House, Housewives in top Monte Carlo awards

Desperate Housewives received the fourth annual Eurodata TV International Audience Award for top comedy series at the 49th annual Monte Carlo TV Festival’s Golden Nymphs awards.

Eurodata’s other international TV audience awards went to FOX’s House for best drama TV series and to The Bold and the Beautiful for best soap opera worldwide.

Other winning shows included Mad Men, which saw Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm scoop outstanding actress and actor respectively in the drama category.

The five-day event, presided over by Monaco’s Prince Albert II, hosted TV stars from across the Atlantic including Matthew Fox, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kate Walsh, Eric Close and Kyle MacLachlan.

“The Monte Carlo TV Festival is great because it’s a celebration of television and great storytelling. It’s a chance for us to come back to say thank you to all of our fans,” Eric Close said, despite his bittersweet appearance after CBS recently canceled Without a Trace for the fall season.

Source: Hollywood Reporter.