Megorious

Hey! Remember when I used to mostly post about TV? Those were the days. I’ll be rolling out somewhat of a Fall TV Preview this week, but there aren’t many shows to be excited about….

In the meantime, the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were held in Hollywood Sunday night.

I thought about watching the show then I realized I wouldn’t. I haven’t watched the Emmys in years. It’s not that I don’t care — even though I don’t — it’s just that I didn’t see a need to watch three plus hours of kudos and commercials. Perhaps if this year’s host was worth watching, but they were not. The five reality host nominees, Tom Bergeron (Dancing With the Stars), Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Howie Mandel (Deal or No Deal), Jeff Probst (Survivor), and last year’s solo host Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) had joint hosting duties. The first five minutes of the awards ceremony was more than enough awkwardness than even I could tolerate. Thank Gob for DVR.

Highlights
• 30 Rock swept the comedy categories, including outstanding comedy series. AMC’s Mad Men took home outstanding drama, making it the first basic cable program to do so.
• Michael Emerson, LOST’s deliciously maniacal Ben Linus, was robbed in the supporting actor in a drama series category. I call shenanigans. Shenanigans!
• Stephen Colbert and the brilliant writers of The Colbert Report were finally recognized. But Colbert is gonna be pissed on Monday night’s show that he lost out to Don “Mr. Warmth” Rickles in the performance in a variety, music, or comedy program category.
• Alec Baldwin 30-rocked best actor in a comedy series. Then left a voicemail for his daughter.
• Though they weren’t the best choice for hosti, the funniest moment of the awards show had to be when Jimmy Kimmel present the Emmy for outstanding reality competition host. Kimmel milked the unveiling of the winner, which was probably expected. Kimmel joked that the winner would be announced following a commercial break — and then they actually cut to a commercial. It was poetic genius.
• Ricky Gervais took his Emmy back from Steve Carell.

And the (major) Emmy winners are….

Drama Series
Mad Men

Comedy Series
30 Rock

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Reality Competition Host
Jeff Probst, Survivor

Writing for a Comedy Series
Tina Fey, 30 Rock “Cooter”

Performance in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Don Rickles, Mr. Warmth

Variety, Music or Comedy Program
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
The Colbert Report: Tom Purcell (head writer), Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Bryan Adams, Barry Julien

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart, Samantha Who?

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeremy Piven, Entourage

Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race

Made for Television Movie
HBO’s Recount

Variety has the complete list of winners.

This TV entry was posted Sunday, September 21st, 2008 at 7:21 pm.
Tags: 30 Rock, Damages, Emmys, Entourage, Jon Stewart, LOST, Mad Men, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show