Why you should care about the Emmy Awards this year

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Last year’s Primetime Emmy Awards posted some of the worst ratings in its history. Lori Rackl explains why you shouldn’t blow off the awards this year, including the fact that there could be new crown winners for the first time in years like Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad.”

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