Winners Announced for Golden Nymph Awards

MONTE-CARLO, June 14: At the 47th Monte-Carlo Television
Festival this evening, the winners were announced for the Golden Nymph Awards
as well as the International TV Audience Awards, where CSI, Desperate Housewives and The Bold and the Beautiful were deemed the highest-rated shows worldwide.

The 2nd International TV Audience Awards,
presented by the Monte-Carlo TV Festival and Eurodata TV Worldwide, honor the
programs that delivered the highest ratings worldwide in 2006 across five
continents in three categories: drama, comedy and telenovelas. The nominees
were pre-selected among the ten best imported fiction programs in 48 countries.
In the drama category, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation won out over CSI: Miami and Lost,
attracting more than 79.9 million viewers worldwide in 2006. In comedy, Desperate
Housewives took the prize over Monk and Mr. Bean with more than 70.2 million viewers worldwide. The Bold and
The Beautiful was up against El
Cuerpo Del Deseo and Pasión de
Gavilanes. It attracted more than 24.7
million viewers worldwide in 2006.

For the other Golden Nymph Awards, meanwhile, in comedy,
performance awards went to Peter Davison for Fear, Stress, and Anger from the U.K., and Jamie Pressly for the American
comedy My Name is Earl.
Outstanding European producer was the team behind Peep Show in the U.K., and the international producer award
was presented to the Suburban Shootout team, also from the U.K.

In drama, production awards went to Lost from the U.S. and Life on Mars from the U.K., and the performance categories were
taken by Denmark’s Sonja Richter for Performances and Britain’s Andrew Lincoln for Afterlife.

The International Grand Prix for Author's Documentaries was
presented to Texas, la Mort par Injection
from WDR in Germany.

In the mini-series category, Chiwetel Ejofor picked up the prize for his work in Tsunami: The
Aftermath, while Jane Horrocks was honored for The Amazing Mrs
Pritchard. Another British production, Bon
Voyage, was named best mini-series. In TV
movies, HBO’s Longford picked up
nods for best script and best direction. Performance awards were won by Julien
Boisselier for France’s Flowers for Algernon and Sally Hawkins for the U.K.’s Persuasion. The best TV movie category was won by Flowers
for Algernon.