Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBCAs I arrived at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles for the 2010 Emmy Awards, the first thing I saw stepping out of the car was Dr. Horrible. There he was, bigger than life, soundlessly sermonizing above the Emmys red carpet on one of the several dozen jumbo-screens populating the L.A. Live complex that plays home to the Nokia. The moment turned out not to be a fortuitous prognostication of Neil Patrick Harris’ Emmy fortunes; it was simply part of a replay of last year’s Emmys, when Dr. Horrible (NPH) and Capt. Hammer (Nathan Fillion) did a little sketch on the emergence of web-only content. But it was a welcome sight anyhow, and presaged a (mostly) enjoyable Emmys evening inside the Nokia. The immense, cavernous, two-humpback-whales-could-fit-inside-of-it-comfortably-and-still-have-enough-room-for-a-small-fleet-of-school-buses Nokia.
The Nokia is so gargantuan, in fact, that this on-the-scene, what-you-didn’t-see-on-TV recap simply won’t be quite as detail-drenched as our American Idol on-the-scene recaps in the spring. Even the Idol finale at the Nokia nets more juicy detail for the simple fact that the judges are on a raised platform and a semi-conscious monkey could make them out with no difficulty. But despite the fact that even my most excellent seat in the Orchestra section of the Nokia (row BB!) still put me a good 12 parsecs away from the stage and all the commingling A-listers in the front rows, I’ve still gots a heaping helping of fun/revealing/foolish on-the-scenery for you to chew on.
When I arrived, the red carpet was just starting to rev into full gear. Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni had barely set foot out of their limo when an officious PA whisked them over to the NBC pre-show, pre-entrance interview booth. Once past security and the helpful platoon of people handing out free Vitamin Water Zero, we slowly inched our way along the hoi polloi section of the red carpet, well behind all the famous folks talking to the fine people inside the E!, Entertainment Tonight, TV Guide Channel, NBC, Access Hollywood, Extra, and The Insider HD interview tents. Interspersed were the non-interview-tented media, like EW’s own Michael Ausiello, left to pleasantly cook under the perfect southern California sun. After passing the media tent for The Insider HD (because you know you’re truly on the inside of wherever you are when you can make out a person’s pores), the red carpet for the non-famous made a left for the theater entrance, while the famous kept moving forward for a date with the paparazzi and what appeared to be yet another E! interview tent.
Before entering the theater, the finely-dressed masses were greeted with another platoon of Vitamin Water Zero pushers, and I really wish I’d acquiesced to them, since upon stepping foot inside the Nokia at 4:07 p.m. (Pacific time), I learned that the lobby bars closed promptly at 4 p.m., and would not open again until 5:30 p.m., and then only for non-alcoholic beverages. So I was left to simply take in the second-and-third tier stars rapidly populating the first floor Nokia lobby. (The truly famous entered the theater guarded from view by a lobby length partition.) There’s Matt Crunchy Czuchry from The Good Wife! Ooo, and I see Mad Men’s Jared Harris! It’s J.D. Lutz from 30 Rock, and Kate Flannery from The Office! I’m not exactly sure why Doctor Who’s David Tennant is here, but I’m not complaining!
Finally, it was time to enter the Nokia and find my seat in the orchestra. It entailed a supersonic jet and a series of camel caravans, but eventually I made it. At which point I was treated to the odd bit of meta-theater of watching Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba sitting eight rows in front of me, watching herself in the NBC Emmys pre-show on an HD video-screen the size of my apartment. Later on, Wanda Sykes and Julie Bowen got to watch their pre-show encounters with the Maria Menounos Awkward Machine 2010™ on the aforementioned jumbo-screen as it was happening live. Those poor women, bearing witness to their embarrassment in real time.
