"House of Cards" pulled in some big wins for Netflix and online shows in general. (Photo via Netflix)

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David Fincher snagged the award for directing "House of Cards," an award that had previously gone to such luminaries as Martin Scorsese and J. J. Abrams.

In a category that also included nominations for outstanding directing for critical darlings such as "Breaking Bad," "Homeland," "Downton Abbey," and "Boardwalk Empire," Fincher won an award in a very competitive category, but Netflix and the whole "House of Cards" team were the collective winners of the night for proving that original streaming content and the internet are changing the TV landscape for good.

There’s no denying it anymore. If you’re not watching "House of Cards," you probably should be. What is not to love about a show dealing with a corrupt politician, his penchant for sharks’ blood and his undying love of revenge? I mean, the antihero has never been bigger, thanks to characters like Frank Underwood and Walter White.

And the best part about the show is that it is perfectly binge-watchable due to the nature of its delivery method. You can log onto a Netflix account right now and sacrifice four days of your life to complete the entire show, if you really wanted to, and perhaps Emmy voters are telling us there’s something to be said for that.

To deconstruct the success of "House of Cards," you’d have to start with all the components that went into creating the show, and this started with assembling an incredible cast including Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey, both respectively nominated for Emmys in their acting categories. David Fincher was secured to direct the first two episodes of the 13-episode season, and was so interested and invested in the project he signed on to executive produce all 13 episodes of season one.

It is probably equally a testament to the show as it is to the online streaming service, Netflix, that "House of Cards" has come so far. In an unorthodox move even for a company like Netflix, the company developed the series by committing $100 million upfront to complete two seasons of the show.

Without requiring a pilot as most networks do, Netflix very literally believed in "House of Cards" to such an extent that they threw all their money at it. Season 2 is currently filming and slated to come out sometime in 2014.

Not only is it great to see "House of Cards" win an award in a major category on TV’s biggest night, but it’s useful to help us envision where the TV landscape is going just five or ten years down the road. With 37 million global subscribers, almost 29 million of which are in the United States alone, Netflix, original programming and the online streaming model are on the rise.

What could this mean for "House of Cards" second season Emmy hopes and dreams? And what about that little show you might have heard of, "Orange is the New Black"?

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