Emmy Awards 2007, Part III

Before I get into the Emmy Awards wrapup, I need to apologize for a statement I made at the end of the first Emmy Awards blog entry. I said, “Like you care”. Apparently people do. Since that post (just last week) my Emmy pages have been viewed over 200 times. Maybe it’s some kind of glitch or something but it’s been nice to see so many hits on my blog. So thanks for reading whoever you are. And now onto the wrapup.

I think James Spader said it best when he unexpectedly won against Hugh Laurie and James Gandolfini, “ I don’t know who even votes for these things.” I think the academy places the nominations on a target and then throws darts at it. My predictions sucked this year, partly because of the strange results and partly because of my blind adoration of Stephen Colbert (who kept losing to a musician again). But I’m not the only one who got screwed in their Emmy picks this year, Entertainment Weekly only got three of their twelve main categories right. I got four. (Horray for me.) Hopefully you weren’t stupid enough to put money on the Emmys and now blame me for your loss.

The show itself was a pretty low-key affair hosted by the lame Ryan Seacrest. The stage was in the round which allowed multiple winners and presenters to make fun comments to the people behind them. James Spader even said they were the worst concert seats he’s ever had. Highlights of the show included the traditional hilarious late night writer intros, The Office staff making comments about Steve Carrell’s absence on the set, the tributes to The Sopranos, Rainn Wilson beating the ever-losing Kanye West in Don’t Forget the Lyrics, Lewis Black’s tirade on show promotions on the bottom of the screen and Tina Fey thanking the dozens of viewers who watch her show. (There’s was also a cool Tina Fey American Express commercial you might want to find online.) Although, my favourite moment of the night would have to be Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart giving Ricky Gervais’ Emmy to their friend Steve Carrell who ran on stage to join their ecstatic celebration.

Here were the winners:

Lead Actor In A Drama Boston Legal – James Spader
Lead Actress In A Drama Brothers & Sisters – Sally Field
Supporting Actor In A Drama Lost – Terry O’Quinn
Supporting Actress In A Drama Grey’s Anatomy – Katherine Heigl
Lead Actor In A Comedy Extras – Ricky Gervais
Lead Actress In A Comedy Ugly Betty – America Ferrera (predicted)
Supporting Actor In A Comedy Entourage - Jeremy Piven (predicted)
Supporting Actress In A Comedy My Name is Earl – Jamie Pressly
Performance In A Variety Or Music Program Tony Bennett (predicted)
Writing For A Comedy The Office • Gay Witch Hunt (predicted)
Writing For A Drama The Sopranos • Made in America (predicted)
Writing For A Variety or Music Program Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Directing For A Comedy Ugly Betty • Pilot (predicted)
Directing For A Drama The Sopranos • Kathleen and Heidi
Directing For A Variety or Music Program Tony Bennett (predicted)
Reality-Competition Program The Amazing Race (predicted & wanted)
Variety or Music Series The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Comedy Series 30 Rock
Drama Series The Sopranos (predicted)

So you may have noticed that I didn’t get the wins that I wanted except for The Amazing Race but I was still happy for some of the other wins. I was overjoyed with Terry O’Quinn, Jamie Pressly and 30 Rock winning Emmys this year. However, I was annoyed that James Spader won and that Tony Bennett’s single performance won awards over a deserving daily series. (Maybe next year will be Stephen Colbert’s year.) Also, I should have made miniseries predictions ‘cuz my average would have been so much better. I kept nailing the Broken Road nominations. Ah well.

Also, in my last post, I think I mentioned that The Sopranos’ Kathleen and Heidi episode was boring, but looking at the clips during the show I realized that (spoiler alert) this was the episode where Tony suddenly kills Christopher after a massive car accident. That moment truly shocked me, so I take my previous negative comments back.

And that wraps up the Emmy Awards. The Golden Globes are next. But there’s still a ways off. Tomorrow I’ll be posting my picks for the new shows coming this fall, I just hope my average is better than my Emmy predictions.