The emmy's, the WTF awards of 2005
Ok, so i just finished watching the awards show that is all about TV, coincidentally, I'm all about TV too, so I had to watch!. And was this a weird show or what!
So, awards shows are known for being biased, being rigged, fake. And tonight was no exception, except that the "Academy" went a totally different way than expected. Sure this year was all about the "Desperate Housewives", they were expected to win in all categories that they were nominated for in the "comedy" categories, which I still think is cheating. But things didn't come out as expected. But not in a good way.
In the comedy categories, expected winners Jeremy Piven of "Entourage" or Jeffrey Tambor of "Arrested Development" for Supporting Actor lost to eternal winner Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" for yet another time (leaving Peter Boyle the only "Raymond-ite" without an Emmy. Expected winner Jessica Walter of "Arrested Development" also lost to the Raymond-ite Doris Roberts, making it feel like a farewell emmy's show for "Everybody Loves Raymond". Then came the lead acting categories and the expected winners Jason Bateman of "Arrested Development" or Zach Braff of "Scrubs", even Ray Romano was expected after the supporting acting wins, all lost to Tony Shaloub of "Monk"! what the... again?! who even watches that show!, as for what i remember this season of Monk was critiqued as the worst! Then in the actress category, where the Desperate Housewives Marcia Cross & Teri Hatcher were thought as the leaders were beat by the other Housewife nominated Felicity Huffman!. Directing went to "Housewives" as expected, but the writing category is the only good thing about the comedy wins, for "Arrested Development", but how can the best written show not win best Comedy Series! I was sayin that lookin at the awkward wins of the night the "Housewives" wouldn't even win the Series award (which i didn't mind, if it meant Arrested Development or Scrubs won), but that just came back to the beginning, with "Everybody Loves Raymond" winning Best Comedy Series on it's 9th and final year.
Then comes the Drama. As supporting actors are concerned, one of the LOST boys (Naveen Andrews or Terry O'Quinn) or even Alan Alda of "The West Wing" were the leaders, supporting actress CCH Pounder of "The Shield" was the frontrunner in her category, but lo-and-behold Captain Kirk and Blythe Danner won for "Boston Legal" and "Huff" respectively. Over on the writing & directing portion we got better results, with the writer of HOUSE, M.D. and the Director/Creator of LOST J.J. Abrams winning in their categories. But then came the lead acting categories and again, what the.... James Spader won again for his role in "Boston Legal" leaving big contenders Ian McShane (Deadwood) and Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) in the dust, and the surprise of the night with Patricia Arquette of "Medium" winning over Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order S.V.U.) or Glenn Close (The Shield). Then came the "There is something good in this show" award for LOST as the Best Dramatic Series.
As of the rest of the show.... It was aaight, the "Emmy Idol" thing was way too stupid though, but Ellen did her thing, Jon Stewart won as he should, and the movie-miniseries categories are just as boring as ever!, Another year of Emmy stupidity, we'll see what comes next year when all those categories in the Comedy section are available now that "Raymond" is off the air.
Also of note from Friday September 16, 2005:
Big Brother 6: Damn it Janelle! why'd you lose!, now we have a simpathetic Ivette choosing "frienship" over money, who now has a better chance at winning the game over Maggie. We'll see who wins this tuesday!
Threshold: Ok, so this is a new show, but believe me, it did not deserve a full review, cuz, basically, it was crap! It's being billed as a LOST wannabe, but it's not nearly as interesting, the acting is awful, and the premise looks more like it could be ONE episode of C.S.I. instead of a whole series. It was interesting at first, but it is just way too out there, borderline stupid. Now I get why critics were only screened 30 minutes of this show before, they were the only good 30 minutes of the 2 hour premiere. My Grade: C-
So, awards shows are known for being biased, being rigged, fake. And tonight was no exception, except that the "Academy" went a totally different way than expected. Sure this year was all about the "Desperate Housewives", they were expected to win in all categories that they were nominated for in the "comedy" categories, which I still think is cheating. But things didn't come out as expected. But not in a good way.
In the comedy categories, expected winners Jeremy Piven of "Entourage" or Jeffrey Tambor of "Arrested Development" for Supporting Actor lost to eternal winner Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" for yet another time (leaving Peter Boyle the only "Raymond-ite" without an Emmy. Expected winner Jessica Walter of "Arrested Development" also lost to the Raymond-ite Doris Roberts, making it feel like a farewell emmy's show for "Everybody Loves Raymond". Then came the lead acting categories and the expected winners Jason Bateman of "Arrested Development" or Zach Braff of "Scrubs", even Ray Romano was expected after the supporting acting wins, all lost to Tony Shaloub of "Monk"! what the... again?! who even watches that show!, as for what i remember this season of Monk was critiqued as the worst! Then in the actress category, where the Desperate Housewives Marcia Cross & Teri Hatcher were thought as the leaders were beat by the other Housewife nominated Felicity Huffman!. Directing went to "Housewives" as expected, but the writing category is the only good thing about the comedy wins, for "Arrested Development", but how can the best written show not win best Comedy Series! I was sayin that lookin at the awkward wins of the night the "Housewives" wouldn't even win the Series award (which i didn't mind, if it meant Arrested Development or Scrubs won), but that just came back to the beginning, with "Everybody Loves Raymond" winning Best Comedy Series on it's 9th and final year.
Then comes the Drama. As supporting actors are concerned, one of the LOST boys (Naveen Andrews or Terry O'Quinn) or even Alan Alda of "The West Wing" were the leaders, supporting actress CCH Pounder of "The Shield" was the frontrunner in her category, but lo-and-behold Captain Kirk and Blythe Danner won for "Boston Legal" and "Huff" respectively. Over on the writing & directing portion we got better results, with the writer of HOUSE, M.D. and the Director/Creator of LOST J.J. Abrams winning in their categories. But then came the lead acting categories and again, what the.... James Spader won again for his role in "Boston Legal" leaving big contenders Ian McShane (Deadwood) and Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) in the dust, and the surprise of the night with Patricia Arquette of "Medium" winning over Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order S.V.U.) or Glenn Close (The Shield). Then came the "There is something good in this show" award for LOST as the Best Dramatic Series.
As of the rest of the show.... It was aaight, the "Emmy Idol" thing was way too stupid though, but Ellen did her thing, Jon Stewart won as he should, and the movie-miniseries categories are just as boring as ever!, Another year of Emmy stupidity, we'll see what comes next year when all those categories in the Comedy section are available now that "Raymond" is off the air.
Also of note from Friday September 16, 2005:
Big Brother 6: Damn it Janelle! why'd you lose!, now we have a simpathetic Ivette choosing "frienship" over money, who now has a better chance at winning the game over Maggie. We'll see who wins this tuesday!
Threshold: Ok, so this is a new show, but believe me, it did not deserve a full review, cuz, basically, it was crap! It's being billed as a LOST wannabe, but it's not nearly as interesting, the acting is awful, and the premise looks more like it could be ONE episode of C.S.I. instead of a whole series. It was interesting at first, but it is just way too out there, borderline stupid. Now I get why critics were only screened 30 minutes of this show before, they were the only good 30 minutes of the 2 hour premiere. My Grade: C-
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