LOS ANGELES – With “Mad Men,” “Boardwalk Empire” and other prestige series, cable ruled the Emmy nominations for drama. But broadcast networks got the last laugh with their sitcoms.

Of the six nominees for best drama series only one, CBS’ “The Good Wife,” is a network program. Of the half-dozen comedy series contenders, all air on networks.

Members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences clearly favored sitcom tradition in Thursday’s nominations. “Modern Family,” “The Office” and other broadcast shows have a more purely comic bent and err on the good-natured side of satire. Cable comedies are increasingly, in a word, mordant: Think Showtime’s “The Big C,” about a cancer-stricken woman.

“There was a heyday of comedies on cable like ‘Sex and the City,’ but now it’s broadcast” that dominates the genre for Emmy voters, said Tom O’Neil, editor of the award websites goldderby.com and theenvelope.com.

The lack of cable comedy bids may represent “a bit of a backlash” against the hybrid comedy-drama, O’Neil said.

It also underscores the sitcom’s resurgence on broadcast TV, which seemed to lose its comic touch as hits such as “Friends” and “Seinfeld” faded into memory and weren’t replaced.

A winning new crop is now emerging, including ABC’s “Modern Family” and its clever take on what family has come to mean. Crowned best comedy series after its freshman season, it received 17 nominations this time around. Nods also went to NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office” and “30 Rock,” CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” and Fox’s “Glee.”

They’ve yet to break into lofty ratings territory — only one comedy, CBS’ former Charlie Sheen vehicle “Two and a Half Men,” cracks the Nielsen top 20 — but they’re gaining momentum.

“OK, keep it together,” a surprised nominations co-announcer Melissa McCarthy said Thursday when she realized she was a nominee herself for “Mike & Molly.”

While cable comedies were overlooked, their stars weren’t. Edie Falco, named best actress in a comedy last year for Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie,” was nominated again. Laura Linney scored a bid for “The Big C” and Louis C.K. earned a best comedy actor bid for his FX Networks show “Louie.”

Lady Gaga hit with a YouTube suspension 

NEW YORK – Even one of online video’s biggest stars isn’t immune to copyright claims.

Lady Gaga’s YouTube account was suspended Thursday. The notice read that the suspension was due to “multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s copyright policy.”

The Google Inc.-owned YouTube declined to comment. It’s YouTube policy to remove accounts after three copyright violations, though they can be restored after being corrected.

Reports have suggested that the infringing video was a recently uploaded clip of Gaga’s performance on Fuji TV. Messages left with Gaga’s publicist and record label, Interscope, weren’t immediately returned Thursday.

The account, “ladygagaofficial,” is one of two for Gaga. The removed channel is run by Gaga’s camp, while she also has an unaffected Vevo account.

Tone Loc pleads guilty  

BURBANK, Calif. – Prosecutors say rapper Tone Loc has pleaded not guilty to a felony domestic violence charge stemming from an arrest earlier this year.

The artist, whose real name is Anthony Smith, entered the plea in a Burbank, Calif., courthouse on Thursday.

Known for the hits “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina,” Smith was arrested in the city which is north of Los Angeles on June 18.