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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before Emmy nominations were announced Thursday, the president of the television academy declared that "quality television is now platform-agnostic," with awards-worthy content distributed by broadcast, cable and Internet outlets.

TV's top talents — the stars and producers nominated this year — say they prefer shows large and on-demand. Most rely on digital video recorders to track their favorite programs, and avoid watching on tablets and smartphones.

"I have a big-screen TV," said Kate Mulgrew, nominated for her role as Red on "Orange Is the New Black." "That's how I always prefer to watch television."

"I'm a DVR person most of the time," said Anna Chlumsky, who was nominated for her supporting role on "Veep." "It's funny, because of 'Veep' and because of 'Game of Thrones,' Sunday night is still HBO appointment TV for me. If we can get home on time for it, then I watch it at home at the prescribed time."

Matt LeBlanc, nominated for his starring role in Showtime's "Episodes," uses his DVR, but still likes channel surfing.

Billy Bob Thornton, who describes himself as "kind of a TV junkie," likes DVDs and the DVR, but he watched his own show, FX's "Fargo" on its regular night.

"I watched it as an audience member. I just watched it every Tuesday night," he said. "I didn't get the DVDs ahead of time from the studio or whatever. When it was over, I was a little sad. What am I gonna do next Tuesday night?"

"So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley admits to occasional binge-viewing.

"I'll buy an entire series and I'll have a weekend where I don't get out of my pajamas, I barely brush my teeth, and I just do back to back (episodes) and sit there wallowing in my own filth," she said. The last series she indulged in this way? "Breaking Bad."

Allison Tolman, nominated for her supporting role in "Fargo," said, "I hardly ever watch anything in real time anymore."

"I watch a lot of things that night but a little bit after they've aired," she said. "I also am quite a binge-watcher... I just started 'Game of Thrones' since I hadn't seen it yet, so now I'm watching one episode after the other on demand."

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AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang contributed to this report.

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Seven people died in a fast-moving Massachusetts apartment fire in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, officials said.

All seven victims were found in units on the top floor of the three-story building that had businesses on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors, fire officials said.

"It's a tragic day for the city of Lowell," Mayor Rodney Elliott said.

A police officer on routine patrol was the first to report the fire just before 4 a.m., while several tenants ran about 100 yards down the street to the nearest fire station to sound the alarm, Fire Chief Edward Pitta said. But the building was fully involved by the time firefighters arrived. The fire eventually went to three alarms.

The victims' names were not immediately made public.

The cause and origin of the blaze remain under investigation, State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said.

The building did not have a sprinkler system, but was not required to, Pitta said. It did have an alarm system, and whether that was working will be part of the investigation.

Authorities say 48 people lived in the building, which sustained heavy damage. The roof was entirely burned away, while the outer walls were charred and the siding melted.

Several people had to be rescued from upper floors and taken to the hospital. The exact number was not known.

Witnesses said tenants were jumping out of windows.

Neighbor Sarin Chun said she awoke to screams and saw someone hand a child out a window to another person on the street.

The Red Cross is assisting displaced tenants and the city is accepting donations of clothing and other essentials, Elliott said. A relief fund has been set up at the Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union in the city.

Lowell is a city of more than 100,000 residents located about 25 miles northwest of Boston.

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No, the United States military isn't trying to build a force of centenarians.

It just seems that way after the Selective Service System mistakenly sent notices to more than 14,000 Pennsylvania men born between 1893 and 1897, ordering them to register for the nation's military draft. The agency realized the error when it began receiving calls from bewildered families last week.

Selective Service spokesman Pat Schuback tells The Associated Press that the error originated with the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles, which sent the federal agency a batch of records of males born between 1993 and 1997 mixed with the records of men born a century earlier.

Schuback says that families who received the notices in error can simply ignore them.