Tim Goodman. The Bastard Machine : Live blogging the Emmys. Come join the stupidity!: Ricky Gervais: Where the hell are you? But still, God, that was the funniest moment of the Emmys when Steve Carrell came up to claim the award. Lead actor, comedy. Yes! Either one!

Tim Goodman. The Bastard Machine : Worst. Emmys. Ever. Day 2 fallout: It's not the shows, it's the show. [with youtube clips of Colbert & Stewart. this year & last]
Still a lot of good chatter about a very bad night at the Emmys. After live blogging it (and living to tell about it) last night, I think the early impressions still hold true. And they are:
1. The awards ceremony itself, not so much the predictable lapses in judgment as it relates to winners, was the real issue. The night was boring. The production flawed, cheap and amatuerish. Ryan Seacrest proved critics right - he was woefully bad. The "in the round" concept was atrocious and ill-advised. And that bloated middle made for a rushed conclusion (as usual).
2. Despite "getting it right" more than they have in the past (with both nominations and wins), Emmy voters seriously blundered when it came to James Gandolfini and Edie Falco. Look, James Spader and Sally Field do fine work in their respective series. But forget about being in the same league. They're essentially playing different sports. Those two oversights were inexcusable.

• Even James Spader seemed embarrassed that he won over Gandofini.
• Agree about Sally Field. Acceptance speeches just aren't her thing.
• About the only redeeming scene was Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert deciding to give Ricky Gervais's award to Steve Carrell.
• I've seen better produced school plays.
Posted By: lieber

-Gandolfini and Falco can take comfort in the fact that they are a class apart. If one had won and not the other, it would have been worse.

-Thank you for posting the Stewart/Colbert clips. I didn't watch the show last night (or last year, for that matter); those were the only two guys I cared about seeing. Of course I also spent way too much time at work this morning reading last night's live blog and all the comments. Just saying: this is the hands-down greatest site to lurk at yeah (and very occasionally post on). What an eclectic population of smart, snarky, funny, decent-when-grumpy people.
Posted By: LizaInSF

______________________
I'm skimming re Emmys now. live blog, after -omment.
also a pre-comment and link to his column breakdown by award: nominees, who will win, who shld win. but I am not that into it. tired ~ maybe will return to this (the possible fun of compare contrast, who will who shld who did, what everyone thinks) or maybe not.

big tv premiere week next week. can watch pilots in evening after busy text rush days.

and from prvsly, still on tap to do:
-read re waldies,holeys,&crocs (dlww, incl dlcs marks)
-do some final rdg re theresa duncan (ggl ntbk marked pages esp dream's end & seaword but I am off the hook on that one bcs now private blog? and anyway changed fr v pleasant look to less so, with one post per page, not easy to scan backward)