“Big Love,” which follows the trials and tribulations of a polygamous family in suburban Utah, is one of the most probing, unflinching takes on religion in America. But it took two whole seasons before we got a Jewish character on the show. The first appearance came in the first episode of the third season, which…
Before the red-carpet fanfare of the Emmy Awards proper, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences customarily honors the behind-the-scenes toilers who make television programming look and sound as it should. At this year’s technical awards ceremony, history was made when Lila Yomtoob, a sound editor on the HBO documentary “Baghdad ER,” became the first…
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