Live Blogging the Emmy Results

I was totally going to live blog every moment of the Emmy’s but they got out of the gate really fast.

Everyone Love Raymond guy was really funny, I had no idea he was funny - I watched the show a few times and never got that from it . So far, everyone has looked like they were aware they were going to be seen on TV, although, Thomas Hayden Church didn’t and talked about taking a pee. Jamie Presley made a nice speech. I didn’t know I wanted Kevin Dillon to win for Entourage until Piven won. Anyway. I’m not sure I’m into the host, whathisname from American Idiot, I don’t feel him. The Everybody Loves Raymond guy would be a better choice. Not as weaselly.

Damn, missed a cute thing with House and Ellen Degeneres. The selection of non- sequiturs from nighttime talk shows was, um, why? I’m sure it looked good on paper. In practice, not so much.

WTF! Where is there a list of the nominations? Entertainment Weekly just kind of hit the high points and skipped all these. I went looking a minute ago, but they to have pulled them from the internets. Bastards.

I’m not sure that I think of the In The Round set design. Proscenium stages are better, I think for this kind of thing, all right, pretty much anything. I don’t like theater in the round because those seated on the wrong side only see the backsides of the people on stage. Plus, no one on stage is comfortable.

Queen Latifah remembers Roots, Queen Latifah, Really?. Queen reads us Roots "share" - very high, and its ratings, very high. She tells us that Roots is the third highest rated show ever, behind the last episodes of MASH and Seinfeld. There has to be more than just what share they got and their ratings. This is lame. Cisley Tyson comes to kick Queens ass off the stage. The overwhelming white audience stands and applauds guiltily for the surviving cast members of Roots, who then present the Emmy to a western

What did Alan Taylor say in German?

Never promise your dog dinner if you aren’t ready to give it dinner right now . Speaking of “right now”, they aren’t wasting a lot of time with this show. They are going to end on time if it kills someone. I guess it would be too much to ask that it be the host.

9:19pm - Not enough awards presented yet to really say if the gowns are bad this year or not. It might help if I was actually able to see the screen though, there could be flashes of very bad gowns and I'm missing them, but thus far nobody sounds as though they are wearing anything really tacky. I did see Hayden Pan-whatver and she could have been dressed a little more age apropriately, she’s only 18. Come on. And why was Doogie doing the presenting in character? The actor isn’t even into girls. What are all the presenters doing it in character? Why?

I watched the Tony Bennett thing, and it was good, I liked it. I guess when you are as big a star as Tony Bennett you can tell the timer guys to screw themselves.

No, I still don’t care about the accountants.

Mark Harmon has aged since St. Elsewhere. Damn. I wonder how they decide who has to not show up? I mean, they must, this year Judy Davis won and Ricky Gervace, both English? is it a plot? I mean how could they otherwise have so much extra time to fellate American Idiot? Yes, they told their impressionable, easily manipulated viewers to send them money. I guess we should be happy they donated it to a good cause. Was it one they made up or did they pick one all ready doing business? FAUX is evil. Aways think about that.

The girl from Weeds needs to act a lot less bored or is she acting as though the is high? she's on a show about weed ya know. Oddly, the other two actresses do not try to get her to confess or go about sueing her. Dumb idea.

Okay, waste of time 3. What does The Jersey Boys have to do with outstanding TV performance 2006-2007? But this isn’t the first time they have used Broadway in vain, but it has been used better. Several years ago they did a scene from The Piano Lesson or Two Trains Running and it brought the house down and the audience to its feet. Sadly, post Jersey Boys the house, it stands, the audience, it sits.

The Cast of The Sopranos is introduced. The audience loses it’s mind. Gawd! They are just actors! the audience is full of actors! Sit down!, and then to commercial. Okay, they brought them out for nothing. What a waste.

And we're back. Nice dress on Ms. Mirron.

Louis Black comes to rant about how bad TV is. Louis is mad about distracting promos, the “bugs” in the corner of the screens and the lack of credits, and he hates the crawls too. He also hates the studio suits because they have very bad ideas. Duh.

Cold Case girl has a nice dress. Red is a popular color for gowns this year. It’s about time. Black, is dignified, black is dressy, black is boring.

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Something - Al Gore , Current TV .Al Gore is everywhere. The audience loves Al Gore. They have never heard of Current TV.

Tony Bennett has been up to the stage so often that he is now down thanking the sponsor of his show.

Elaine Striches dress is not nice. Yuck.

Ryan Seacrest dressed as Henry the 8th., he says he thinks he looks gay . Well, not going to argue. The little remember the lyrics thing is kind of entertaining. I can feel this. It’s actually funny and the audience is paying attention and seems involved. Funny and well done.

Huge crowd to accept Best Competitive Reality. Big crowd does not translate to more time for acceptance. They got dunned for taking so long to get everybody on stage. Emmy is a harsh mistress.

The audience loves Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. But this little scene kind of sucks. Get on with the presentation.

Outstanding Lead actor in a comedy series - Ricky Gervase, Extras

What! Alec Baldwin wuz robbed, he showed up he should have his trophy. Everyone knows that Extras sucked last year. Sally Field supports Mothers. Sally babbles about the war, the war is bad? She also supports the war, or she doesn't and feels bad for the mothers. What did she say?! The cut off Sally Field. FAUX strikes again. Poor Sally! No more awards for you.

Ugly Betty wins best female lead comedy, I wanted Tina Fey!

The most clinical awards show ever. The girl in the Grays Anatomy spin off wore very bad hair. James Spader!?, I like him, but over James Galdafini? Hugh Laurie? That sucks. But then, Emmy grabs it's relevancy back - 30 Rock wins for best comedy! The audience is thrilled. Very happy. So am I.

Do all shows have the Best Cast/Crew in the world? Helen Miren presenting for best drama doesn't realize that not everybody is watching at home on TV, the audience there can not read the card, she has to read it out loud for them. David Chase - "If the world was run by gangsters? Maybe it is".

Over 11:11 pm.