So, just finished watching the Emmy Awards a bit ago. Overall, a decent enough show. I didn’t get a chance to put together my list of predictions this year (I started to, but didn’t get very far). The major failure of the show was in the chosen hosts. Their panel of 5 reality TV hosts (nominees in their category) was a miserable failure on stage. Heidi Klum managed to hold out as the best of the group, and even she was only abundantly average. When you have presenters like Steve Martin and Ricky Gervais come out and effortlessly upstage the main hosts, it becomes clear just how bad those hosts are doing. Then there’s Don Rickles, who amusingly refused to stay on script. While he may not seem physically top notch, he’s still as quick on the joke as he ever was. By coincidence, I was just watching his Get Smart appearance earlier this week on DVD. Barry Sonnenfeld won a much deserved award for directing the Pie-Lette of Pushing Daisies - the best broadcast network show on the air (which is my way of ruling out Battlestar Galactica in the comparison). And while I think Alec Baldwin is fantastic on 30 Rock, it was still sad to not see Lee Pace get an upset win a leading actor in a comedy award for Pushing Daisies (not that I expected such a long shot possibility). I would have at least loved to see Tony Shalhoub win another for playing Adrian Monk, but I guess 3 wins in a row is good enough. Steven Colbert & John Stewart had a great night at the awards, yet again. It was nice to see Greg Yataines win his best director in a drama award for his excellent work on House’s great season 4 finale. And as much as I truly hate reality TV shows (100%, absolutely), I did like Jimmy Kimmel’s presentation of the best host for a reality TV series award, where they went to commercial before revealing the winner. But the real winner of the night, and deservedly so, was Tiny Fey and 30 Rock. When did Mary Tyler Moore turn into a walking skeleton? Amazingly, though, Betty White still somehow manages to look nearly the same as she did back on the Mary Tyler Moore show. While 30 Rock was one I was very happy to see win the best comedy category, I was sad to see fantastic shows like House and Boston Legal lose to Mad Men for the best drama series. And if there’s one series I’m gonna have to hunt down and check out after seeing the Emmy Awards broadcast, it’s AMC’s Breaking Bad. I hadn’t actually even heard of it previously, but it looks great, and it’s writen/created by the great Vince Gilligan. Lastly, how is it the show ran long? I mean, there were more winners that weren’t there than usual, leaving the presenters to accept. And it seemed like they were getting extra aggressive in playing people off stage. Where did they waste so much time that they didn’t find in rehearsal? As a closing through, I must emphise how much they need to find a real host for the event next year.

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