Last Sunday's Emmy awards, like the night's big winner, Mad Men, failed to attract the desired fan attention; at 12.2 million viewers, the awards show's ratings were the worst since 1990.

Joan Rivers at the 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 28, 1990 Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images The Emmy Award won by Joan Rivers in 1990 for her daytime talk show is ...

Reiss won the 1990 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or Less) as a co-producer for The Simpsons, and he would go on to win four more awards in the same category ...