With less than 10 minutes to go, telecast honcho Don Mischer walked on stage to discuss a few quick orders of business: 1) Everyone in the aisles needed to “settle.” 2) Host Jimmy Fallon “worked tirelessly” to put on a great show. 3) Unlike the Grammys (which hands out nine awards during its primetime broadcast), and the Tonys (which hands out 14 awards), the Emmy Awards had a whopping 27 awards to hand out, and only two-and-change hours of non-commercial programming time to do it. So 4) keep your acceptance speech super-short (and to sweeten the deal, if you do, we may re-open the bar later in the evening), and 5) if you’re part of a winning group, only one person is designated to speak on behalf of everyone, and when that person is done talking, the conductor will strike up the band to play you off. Had I known what was to come, I would’ve scanned the audience for Mad Man creator Matthew Weiner to gauge his basic comprehension of these rules.
With just a few brief minutes before airtime, the Nokia was swarming with thousands of tuxedos and gowns, and I began to wonder if the theater would qualify as a really classy tiny independent nation in Europe. As everyone moved to their seats, we were forced to watch (and at the very least listen to) Billy Bush and a woman whose name escaped me go through their best and worst dressed lists, which meant it was entirely likely that January Jones and Anna Paquin suffered the indignity of hearing their unfortunate fashion sense excoriated before they’d even had a chance to sit down. Showbiz! (And you just know the MMAM 2010™ was frantically scouring the audience to capture their reactions.)
Finally, the show began. At the conclusion of The Best Opening Number Of The Emmys Ever, Jorge Garcia gave Jon Hamm an emphatic low ten (you know, as opposed to a high five) before both men dramatically raced off stage, which was like the coolness cherry on top of a triple scoop sundae of awesome. After introducing the comedy portion of the evening with Amy Poehler, host Jimmy Fallon shook her husband Will Arnett’s hand and then sprinted backstage. Fizbo Eric Stonestreet won best supporting actor in a comedy, and afterwards Modern Family exec producer Steven Levitan walked down the aisle to give a consolation hug to Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Ty Burrell. (Note: You’re going to notice a lot of info about Modern Family and Lost in this recap, and that’s because those shows were all seated nearest to me. And by “nearest,” I mean, “not requiring opera glasses to see them.”)
The multiple, lengthy ad breaks during the show were leavened mostly by a series of Emmy highlight reels playing on the ultra-mega-screens on either side of the stage, like the clips of acceptance speeches from Holland Taylor and Jon Cryer that greeted our first ad break. As they played, Stonestreet returned to his seat, but not before passing out a bevy of hugs to seemingly everyone in the Modern Family cast. When Levitan won for writing the show’s pilot, Stonestreet kept eagerly looking back at his wife to see her reaction to her husband’s jokes about her. Jane Lynch won, kissed her wife, and fellow nominee Chris Colfer was the first among his cast to stand and applaud her.
After our second ad break, Lost exec producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof slowly walked up the aisle and back to the lobby, Cuse (as per usual) wearing a bemused grin, Lindelof looking like he was maybe three categories away from throwing up. The rest of the Lost contingent mingled with crew from their fellow ABC show Modern Family, while the band rocked out to what sounded like the music from a rock-em-sock-em 1970s cop show that I would be able to pinpoint if I was Quentin Tarantino.
When Ryan Murphy won for directing the Glee pilot, I realized that the Glee cast had been split between the first string (the four acting nominees, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Ryan Murphy) sitting in the middle of the audience, and the second string (pretty much everyone else) segregated on the far, far, far stage right section of the audience. If I was Murphy, I would currently be madly typing away at a script based on this very event, which obviously puts the very existence of glee club in doubt! I would also somehow work in a cultural reference to the revelation from the subsequent Emmy-highlight-reel ad break, which featured speeches from Norman Lear, Ray Walston, John Larroquette, and, wait, did that woman just say she created the comic strip Cathy? Wait, Cathy Guisewite won an Emmy?!
