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Posted on: Sunday, December 4, 2005

'Lost' wins award for best family TV drama

Associated Press

ABC's "Lost" and CBS's "King of Queens" took top family-friendly honors Wednesday at the seventh annual Family Television Awards.

"Lost" was named best drama, and "King of Queens" won for best comedy.

CBS's "Amazing Race" won for best reality program and UPN's "Everybody Hates Chris" won for best new series.

Best-movie honors went to the TNT film, "The Wool Cap." The WB's long-running family series "7th Heaven" took home a lifetime achievement award.

Reba McEntire, star of the "Reba" series on the WB, was named best actress. McEntire also hosted the one-hour awards program at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which is scheduled to air on the WB on Dec. 11.

Winners of Family Television Awards are chosen by members of the Association of National Advertisers — major corporate marketers — to honor outstanding programming for family viewing.

The Family Friendly Programming Forum, which includes advertisers representing 45 companies, created the awards to promote the development and airing of family-oriented programs during television's prime viewing hours. Kaki Hinton, co-chair of the Family Friendly Programming Forum, said such programs "have cross-generational appeal, depict real-life situations and handle issues very responsibly."