Emmy Awards LiveBlog
8:00: Opening with Family Guy musical number: excellent. The musical numbers are one of my favorite bit of that show.And the Sopranos crack! LOVE!
8:03: Ryan Seacrest, somehow you have made a career out of being a walking gay joke. I don’t know whether to applaud you or hate you.Conan looks rough.Ellen looks absolutely amazing. So does Portia.
8:07: Shameful confession #473: I would totally do Hugh Laurie.Not so shameful confession: I would do most of the male cast of Heroes. And several members of the female cast as well.Obvious confession: I don’t love Raymond.
8:09: That was odd.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Jeremy Piven, Entourage
8:14: Oh VANESSA, what is with your skirt?!America looks fantastic.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Terry O’Quinn, Lost
You know, there are times during internet debates where I would love to be able to cue the music up a little louder to tell people that they’re done talking and should get the fuck out.
8:21: I’m not loving Seacrest hosting.Oh…he just ripped on Paula about the drug thing. I may retract my statement.Wow. Tina looks amazing. And Julia needs to dump the empire waist and do something better with her hair.They are, however, hysterical.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Jamie Presley, My Name Is Earl
8:26: I don’t know these people. Apparently neither does the announcer.
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE: Thomas Haden Church, Broken Trail
8:33: And we’re back with Ellen and Hugh! LOVE!I love her. I love her so much.
WE NEED A MONTAGE!
8:37: Mmmm…Entourage boys.And Eva.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Katharine Heigle, Grey’s Anatomy
8:41: Jennifer Love Hewitt finally found a hairstyle that doesn’t make her forehead look huge.
WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY PROGRAM: Late Night with Conan O’Brien(How much did I love the clips from all these shows?)
8:50: Oh, they went green this year. Awesome.
Here comes Tony and Christina!That was AMAZING. Christina’s still got it! So does Tony.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES: Bob Marshall, Tony Benett, An American Classic
Ali: your dress needs straps
LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE: Robert Duvall, Broken Trail
They’re PAYING people to do what I’m doing here? I feel cheated, somehow.
9:03: Queen Latifa looks so amazing. And that was beautfully said.And wow, they have the cast of Roots there. An amazing group of people. And you can really see how emotional they are.
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES: Broken Trail
9:10: Hayden’s dress is…big…
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES: Alan Taylor, The Sopranos
OUTSTAND WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES: Davis Chase, The Sopranos
9:21: Steve Carell deadpans far too well. It’s a little scary.Not quite “Tommy Lee Jones” scary. But up there.
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR TELEVISION SERIES: The Daily Show with John StewartAwww! He hugged Colbert!
VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SPECIAL: Tony Benett, An American Classic
I’m a little scared of some of these dresses. They’re very, very boobie.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE: Judy Davis, The Starter Wife
Dick Askin? Wow, your parents HATED you, didn’t they?
9:36: Wow, Glenn Close has aged amazingly.Kyra, your dress is bad. Just bad.
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
I have never heard of The Jersey Boys before. Man, I remember never being out of the Broadway loop.
The Sopranos is one of those shows I always MEANT to watch, but never did. Like Nip/Tuck.
9:49: HEY! It’d Dr. Mc-Which-One-Are-You-Again?
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE: Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect, the Final Act
Lewis Black! I would watch more news shows if there were sock puppets involved. True fact.
The back of Morris’s dress is really gorgeous.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Phillip Martin, Prime Suspect: The Final Act
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Frank Deasy, Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Masi Oka! Motherfucker’s a genius.And hot.But it’s a little weird to hear him talking out of the Hiro voice.
TOM >:( I defriended you on Myspace, GET OFF OF MY TV!
CREATIVE ACHEIVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION: Current
So, does Al Gore have an Oscar and an Emmy now?You know what would round that out nicely? Winning the presidency.
“You just made Charlie Sheen’s ‘to-do’ list.”Charlie did NOT like that one.“Senator Craig’s List!” LOL
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VAREITY, COMEDY OR MUSIC PROGRAM: Tony BenettColbert is denied again! Last year it was Manalow, this year Benett.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES: Richard Shepard, Ugly Betty
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES: Greg Daniels, The Office
10:23: Ryan…that’s really great.
IS WAYNE BRADY GONNA HAVE TO CHOKE A BITCH?(Sorry, it’s a compulsion. I blame Dave Chapelle.)Wow, Kanye. If you lose this are you going to throw a fit, too?
OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION: The Amazing Race
10:36: Oh Colbert and Stewart. Leafblower.Private jet sandwich? LOL.Oh my GOD these guys are funny.“Then the earth WINS!”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Ricky Gervais, Extras“We’re going to give this to our friend Steve Carell.”Oh boys, you’re so ridiculous. And now there’s going to be so much threesome slash.
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH…Hugh using ACCENT.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters
OMG DID THEY JUST CUT AWAY FROM HER ANTI-WAR STATEMENT?! Not cool. NOT COOL.
10:52: Debra: that dress is a mistake.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: America Ferra, Ugly Betty
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: James Spader, Boston Legal…I will console myself with the fact that House had a very weak season.
11:02: They’re rushing. They must be running over.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES: 30 RockAwesome! I figured Ugly Betty was taking it.
11:08: Helen Mirren!
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES: The SopranosYeah, yeah, it was a salute to the series as a whole.But man HEROES! HEROES!They came up empty this year.But next year…NEXT YEAR…you will feel the wrath of the Grunberg!Don’t let the picture fool you! HE IS WRATHFUL! NOT A GIANT TEDDY BEAR! WRATHFUL! FULL. OF. WRATH.