After NPH got in his dig at Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy looked like he was about to throw back a retort before deciding to walk off the stage. Top Chef won for Best Reality Competition show, and their contingent became so overwhelmed by breaking The Amazing Race’s stranglehold on the category that one woman just started screaming like a banshee while holding up her purse with one hand and her cell phone to her ear with the other hand. Afterwards, with the one reality category announced, it felt like whole rows of reality show nominees and their respective dates and guests made for the lobby, as the rest of us watched Lucille Ball scramble to read the winning envelope without her glasses. (It was The Mary Tyler Moore Show.)
The drama section commenced. Aaron Paul’s surprise win for his work on Breaking Bad introduced the Nokia to the raucous group from that show sitting as far to the left of the Nokia as the Glee second-stringers were to its right. As Paul walked off stage left, he passed by his compatriots with both arms in the air, and they responded with an arena rally cheer that actually managed to carry all the way across the theater. During the ad break, J.J. Abrams walked down the aisle, his head blankly nodding along, seemingly oblivious to Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin loud gesticulations right behind him. Bad Robot impresario Bryan Burk pulled Damon Lindelof in a big, consoling hug, and the light from two dozen flashbulbs surrounding the Breaking Bad section of the audience finally reached my seat.
Jimmy Fallon’s Twitter intros bombed again; Archie Panjabi’s win for best supporting actress caused the Nokia to fall into what I can only assume was a who-is-this-actress-again? hush; we watched Kirstie Alley and Burt Reynolds brag about getting “big one(s)” from their respective (and now ex) spouses during the ad break; and the Emmy crew wheeled out a white grand piano during the introduction of the Best Guest Actor in a Drama winners.
In case you were wondering, no, Jimmy wasn’t actually playing that piano during his farewell song to 24, and yes, the Lost peeps did have a visible reaction to Jimmy’s gentle lyrical tease about not quite understanding the show’s finale. But as it was becoming increasingly clear that Lost was headed to goose egg city, that reaction — from director Jack Bender, Abrams, Lindelof, Burk, even the unflappably affable Cuse — was one of uniform stone faces and crumpled postures. Save Abrams, they all slowly decamped for the lobby as the crew wiped away Fallon’s tribute to Law & Order and the Top Chef folks finally returned to their seats.
Kyra Sedgwick won for Best Actress in a Drama, and unlike most of the audience, the dude sitting in front of me got really, super excited. In fact, thanks to the show’s unadvised decision to spend its final hour on handing out variety and movie/miniseries trophies, excitement was in short supply. The rest of the evening would’ve been a bit of a snooze, actually, if not for the presence of Ricky Gervais and Temple Grandin. The former has become a reliable booster shot to the Emmy proceedings, even unintentionally so, after a camera crew almost collided with one of the waiters carrying trays of bottled beer. (After this segment, my mother texted this to me: “This is a very fun show. I hope you are getting a beer.”) And as for Grandin, watching her repeatedly stand up and wave to the Nokia was just a delight, and made its sweep of all its categories much less of a bore to sit through. (I’m not saying it was undeserved; just that awards show sweeps are generally monotonous events. How many times did we need to hear that Claire Danes is a vision of acting splendiferousness beyond the scope of mere mortal comprehension?)
Otherwise, Jewel’s mournful In Memoriam song helped put a hush on the evening’s energy until the final categories. (The sight of wee Gary Coleman presenting with superdog Benji in an ad break Emmy highlight clip was a remarkably sad sight indeed.) When Mad Men took its third Best Drama trophy, a few people sitting in the back of the theater mounted landspeeders to make it up the aisle to join everyone on stage. Afterwards, an announcer told the audience that those with tickets to the Governor’s Ball should exit at the stage right door, while everyone else was to leave in the lobby of the theater. (Remember this fact for two paragraphs from now.)
In a touching moment of good sportsmanship, the second-stringers from Glee all stood up to applaud Modern Family’s win for Best Comedy, along with the folks from Lost. After Jimmy Fallon sprayed the stage with bubbly, the Modern Family cast and producer/writers all peppered each other with hugs. Eric Stonestreet escorted Sofia Vergaragagaga down the stage steps, and NPH randomly (and adorably) raced up the steps to give Ed O’Neill a hug.
