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Emmy nominations: A reflection of America, the bad and the good

LOS ANGELES - Was it something I said?

The television industry's stars and creators should have been asking themselves that question Thursday morning when the 70th Primetime Emmy nominations were announced, and the list read more like a political indictment rather than a verdict of what did and didn't work this year on TV.

The wildly successful reboot of "Roseanne" was almost entirely passed over after Roseanne Barr unleashed a late night/early morning racist tirade on Twitter that cost the comedian her career, scoring only a supporting actress nomination for Laurie Metcalf and her brilliant

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