Andrew McMurtry61st Annual Emmy's Winners 2009
Ah, the Emmy's. American Television's night of nights. To tell you the truth, it's the first one I’ve actually watched in its entirety and I picked a good one. First off, bravo and a tipped hat to whoever decided the mighty Doogie Howser himself, the great Neil Patrick Harris to host is a genius. NPH stole the show from his first song and his pre recorded hijacking of the awards when the accountants were explaining how the results were tallied. His little in betweens when announcing were priceless as well. Most of the time he announced them as a bizarre reference like "Simon Baker, who we all remember from his role as Retaux de Villette in 'The Affair of the Necklace'" as he came out to announce the best actress in a drama series nominees. NPH was classic and I expect him to have a long career as an awards show host from now on.
The rest of the show was as expected, except for the awesome segments where the nominees were asked a question. My favourite quote from the drama directors was from ER's director Rod Holcomb who's best advice to young directors was to learn how to tell actors to "go to hell and they actually want to go". Otherwise, Mad Men and 30 Rock both dominated. In both best writing for comedy and drama, 30 Rock and Mad Men had 4 out of the 5 nominations respectively. And going into the ceremony, 30 Rock had 22 nominations ad Mad Men had 16. They were always going to dominate. In the end though, an upset occurred when Australia's own Toni Collette won best Actress in a Comedy Series over Tina Fey for The United States of Tara. She was the only Aussie to win on the night but it was a big scalp to take. Unfortunately, The Mentalist star Simon Baker and Damages supporting actress Rose Byrne fell short. But then again it is always an honour just to be nominated, or however the cliché to make the "non-winners" feel better goes.
Anyway, here are the winners of the main awards of the night:
Outstanding Drama Series: Mad Men
Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, Damages
Actor, Drama: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actress, Drama: Cherry Jones, 24
Supporting Actor, Drama: Michael Emerson, Lost
Outstanding Comedy Series: 30 Rock
Actress, Comedy: Toni Colette, United States of Tara
Actor, Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Reality Series: Survivor
Outstanding Reality-Competition Series: Amazing Race
Outstanding Variety Series: The Daily Show
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