DESPITE the large number of awards for TV news, the duPont Awards – given out by Columbia University – are the Oscars.

This year’s duPont winners, announced over the weekend, were more notable for who did not win.

For the first time in memory, just one network news operation – NBC, for its Hurricane Katrina coverage – won an award.

HBO won for “Baghdad ER,” as did director Martin Scorcese’s Bob Dylan profile for PBS.