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Primetime Emmy results: the fair, the unfair, and the weird
By Lindsay CutlerAugust 30th, 2010, 10:45 amComments (5)
The Emmy's: you love them! You love them so much, you haven't even bothered to order cable yet; otherwise, you'd just sit at home all day watching the opening dance sequence via DVR ad-infinitum (you monster).
But the turnout, which you still care about, is unusually positive this year. Some thoughts on things fair, unfair, and weird:
FAIR
- Mad Men winning Best Drama - it doesn't matter that it's the third year in a row
- The much-deserving Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad winning Best Actor in a Drama
- Modern Family taking almost all comedy-related awards, as they had the strongest first season in recent memory (twenty-two goddamn episodes long)
- Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad winning best supporting actor (John Slattery is so good, I wish him ill)
- Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, naturally
UNFAIR
- Betty White winning Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Serie - sorry, everyone under age twenty: Elaine Stritch, aka Jack from 30 Rock's mom, hangs Betty White out to dry
- Best Actress, Comedy: Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie (whatever)
- Best Actor, Comedy: Jim Parsons for Big Bang Theory (the actual worst pick out of everyone in that category)
WEIRD
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or A Movie: Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack: this happened?
- Jeff Probst winning an Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, a category with no winners
- Judi Dench not earning her rightful title as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie
Complete list of winners and nominees here.
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Commentarium (5 Comments)
NPH got robbed again, imo. He totally deserves to win for HIMYM.
is there some way jimmy fallon could go away?
Also, Kyra Sedgwick sucks.
Agreed, Someguy. Or, well, The Closer sucks, but that's probably more because of the writing.
Have you seen Big Bang Theory? Jim Parsons is ridiculously good, esp. for an actor who doesn't understand half of the physics- and nerd-jargon his character spouts... and let's face it, this was hardly the best season of HIMYM, even for Barney (who is the only thing keeping that show barely watchable at this point)... the jump-the-shark moment for me was Ted's mother's wedding, but others can undoubtedly think of others. (I dare you to watch that one the whole way through without fast-forwarding through the horror, the horror.) The Barney-Robin thing was a huge disappointment as well.