As I did not have Governors Ball tickets, I began moving back towards the lobby. Any lingering jealousy I may have had for those who got a ticket to the big ball evaporated when I looked back at the sight of an ocean of people trying to inch their way through a single stage door. Some of them may still be there now.
Instead, I headed out to the limo call back table, and waited patiently as a long stream of black cars arrived. Castle‘s Nathan Fillion posed for photos. Sam Trammell from True Blood stared into the middle distance. And Susan Sarandon pulled out into the night, her window rolled down just enough to give those standing on the sidewalk a glimpse of her still otherworldly beauty.
Such were my four-and-a-half hours at the 2010 Emmy Awards, P-Dubs. Were you happy with the show’s outcome? Did you think anyone was robbed? And if you were there, would you have left for the (non-alcoholic) lobby bar at any point?
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I kind of feel like Hugh Laurie was robbed (again!) for an Emmy for “House”. As inconsistent as the show has been quality-wise in recent seasons, his performances have been top-notch, particularly in the premier and finale this past season (he had me in tears!).
You are so right about Hugh Laurie. Just stop nomintating him as you have not nominated the CSI’s and other programmed watched much more than the 10:00P.M. programs and what ever channels. Get Real ! Nominate programs that are really watched and other than HBO, especially for those who do not have HBO.
Popularity doesn’t always translate into quality. Not that Hugh Laurie isn’t the bomb, just saying. Some (most) of the best shows on television have small audiences. And lets not give the Emmy’s unwarranted credit. They certainly had no love for the Wire, arguably one of the greatest shows ever made, because not enough people watched it.
Also, pretty much everyone in the Best Actor category deserved it. I almost wish Bryan Cranston hadn’t won with such stiff competition when he’s won it twice before. I still wouldn’t have given it to Laurie though. He can always win another year. Jon Hamm had one of the finest acting moments I’ve ever seen this season, Michael C. Hall brought his character to new depths, and Matthew Fox did one hell of a job with that finale (plus this was his last shot at it).
Hugh Laurie is overrated
Are you kidding? The Emmys should always nominate for quality, regardless of popularity. They would lose all credibility for acknowledging something like CSI.
They already have awards for “shows that people watch”. They’re called ratings.
the emmy’s are a joke. drama’s such as csi, house, and the countless others are by far so much more well written and quality wise than retarded half hour sitcom’s that always cleanup at the emmy’s.
Michael C. Hall deserves an Emmy for making a murderer so endearing and for the INCREDIBLE Thanksgiving with Trinity episode.
I think the quality of the writing has gone downhill considerably the past few seasons on House. Hugh Laurie was great early on but that show isn’t what it used to be. I was actually surprised he was even nominated again this year.
ITA with Sadie.
He definitely deserved an Emmy in the past but these days alongside those fantastic nominees with their material – not a chance. That particular field is crowded with awesomness. He’s lucky that he’s still nominated, there’s plenty of deserving actors out there who have never received so much as a nod.
I don’t agree with Sadie.
The writing on House was uneven this year, but Hugh Laurie was amazing no matter what they gave him to do. It is a shame that HL has never won an Emmy. Hamm and Hall, also need to get Emmys. BC has won 3 times, and although great, one Emmy was enough.
Erin, Hugh Laurie isn’t “lucky that he’s still nominated.” He gives an amazing performance every episode. He earned his nomination.
agreed – see my comment further on – but absolutely the writing on House has been mostly awful over the past few years – nothing substantial since the regular appearance of David Morse
LOST GOT ROBBED! Breaking Bad may be good and Mad Men IMO is way overrated but both the shows will be back, both will have more chances to win Lost wont and should have been given something. Mathew Fox will never be on TV again (so he says) and this might have been their last chance to give him his just due for playing Jack who was one of the best people on TV for 6 seasons.
Breaking Bad = a show about crime and the results of crime….been done.
Mad Men = Oh great a throw back show to when men could smoke in the office and women were not on teh same level as the men they worked for…Ok maybe it hasnt been done before but not really too creative.
