Why didn’t Stephen Colbert win anything??!?!?!?!

Okay, now that I got that out of my system… let’s move on to a couple of the highlights from the show:

Family Guy Opening Song
They decided to go with something a little different this year and the opening musical number was performed by Brian and Stewie from the Family Guy. They rip on all of the major networks, reminding us just how trashy television has become. It’s not the best song, but it was reasonably entertaining.

Kanye West vs. Rainn Wilson
Kanye West is known to be outspoken. Kanye West could be responsible for 50 Cent’s retiring. Even so, he’s horrible in front of the camera with a script, but that’s just fine, because Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute from The Office) makes up for it.

Some other things that stuck out for me from the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards:

  • The censorship was annoying. I think it was Sally Field who was accepting an award, but she said something to the effect of “If mothers ran this world, there wouldn’t be a god damn war in the first place.” The second half of that statement was covered up with the Emmy globe and pre-taped footage of nothingness.
     
  • When Katherine Heigl went up to accept her award for best supporting actress in a drama (Grey’s Anatomy), she said, “Even my own mother thought I had no chance in hell of winning.” That was amusing.
     
  • Stephen Colbert got snubbed. I was really looking forward to him (or his show, The Colbert Report) winning something this year. It was nominated for three or four awards and came home empty handed. Thankfully, Colbert and Jon Stewart got to do a little set-piece before giving out the best actor in a comedy to Ricky Gervais (Extras). Because Ricky wasn’t there to accept, they jokingly gave the award to fellow The Daily Show alumnus Steve Carrell.
     
  • The award for Best Comedy went to 30 Rock. I’m surprised, given that the show has such a limited viewer base and was initially snubbed as being pretty crappy by critics. Its popularity has certainly started to pick up though, despite Tina Fey thanking the “dozens and dozens” of fans.
     
  • The Sopranos, rightfully so, took home the award for Best Drama. Go out with a bang. Or a bada-bing, rather. It’s also notable that in the best writing in a drama category (which is on a per episode basis), I believe three out of the five nominations were for The Sopranos. The episode “Made in America” won.

Did you watch the Emmy’s or have you stopped caring about award shows altogether now?

Speaking of awards, Beyond the Rhetoric recently received an award for Blogging Star. First of all, I’d like to thank the academy and all of my adoring fans… oh crap, the “get off the stage, you’re taking too long” music is starting to play.