<b>1988: Cable wins over jury of peers </b><br>
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After well over a decade in operation, the cable industry finally earned recognition from its peers when the network-centric Academy of Television Arts &  Sciences decided to bestow two Emmy awards on cable programming, specifically HBO's documentary "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam." Earlier that same year, another cable station, ESPN, won the first Sports Emmy for its programming.
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1988: Cable wins over jury of peers

After well over a decade in operation, the cable industry finally earned recognition from its peers when the network-centric Academy of Television Arts & Sciences decided to bestow two Emmy awards on cable programming, specifically HBO's documentary "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam." Earlier that same year, another cable station, ESPN, won the first Sports Emmy for its programming.

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