Lost = Most creative show in the history of TV. And even if you dont agree with that you can at least see that unlike the other two shows I just mentioned it is deffently the most creative of these 3 shows. Lost was special, once in a life time type show and it was its final season. It was bad enough that Josh Halloway didnt get recognized for his outstanding job in the early episodes of teh 6th season but the fact that Lost got completly snubbed is a joke. Lost got robbed
Your simplistic analogy of Breaking Bad says it all. I’m sorry, how may shows are there that consist of a school teacher making and selling crystal meth to pay for his treatments for lung cancer? Lots of shows are creative, but we can’t give out awards based on pity that a show is finished and will never have another shot. That’s not how AWARDS work.
OMG how many times must it be said:
The Emmys go to the most DESERVING not the sentimental favorite. It doesn’t matter if it was Lost’s last year, it just didn’t deserve to win.
Amen to that, Lost got robbed.
Yes, Lost was robbed!! and even Glee, who watch Modern Family anyways?
Maybe if Cuse and Lindelof hadn’t let the fans down with a final season of CRAP (including that farce of a finale)they would have won something. What a complete waste of 5 (well 4 and a half really) seasons of brillance (including the much deserved first season Emmy) because the writers got lazy!
Lost would have won had the series finale not totally sucked the life out of the entire buildup (and I say this as a fan of the show). The creators really pooped the bed with that emotionally manipulative and St-Elsewhere-ish ending. Lost the series minus the finale is one the greatest shows ever, the finale took it down from that lofty height.
i too don’t get the appeal of Mad Men. I watched the first three episodes, and I finally stopped trying to watch because I was so bored. And the only likable character was Christina Hendricks.
Hey, to Lost got robbed, LOST SUCKS!!!!
I was one of the biggest fans, but the weak ass cop out at the end ruined it. The writers obviously were making it up as they went along, as it shows in the weak story telling and ending.
Now Breaking Bad and Mad Men make proper shows that are complete, not crap for dumb people(i.e CSI) which is the same every week, crime happens and gets wrapped up neatly in 42 minutes.
In conclusion, Lost Sucks, alot, a waste of 6 years of our lives!
i wish they’d shown the lost casts reaction to jimmy’s song on TV. i actually wish they’d show the lost cast on during the telecast period.
Word.
Word to both of you guys.
I know they only showed the 3 actors nominated once. Were the other actors there like Evangeline or Josh?
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i wanted to see the people who took the beers and drink it they didin’t show it you know to find out who had the cojones to drink it in front of a camera.
I saw Christine Baranski take a nice long swig!
can’t believe they offered one to Matthew Perry!
I caught that too!
I was just surprised that Matthew Perry was seated near the front of the audience.
Someone said later that it was non-alcoholic beer.
Now I’m even more bummed that LOST didn’t take home the Emmy, hearing Darlton’s physical reactions. I really thought that Jack Bender was at least going to win Best Director and was completely surprised when it went to the guy from Dexter.
I had to miss the show unexpectedly, and now I think I’m glad I did, I would’ve been crying by the time Jack Bender lost. I didn’t expect a sweep, but at least one major award for the show that changed television forever would’ve been appropriate. The Academy as a collective (led largely by a bunch of greedheads) annoys me more and more as the years go by.
I have to say, everyone from LOST except Elizabeth Mitchell and especially Jack , Darlton and Matthew were robbed! But, if anyone didn’t know, the editors of the finale actually received an Emmy off-screen.
I agree. I mean all you hear about is that the networks are looking for the “next Lost”, but somehow that fact escaped snobby Emmy voters. UUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
How can you say, except Elizabeth Mitchell? She is exceptional! She SHOULD have won. I thought she should have been nominated last year (along w/ Josh)! I was very disappointed that Lost went home empty handed.
Wait so everyone was robbed but Mitchell, Bender, Cuse, Lindelof and Fox? So they didn’t deserve Emmy’s? I think you should rewrite that sentence.
