It’s Emmys night. I’m looking forward to seeing if my favorite shows get some love. I’m not so much looking forward to three hours with Seacrest. Oh well.
Please don’t sing, Ryan. Oh, thank goodness. Leave that to Stewie and Brian. Hee.
I still don’t love Raymond. Oh well. Wait, he’s presenting? Hurry up, already.
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy – Jon Cryer v. Kevin Dillion v. Neil Patrick Harris (my pick) v. The Pivert v. Rainn Wilson. Winner – The Pivert. Unreal. But not a surprise.
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – Michael Emerson v. Michael Imperioli v. T.R. Knight v. Masi Oka (my pick) v. Terry O’ Quinn v. William Shatner. Winner – Terry O’ Quinn.
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy – Elizabeth Perkins v. the housekeeper from Two and a Half Men v. Jaime Presseley v. Holland Taylor v. Vanessa L. Yeah Williams v. Jenna Fisher. Winner – Jaime Presseley. Unreal.
Props to Katherine Heigl for correcting the announcer on her last name.
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries – Thomas Hayden Church won.
One-liner montage from late-night talk shows. Kind of boring, but Ellen was introducing it, so it wasn’t too bad.
Why is this show in the round?
Supporting Actress in a Drama – Lorraine Braco v. Rachel Griffiths v. Katherine Heigl v. Sandra Oh v. Aida Turturro v. Chandra Wilson. I think it’s safe to say Grey’s will win something. Winner – Katherine Heigl. She swore when she won. And then hugged her mom. And her speech was played off.
Writing for Comedy, Music or Variety – Colbert Report v. The Daily Show v. Late Night with Conana O’ Brien v. The Late Show with David Letterman v. Real Time with Bill Maher. Winner – Late Night with Conan.
So far,the comedy writing category aside, I think it’s been a night of surprises. Or maybe I haven’t been paying close enough attention to the predictions. Whatever.
I don’t care that the blue carpet is made from recycled plastic bottles.
X-tina and Tony Bennett had a TV special? Dude, where have I been? I love it how she’s trying to not show. Sweetie, if you’redue in four months, you’re showing. No matter how hard you try to not. The pink gown is fabulously classy, btw.
Best Directing in a Music or Comedy – American Idol v. Colbert Report v. The Daily Show v. Saturday Night Live v. The Tony Bennet Special. Winner – Tony Bennett’s Special.
Best Actor in a Miniseries – Jim Broadbent v. Robert Duvall v. William H. Macy v. Matthew Perry v. Tom Selleck. Winner – Robert Duvall.
Inappropriate Joke Count – One. Ryan making reference to a picture of Vanessa Hudgins. Just ew.
The boyfriend had 3 helpings of lasagna. And I packed some for his lunch tomorrow, too.
Latifah introduced a tribute to Roots. I read part of that when I was younger. Like ten. Oh, Kunte Kente.
Outstanding Miniseries – Broken Trail v. Prime Suspect v. The Starter Wife (!). Winner – Broken Trail.
Stuff Presented Last Week:
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Guest Actress in a Drama – Leslie Caron (on Grey’s Anatomy)
Best Directing in a Drama Series – Battlestar Galactica v. Boston Legal v. Heroes v. Friday Night Lights v. Lost v. The Sopranos v. Studio 60. Winner – The Sopranos. He got played off, too.
Best Writing in a Drama – Battlestar Galactica v. Lost v. The Sopranos v. The Sopranos v. The Sopranos. Winner – The Sopranos. But only to David Chase for the particular episode.
Best Variety or Comedy Series – The Colbert Report v. The Daily Show v. Conan v. Letterman v. Bill Maher. Winner – The Daily Show.
Best Variety or Comedy Special – William Shatner’s Roast v. Kennedy Center Honors v. Lewis Black v.Tony Bennett’s Special v. Wanda Sykes v. A James Taylor Special. Winner – Tony Bennett’s Special.
Marcia Cross does not look like she gave birth to twins six months ago. Or ever.
Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries – Tony Collette v. Judy Davis v. Samantha Morton v. Anna Paquin v. Greta Scacchi. Winner – Judy Davis. Probably an upset because Broken Trail has won in every other category. Too bad Judy wasn’t there.
Best Made for TV Movie – Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee won. [Yawn.]
JoeMontagna introduced a tribute to The Sopranos. The cast of The Jersey Boys did a performance. Weird, but okay.
Best Actress in a Miniseries – Queen Latifah v.Debra Messing v. Helen Mirren v. Mary-Louise Parker v. Gena Rowlands. Winner – Helen Mirren. No one defeats The Queen.
Lewis Black did a rant.
Best Director Miniseries/Drama – That Helen Mirren Masterpiece Theater movie won. Whatever. But I’m sure dude who won is excited. As excited as a British person can get.
Best Writing for Drama Miniseries – The Helen Mirren movie won again.
The Interactive TV Achievement Award – presented by the President of MySpace. Something about CurrentTV. Al Gore and his green friend won. If this is so prolific, why have I never heard of it? Like outside of on a job board? Whatever. I love it how Al is married to Tipper, the biggest advocate of censorship, and he’s also the man who claims to have invented The Internet, land of no censorship. Awesomness.
Best Individual Performance in a Music/Variety – Tony Bennett won. Again. He’s spending a lot of time on the stage tonight. He thanked Target, the sponsor for his special. Nice. I like Target, too, Tony.
Guest Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series – Stanley Tucci and Elaine Tschich won.
Best Directing in a Comedy Series – Entourage v. Extras v. The Office v. Scrubs v. 30 Rock v. Ugly Betty. Winner – Ugly Betty.
Writing for a Comedy Series – Extras v. The Office v. The Office v. 30 Rock v. 30 Rock. Winner – The Office (the Gay Witch Hunt episode). I was pulling for Tina Fey. Oh well. At least it was a really stacked category.
Wayne Brady might have to slap a bitch. It’s Kanye v. Rainn Wilson.
Best Reality Show Competition – The Amazing Race v. American Idol v. Dancing with the Stars v. Project Runway v. Top Chef. Winner – The Amazing Race.
Best Actor in a Comedy Series – Alec Baldwin (!) v. Steve Carell v. Ricky Gervais v. Tony Shaloub v. Charlie Sheen. Stacked. Winner – Ricky Gervais. Upset! I do wish Alec had won. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart decide to give it to Steve Carell since Ricky wasn’t there. He ran up on stage. It was awesome.
What is this carbon offset purchase thing? Hooey.
Best Actress in a Drama Series – Patricia Arquette v. Minnie Driver v. Edie Falco v. Sally Field v. Mariska Hargitay v. Kyra Sydgewick. Winner – Sally Field.
Dead TV Stars of this year tribute. A lot of people died since the last Emmys.
Best Actress in a Comedy Series – America Fererra v. Tina Fey v. Mary Louise-Parker v. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss. Winner – America Fererra.
Best Actor in a Drama Series – James Gandolfini v. James Spader v. Kiefer Sutherland v. Hugh Laurie. Winner – James Spader. Another upset!
Best Actress in a Drama Series - Sally Fields. We really do like you. Except for the censors.
Best Drama Series - The Sopranos. Yawn.
Best Comedy Series - Perhaps the biggest upset of the night - 30 Rock!
I am still in shock that Best Comedy went to 30 Rock. In a good way. I think the whole cast was in shock. And everyone nominated against them. But they won. And now I hope the show gets the audience it deserves.
What a crazy Emmys night.
