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A seemingly innocent appearance by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night turned into a segment on actress-envy and Emmy-theft! The actress was up against Tina Fey for an Emmy this year; Fey won and took home her 5th statue, whereas Dreyfus was left going home to her two old, dusty ones. In her speech, however, Fey noted how she channels Dreyfus at times...meaning the Emmy really belongs to them both, right?

This past Sunday the New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences had its local Emmy awards presentation and there were some surprises among the winners in the local news categories along with the amount stations took home compared to last year.

Last night the 59th Annual Emmy Awards took place on the left coast, but New Yorkers made out very well. New York productions/creative types that took home the gold: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (writing), The Daily Show (variety-comedy show series), 30 Rock (best comedy), and Dick Wolf (for producing Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee). In the would-have-been arena, America Ferrera won best actress in a comedy, Ugly Betty, which was originally supposed to shoot in the Big Apple but shoots in L.A. because it's cheaper. We'll also count Rob Marshall, who won for directing the Best Variety-Musical Special, Tony Bennett: An American Classic, since he has Broadway roots.

A look at some noteworthy television this week:

A look at some noteworthy television this week:

Battlestar Galactica Marathon (Sunday, 6:00 p.m., WPXN 31) Five episodes of not the recent revival, but the camp Lorne Greene and Dirk Benedict show from 1978.

Ed Bradley, longtime CBS News journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent, died today at age 65. Bradley had been diagnosed with leukemia some years ago, but a recent infection made his condition life-threatening.

Conan O'Brien gave the commencement speech to Stuyvesant High School students, and thank God for YouTube. To win over the crowd, he slams grandparents and Bronx Science right out of the gate and later he mentions that he researched Stuyvesant using Wikipedia. Gothamist hopes Stuyvesant Class of 2006 knows how lucky they were, as their commencement speakers are probably down hill from here. And certainly this is better PR for Stuyvesant than cuddle groups on the cover of New York magazine (we think!).

TV legend Don Knotts, aka Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" passed on Friday of "pulmonary and respiratory complications." He was 81.

-This week's New York Magazine is running sneak peak of one set of plans for a new Coney Island. The Daily News thinks the plan ain't going to happen.