ferent race, color, creed,
sexual orientation,” Prepon
women. said. “This wouldn’t be pos-
sible without our fearless
That’s TV as in cable chan- leader, Jenji Kohan. Thank
you for never shying away
nels and streaming ser- from telling these incred-
ible stories.”
vices, with commercial The sole shining network
moment came with Viola
networks nearly shut out Davis’ win for best actress
in a drama series, ABC’s
at Saturday’s awards cer- “How to Get Away with
Murder.”
emony and forced to hear
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their competition lauded

in ways that broadcasters

rarely are these days.

“Thank you to Amazon for

their guts and support,”

said Jeffrey Tambor, hon-

ored as best drama series Viola Davis accepts the award for outstanding female actor in a drama series for “How to Get
Away with Murder” at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium &
actor for his transgender Expo Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Los Angeles.
role in “Transparent.”
“I play Maura Pfefferman. Associated Press

She’s very entitled and she
has a lot of money, and I operations, for their medi- Netflix’s “Orange is the and also saw Uzo Aduba
would just like to dedicate cine, for their freedom,” New Black,” about wom- honored as best comedy
this award to the non-Mau- he added — a stand for en’s lives behind bars, won series actress.
ra Pfeffermans that don’t advocacy built upon the the SAG award for best en- Aduba thanked the
have a lot of cash for their series’ foundation. semble in a comedy series streaming service’s chief