The Emmys

The 59th Primetime Emmys aired tonight on FOX a week after taping and a week after Kathy Griffin made her ¨Jesus¨ remarks.

Prior to the airing of the ceremony there was time on the red carpet with the hosts of Entertainment Tonight. Most women saluted the golden age of Hollywood in their choice of dresses for the evening´s ceremony. Many dresses were shorter and more cocktail-like. Anyway, enough with the fashion-talk for now.

The awards ceremony began with two Family Guy singers singing a fun number and they were quite comical, especially when they referenced the Sopranos.

Ryan Seacrest then suddenly appeared from out of the ground and began to talk in his self-deprecating brand of humor, while at the same time showing the audience his fashion expertise and his multi-tasking abilities. Seacrest bantered with Eva and Hayden--both who looked stunning might I add--and some other celebs. Seacrest also noted FOX was now hosting the Emmys and that he was not as funny as previous hosts--but that was a good thing.

Ray Romano then came out and the Emmys began to have some real jokes. The routine was mostly about his life after television. Somehow, it's easier to be married when you're on television and now his wife, allegedly, doesn´t stand him.

Jeremy Piven won Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for the second time.

Vanessa Williams and America Ferrera presented the first win for Terry O'Quinn. Vanessa Williams looked as gorgeous as ever and Ferrera looked considerably thinner and elated to be on the show.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tina Fey were the second female duo to present and both were genuinely funny. Jaime Pressly won her first Emmy and delivered an emotional speech.

Kyle and Katherine Heigl presented supporting actor in a miniseries and Thomas Haden Church won that award. Church delivered the second emotional speech of the night. It was a night of much emotion.

Ellen DeGeneres presented after the commcercial break and was wearing an interesting purplish-black outfit and was funny as usual but we did not see enough of her. More Ellen next time! She showed a hilarious montage of one-liners with all the late night hosts making fun of Bush.

Things turned emotional again as the ceremony made a tribute of the legendary Tom Snyder who died this year.

Entourage cast and Eva Longoria presented the nominees for supporting actress in a Drama.
Katherine Heigl one her first Emmy and delivered a heart-felt speech about her 17 years working for that moment. She looked divine in her dress thanking her mother, family, cast members and others. Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson, also of Grey´s Anatomy fame were among the nominated.

John Pryor and Jennifer Love Hewitt presented the next award. Pryor was quite hilarious and pointed out that two CBS people were on the FOX network and that such mixing of networks could be a model for peace in the Middle East or the View. (Remember Rosie? Note: I´m not a Rosie hater but I do admit it was a controversial year.)
The Late Night with Conan O´Brien team won and thanked OJ for being able to tape a show tomorrow. We all know Conan will have lots to talk about.



After another commercial break, Tony Bennett Christina Aguilera sang a big band number great vocals that preceded a string of Tony Bennett Special wins.


Alec Baldwin then presented an award for directing on a variety or musical program. The director of the Tony Bennett took the Emmy.

Lead actor Robert Duvall then won his first Emmy for his miniseries. Duvall acknowledged the value of Americana in the western genre.

Queen Latifah presented an emotional and thoughtful tribute to the Roots miniseries of 1977. Latifah called the television special another "revolution" after the bicentennial and that Roots helped establishe the miniseries as a genre.

The Roots cast then presented the award for Best Miniseries, Broken Trail with Robert Duvall.

The show for me then took a turn to boredom and I just never fully recovered. The show seemed somewhat original at first, not as great as other years, but tolerable. After a while though, it was just too much.

Many different awards were presented including one by Heroes´ Hayden Panatierre.



The Jon Stewart show won an award later and Steve Correl from 40-year-old virgin was quite funny.

Tony Bennett then won an Emmy!

An interesting turn was when the President of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences began to talk about the tradition of charity in service in television since its inception. He mentioned celebrities have been generous on television for decades.

Glenn Close, Kyra Sedgwick and another woman I do not know by name presented Outstanding made-for-TV movie. They all looked great and mentioned how great it was television was offering more intelligent and dramatic roles for women.

Things all of a sudden went retro--without warning. There was a tribute to Frankie Vallie and the Four Seaons with ¨Walk like a Man¨ and ¨Can´t take my eyes off of you.¨ The songs were well sung and sounded like they belonged in a different era.

After that, I totally zoned out. I feel the Emmy´s were somewhat dragged out and the host was hardly even there. Then again Seacrest is really good at hosting Idol but he´s not really the funniest guy ever. I can think of so many other guys who would have been hundreds of times funnier, but I mean... he wasn´t awful.

I guess that´s all... I got my awards show fill for now!