I agree 100%. I was already pretty heartbroken over it, but to read about their reactions just makes it worse. They were up against some stiff competition, and I don’t want to take away from any of the winners, but shame on the Emmy voters for not recognizing Lost.
It’s sad that the “Lost” guys were upset! The only time I might have gone to the lobby was during the reality part.
David Tennant was there because his costar in Hamlet Sir Patrick Stewart, and a few others in production, were up for an Emmy.
Exactly! David and Sir Patrick were brilliant in Hamlet!
David Tennant is incredible!
Absolutely. I was disappointed that Patrick Stewart didn’t win.
Both his and David’s performances in Hamlet were amazing!
Not to mention a couple Masterpiece Contemporary programs were up. David was also considered for a nomination for lead in a movie or miniseries for Hamlet, but didn’t make it past the first round of votes. Too bad British television doesn’t count, because Doctor Who would have cleaned house!
And Tennant was also put forth for the role of Arthur Eddington in Einstein & Eddington (an HBO/BBC co-production) in the same category as Hamlet, which was also overlooked for nomination.
If British television counted David Tennant would also be up for his heartbreaking performance in Recovery. He has some range. Look forward to seeing more of him here in the US.
David Tennant should have been nominated for Hamlet.
I love David Tennant!
He should get an EGOT, just for being him!
I’m just sad we didn’t get to see him at some point. On a night dedicated to television, you’d think he’d still rank pretty high on the list of big TV stars, even if it’s for his work on a British show. New Who is pretty high profile or at least it’s more than just a tiny cult show here in the US
I don’t really care WHY David was there, but I’m glad he was. He totally should have been nominated for Hamlet. He was incredible in that.
David Tennant should have been nominated for Hamlet. His performance was amazing. I was very excited to see that he was at the Emmys. He is a very talented actor and has done some very fine work, not just Doctor Who. I would have liked to have seen Patrick Stewart win, his portrayal of Claudius and Old Hamlet were worthy of an Emmy. Seems that popularity (Shakespeare isnt popular over here in the US) won out in the end. Sad.
Shakespeare isn’t popular over here in the US. That explains why every city in America has at least one theater putting on a production of a Shakespeare play at any given moment, and why films continue to be made of Shakespeare’s plays, like Julie Taymor’s upcoming “Tempest.”
thanks for the info I didn’t know that! Was it under the miniseries part? I guess I missed it because I fast forwarded through that section. I loved that version of Hamlet
I just don’t understand how none of the actors from Mad Men have ever won an Emmy. I may hate Betty Draper, but January Jones was quite good last year. Christina Hendricks’ Joan was a heartbreaking masterpiece of acting. Elizabeth Moss arguably didn’t get enough screen time last year. I still believe this show has the best combination of stellar writing and masterful acting. How do the actors keep getting jilted?
Watch Breaking Bad, and you’ll understand. You can always tell the difference between people who watch just Mad Men and those who watch Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Mad Men is a near-perfect show. Breaking Bad is flawless in its execution.
You hit the nail on the head. Mad Men is no doubt a top 5 show ever year. But Breaking Bad is a clear number 1. (Still, I was pulling for a Lost win somewhere in there since they won’t be getting another chance)
Uh huh… and what Breaking Bad star was up against Joan, Peggy, and Betty might I ask?
I totally agree I like MM but BB is the best show on tv,but I wish Dexter would get some love too.
Well unfortunately I didn’t know of any ondemand opportunities to catch up on that. AMC put first two seasons of MM on OnDemand b4 season 3 and then I was hooked.
Hasn’t Jon Hamm won at least once?
He has won the Golden Globe and been nominated 3 times but no he hasn’t. None of the actors have.
Oops, sorry, you’re right, just looked it up. (Jon Hamm has won the GG once.) Ensemble acting always fares poorly with Emmy, unfortunately. But nevertheless, some of these actors do have some real stand-out eps that deserve notice. Hence the nominations I guess, but then the voters split. They really need an ensemble category!
