Monday, September 21, 2009

Blogging the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards LIVE


02:02 It's 2 minutes past 2 and the Emmy has just started. Great opening ditty by host Neil Patrick Harris. He's funny. The set looks GREAT!
02:05 Neil Patrick Harris laments the loss of the TV theme song, by looking at the non-existent themesong of Lost.
02:07 The final control room is actually on the stage and part of the set. Kanye West joke. :)
02:11 The Emmy stage floor is high sheen, polished black perspex.
02:12 So funny. All the girls in work together with a visual gag about glasses. All Amy Poehler's idea. Kristin Chenoweth wins the first awards for best supporting actress in a comedy series. She's crying.  ''I want to be in Mad Men.''
02:20 Best writing for a comedy show goes to 30 Rock.
02:25 Best supporting actor in a comedy series goes to Jon Cryer in Two and a half Men.
02:26 Lovely trivia in the announcer who does voice-over TV trivia while winners make their way to the stage.
02:30 I just got the first of my 2 daily newspapers that gets delivered and its a commercial break so I'm quickly making coffee and gonna start the first newspaper.
02:35 The Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series goes to Toni Collette. Sarah Silverman has a moustache. Not a real one.
02:39 ''Please welcome from Gossip Girl the lovely Blake Lively and the vivacious Leighton Meester.''
02:50 It's cool how Neil Patrick Harris chooses the most obscure TV appearance ever when introducing some of the presenters.
02:51 ''Alec Baldwin will soon be the GE chairman''. HILARIOUS! Alec just won for lead actor in a comedy series.
02:54 The REALITY category is starting. ''I am Tyyy-ra.''
02:58 ''You know her from Scooby Doo and the Goblin King. . .'' Jeff Probst wins ANOTHER Emmy as best reality host.
03:08 The best reality show is again, as always, The Amazing Race.
03:09 ''Thanks guys. UPSET tonight at every turn,'' says Neil Patrick Harris.
03:26 You almost won't see it, the camera pans over so quickly, but there's A LOT OF EMPTY SEATS in the Emmy auditorium in the Nokia Theatre.
03:27 Litte in-joke. Patricia Arquette is presenting with Jennifer Love Hewitt. In America Patricia's Medium will be on TV on the same night and side by side with J Love's Ghost Whisperer. Medium has now jumped to CBS where Ghost Whisperer is.
03:30 Neil Patrick Harris does a little Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long blog. SUPER FUNNY bit ''The end of TV is over''.
03:32 DR HORRIBLE'S SING A LONG BLOG BIT THE BEST OF THE NIGHT SO FAR!
03:46 The Variety category is starting.
03:55 To introduce the writers from Conan O'Brien he had a facebook page and deleted everyone's names  who have sent friend requests. Funny.
04:05 The Emmys have now been going for 2 hours.
04:08 Ricky Gervais: ''That joke just for the 5 000 people in the audience. Not for the 5 000 people watching at home.''
04:16 The category for Drama is starting. Cool intro.
04:20 Michael Emerson wins for best supporting actor in a drama series.
04:21 Cherry Jones wins for best supporting actress in a drama series.
04:23 Sarah McLachlan is singing ''I Will Remember You'' for the In Memoriam tribute. Sad.
04:37 Mad Men wins for best writing for a drama series.
04:40 Lead actress in a drama goes to Glenn Close for Damages. Again.
04:50 Bryan Cranston wins for lead actor in a drama series for Breaking Bad. Again.
04:53 Bob Newhart is the presenter for the category of best comedy series. ''If the guys from Weeds takes a little bit longer to get up here. . .''
04:55 30 Rock wins for bet comedy series.
04:56 Tina Fey: ''I want to thanks NBC for keeping us on the air even though we are so much more expensive than a talk show.'' Ooooh.
05:00 Signourney Weaver is presenting the categories for best drama series.
05:01 Mad Men wins for best drama series. Again.
05:03 Exactly 3 hours and 3 minutes. And its over. ''May the Emmys be back on broadcast television again,'' says Neil Patrick Harris.