But not the best either. I have to say, Jane Lynch did a fine job as host, but the show on the whole kinda ran out of steam by the time it hit the hour and a half mark. The winners offered few surprises. I think once Julie Bowen opened the show with her win, it was clear it was going to be all about Modern Family. I was still surprised that Mad Men took home the win for drama, it's a great show, but I would have liked to have seen some variety. Then again, that's never been Emmys' strong suit.
Otherwise, very little to stand out. Nice that Margo Martindale won and that Kyle Chandler got some much deserved recognition, but probably nothing real memorable.
All that said, maybe the one thing that did stand out was something we didn't see. At the opening of the show there was a bit where Leonard Nemoy played The President of All of Television or something like that. The part, though, had originally been played by Alec Baldwin who made a joke at News Corp's (Fox's parent company) expense regarding the English phone tapping scandal. Fox didn't take well to that and dumped him. They claim they cut it because they're taking the scandal seriously, but let's be honest, they cut it because they didn't want News Corp to be shown in a bad light.
There's a couple of things going on here for me: I totally understand them being sensitive to the issue right now. They're still under attack, both legally and in the public eye for what they did and no need to add fuel to the fire. That said, Americans, for the most part, have no idea what News Corp is and don't associate Fox with that. They also don't know squat about some phone hacking scandal involving some English newspaper. It would have been a joke that probably would have passed with little to no meaning for most people watching and bumping Baldwin (which resulted in him not showing up for the show) ended up giving the story more legs than if they had just left it alone in the first place. Plus, I would have rather seen Baldwin than Nemoy... no offense to Spock, but he's not as funny.
Really, the best thing about the show was that it finally signaled the beginning of the fall TV season. Next up we'll take a look at some of the new and returning show. What was your take on the Emmys?
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