Monday, August 30, 2010

Emmy Award Results: Nailed It!



So, yesterday while I was at the Hollywood Bowl experiencing The Chemical Brothers throwdown, the Emmy Awards were being handed out a few miles away. Earlier in the day I made a bunch of predictions about who would win (mostly in the comedy categories). Here's the official list of winners:

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy -- Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy -- Modern Family


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy -- Jane Lynch, Glee


Outstanding Directing in a Comedy -- Glee


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy -- Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy -- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie


Outstanding Reality-Competition Program -- Top Chef


Outstanding Writing for a Drama -- Mad Men


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama -- Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama -- Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama -- Brian Cranston, Breaking Bad


Outstanding Directing in a Drama -- Dexter


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama -- Kyra SedgwickThe Closer
Outstanding Drama Series -- Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series -- Modern Family


First of all, I nailed all the Comedy Acting Categories (Parsons, Falco, Lynch, Stonestreet) and I said that Modern Family should win but that Glee probably would. I'm happy that what I thought shoudl win, actually did. In the Drama category, I really wanted Lost to go out with a win but Mad Men pulled it off for the third year in a row.  I have never seen a single episode of that show (the whole 50's romanticism/nostalgia makes me ill) but isn't it peculiar how on BOTH of the winners for Best Series there is not a single African American major or minor character? Things that make you go "Hmmmmmm."

On a lighter note, I am very happy that Kyra Sedgwick won, The Closer is one of my secret pleasures every summer, (along with True Blood) and she is the best thing in a great ensemble cast. Also, Temple Grandin, an HBO made-for-TV starring an absolutely amazing Claire Danes cleaned up in the Miniseries or Television Movie categories by picking up 5 awards. It's an amazing true story about a woman diagnosed with autism in the 1950s who was able (through an excellent teacher and loving mother) to go to college and graduate school and become a designer of cattle slaughterhouses due to her affinity with animals. I highly recommend renting Temple Grandin.

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