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"And the Emmy Goes To..."
Los Angeles -- Tufts graduates helped secure 14 Emmys during the 52nd annual Emmy Awards last night. The evening's top honors for "Outstanding Comedy Series" and "Outstanding Drama Series "were due, in part, to the work of two Tufts graduates. The 2000 awards marked the third straight year at least one Tufts alum walked home with the coveted television award. Jeff Greenstein -- a 1984 graduate and co-executive producer of Will and Grace -- was on stage to help accept the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Will and Grace. The NBC comedy also earned Emmys for outstanding supporting actor and actress. Greenstein is no stranger to the television awards-- he has also earned an Emmy for his work on the hit comedy Friends. The cast and crew of West Wing continuously thanked Warner Brother exec Peter Roth for his work in producing the hit drama series. Roth -- a 1972 graduate -- is the president of Warner Brothers TV, which produces West Wing, which won nine Emmys, including "Outstanding Drama Series." Actor
Rob Burnett -- a 1984 graduate -- kept his Emmy streak alive, as he accepted the Emmy for "Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Series" on behalf of the Late Show With David Letterman for the third straight year. Greenstein, Burnett and Azaria join Neal Shapiro and Meredith Vieira as Tufts' recent Emmy Award winners. Since Shapiro (a two-time Emmy Award winner) joined Dateline NBC as the broadcast's executive producer in 1993, the program has been honored with 16 Emmys and 29 Emmy nominations
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Tufts Graduates Help Secure 14 Emmys 
Hank
Azaria -- a 1988 graduate -- won "Outstanding Supporting Actor
In A Miniseries or Movie" for his performance with Emmy Award
winning actor Jack Lemmon in Tuesdays With Morrie. The
movie earned two other Emmys during the evening's ceremonies.