I think that Cristina and Elisabeth split the vote
It’s unfortunate because Christina was perfection this year. Now season 2 was all Peggy. That’s why she got a lead actress nod that year I guess. But season 3 belonged to Joan. Wish they had award for best non-romantic chemistry. The scenes between Joan and Peggy are something else.
Wait till next year for Elisabeth Moss. They’re really letting her character loose this season and letting Elisabeth show off her acting chops.
Yep… she should get a good look for her work this season. She’s been a hoot this season.
Yes but my fave Peggy moment ever was the scene where she told Pete about the baby. “I could have had you”. OMG. Insane. Though this week’s episode was stellar for her. That girl can act.
Mad Men is hugely overrated and I couldn’t understand why so many of them were even nominated – the only first rate actors are Jon Hamm and the guy who plays Pete. The woman are okay at best – nothing to get excited about. Can’t stand Peggy or the one with the huge breasts who tries to sound like Marilyn Monroe.
My only hope now if that the Globes and Sag don’t forget about LOST, and we can see the cast and crew together again a couple times more. Not that I have any hope there’d win those, either, but I just want to see them on my screen again.
That would be nice. And SAG has the good sense (unlike stupid Emmy) to give awards for ensemble acting, so here’s hope LOST is nominated again and wins again at least for that.
The camera work left a lot to be desired. It would have been nice to see the actual cast of Modern Family reacting to their win, but the camera stayed focused on the behind the scenes people instead.
At least the Lost people know that they had the most ambitious show on the air.
Yea that is why they all showed up to support what became a mess of a show driven by a couple of white boy’s wet dream.
::) (that’s me rolling my eyes)
I think Julianna Margulies should have won the best actress drama, but for the rest I’m very happy with the results
I would’ve been happy for either Juliana or Kyra to win, but Julianna does have one statue on her mantle, and now Kyra does too. Kyra has been the bridesmaid longer, so it’s nice that Emmy got out of a rut and let her win this round. Next year: Julianna!
Well she’s an actress with a successful hollywood marriage to one of the most famous actor’s ever, beautiful children, the most successful cable show ever in ratings and she is supremely talented. I doubt she felt like a bridesmaid, though this is deserved.
I’m glad that Kyra finally won. The Closer is a great show, and Kyra is perfect on it. Thank yew.
I couldn’t agree more. She is wonderful in “The Good Wife” and Kyra is and always has been a mediocre actress at best.
I know threepeats are “boring” or whatever, but I really wanted to see Glenn Close win again for Damages, as this was her best season yet. Kyra’s win felt like such a “wah-wah-wahhhh” moment.
kyle chandler for FNL should have won… the show deserves to be recognized.
I agree I love Kyle Chandler and Connie Briton….Friday Night Lights is such a great show, but is so underated
SNOOZE…Breaking Bad and Mad Men threepeat. Whatever. There were more deserving shows.
I don’t know about more…but I’d say “equally” deserving shows. It was really a tough year to pick which show should win and what lead actor in a drama should win. But with Mad Men winning 2 years straight and Cranston winning 2 years straight, it would be nice to share the wealth with the other talent/shows. I can’t diss any show over the other because I love them all (LOST, Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Dexter all had fabulous seasons and the episodes that they submitted for the Emmy’s were ALL amazing). Same with the actors…they all did a tremendous job this season. Not sure where I am going with all of this but I did want to get this out into the world….you all know it IS possible to enjoy more than one show, right?? I mean, all of this hatred out there towards specific shows is just ridiculous! (that’s not pointed at you Katie…just putting it all in one response lol)
I found the “tributes” to the shows going off the air lame. Why even bother to recognize them? These were all great shows that deserved some respect. I thought the love the Sopranos got was over the top a few years ago, but these 3 shows weren’t given anywhere close to that respect.
I felt the exact same way. If I were any of these 3 shows I’d be pissed. i mean, for Law and Order, after 20 years on the air, to have a “tribute” like that to usher them out is insulting.