Network TV dramas remain immensely popular on the small screen into the 2025 TV schedule, but anybody who stays tuned into the awards circuit knows that the big wins usually go to either streaming or premium cable shows that don't produce 20+ episodes in a season.

Bates added another trophy to her collection, winning Best Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the CBS legal drama.

“It’s a big deal for me,” she told reporters backstage after her win for the CBS series Matlock. “When we did our pilot, I got an email from Amy Reisenbach, who is the head of the network, and I looked up her up because I didn’t really know who she was, and I saw a picture of her…next to a headline that said, ‘Broadcast TV Is Not Dead.’ “