Welcome, kiddies! Time again for the biggest night in TV and I'm here to get through it all with you. This will be updated every 10 minutes or so, so send me your comments if you want to participate. Right now, it's time for the show to start - let's do this:
8:00 - Stewie and Brian Griffin open the show - not too bad, probably because I have a deep secret love for Stewie Griffin, but there was absolutely NO need to cut to a shot of T.R. Knight when making an Isaiah Washington joke. UN-comfortable! Still, not a bad little opening, although I would have loved it if the dirty old man from Family Guy had made an appearance. I love him dearly.
8:03 - Seacrest IN! I'm reserving judgment on the host choice for now, but I AM judging that hideous skinny patent leather tie. You own a clothing line of pretty nice t-shirts, dude. Come on now. Not a great opening for la Seacrest, but I'm glad he went there with the Teri Hatcher thing.
8:08 - My third Piven-induced "Ugh!" of the night - this is going to be a long night.
8:09 - Hel-lo Mohinder and Peter Petrelli! Damn, they look good. Call me, Milo!
8:12 - Supporting Actor, Comedy Series - GO N.P.H.! Will a chant of "Doo-gie! Doo-gie!" work? Apparently not, F*CKING Piven. I hate his ass.
8:15 - Supporting Actor, Drama Series - GO Michael Emerson! Ben rules my world on Lost. And...Terry O'Quinn. I'll take that one, too. Locke is pretty awesome as well. He's my dad's hero. Cute speech, and I'm loving the pink shirt and sparkly tie - somehow he is making that WORK.
8:23 - Supporting Actress, Comedy Series - Wow, I love Julia Louis Dreyfus's dress. Oh wait, was I supposed to be paying attention to something else? Ah yes, Jaime Pressly. I'll take that win - I don't watch the show anymore, but she was the best part about it. (I would have also been quite happy with Jenna Fischer or Vanessa Williams, who rocks Ugly Betty like no one's business.) Oh, this music person is starting up way too early.
8:26 - The first Mini-Series or Movie category, aka the first category I don't care about. Kudos to Katherine Heigl for sassing the announcer for mispronouncing her name, though. That woman will be cleaning out her desk in the morning.
8:29 - A man is TEARING UP, Music Person. Have you no heart? Give poor Lowell 15 more seconds.
Commercial Break Side Note: Frito couldn't join me tonight on account of a corn maze kicking his ass today, but hopefully he will contribute via satellite at some point. He'd be cursing Piven right along with me.
8:34 - What the hell is Ellen DeGeneres wearing around her neck? I'm going to have to consult one of the Fug Girls on this one.
8:37 - ENOUGH WITH THE PIVEN!!! For F*CK'S sake.
8:38 - Supporting Actress in a Drama - Wow, I still don't care again yet. I just think we're going to be seeing a lot of folks from The Sopranos tonight. Ooh, Heigl with the upset. I hope she mentions My Father The Hero.
8:42 - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Variety Show Nominees! This is seriously my FAVORITE part of the show every year. I think The Colbert Report takes the nominee segment with the slap-fest. Yay, Conan! Although I would have been happy with any of the shows, I am thinking the Horny Manatee put Conan over the top this year.
8:50 - Xtina! What a nice surprise. Tony Bennett is so doddering, I'm a little uncomfortable.
8:59 - FRITO: Why is everyone sobbing like a 4th grade bitch tonight?
PAM: Because Piven keeps showing up.
FRITO: And Love Hewitt.
9:04 - WHAT is Queen Latifah looking at?
9:06 - FRITO: Cicely Tyson sounds like Barbara Walters. (She totally does.)
9:09 - Someone in the music department seriously does NOT want to listen to Robert Duvall.
9:10 - That announcer can NOT get anyone's name right. Sorry, Hayden. Neil Patrick Harris rules. Speaking of which, has anyone seen the trailer for Harold and Kumar 2? I am counting down the days.
9:21 - Hey, Steve Carell - now I'm actually paying attention again. Thank you, sir. (If you have On Demand on your cable, don't miss the 3 minute "What I Did During My Summer Vacation" Office clip.) Nice, The Daily Show. Once again, I would have been happy with most of those.
9:25 - WTF, music people??!! Even Dick Clark gives people more time, and he rules with a serious iron fist. He cut off Sinatra, people - he will cut a bitch. But even Clark would give these people more time, shit.
9:32 - Boooooooooooooored. But blessedly Piven-free!
9:36 - Mary Louise Parker has been looking like she wants to be somewhere else all night long. I do love her dress, though. (FRITO: That's because it's red.)
9:39 - The Jersey Boys = bathroom break!
9:50 - FRITO: I thought Ryan Secrest was hosting - where is he???
PAM: Crying over his patent leather tie.
9:51 - Mirren dissing the music guy - AWESOME. Thank you, Helen! I love that he feared her.
9:52 - Lewis Black - he knows my sock monkey! Also, he is pretty right about all of this. Preach on, Lewis.
9:59 - Coming up, Kanye West? WHY??!!! If he is with Piven, so help me....
10:05 - Wow, Tom from MySpace is even more lame than I thought.
10:09 - Outstanding Performance in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program - Letterman, Colbert, Stewart...and it's Tony Bennet AGAIN. What the hell? Is he dying and we haven't been told? Why is he winning everything tonight? Who even watched that thing? Oh, and he's back to his seat instead of going backstage. And the doddering just goes on, people.
10:18 - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series - The Office - nice!
10:20 - FINALLY, the rest of the good awards are coming up. Do you think they magically nominated Lauren Graham and Kristen Bell during the commercials? Yeah, me neither. Damn.
10:26 - Oh, good Lord - Kanye West. WHY IS HE THERE????!!! He has nothing to do with TV! Just enjoy the Rainn Wilson, Pam - just enjoy the Rainn Wilson. Oh no, he's rapping with his indoor sunglasses on and...HATE!!!! Save me, Rainn!
10:30 - The Amazing Race wins again - yay!
10:36 - Ah, bless you, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
10:39 - Lead Actor, Comedy Series - please no Shalhoub again. I'm sure he's good and all, but enough is enough. Ah, Gervais. And Carell, who should have gotten it.
10:41 - Hi, Hugh Laurie.
10:42 - Lead Actress, Drama series - my money is on Edie Falco. Ooh, Sally Field, who is looking gorgeous tonight. Love the dress. I also kind of love Sally Field. Remember Punchline?
10:52 - Lead Actress, Comedy Series - I knew America Ferrera would take this one, and it's well deserved. Also? So good in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, that one. What? It's a good movie!
10:54 - Lead Actor, Drama - Go Hugh Laurie, even though I know Gandolfini will probably take it. Wow, every year with the James Spader. I've never seen the show, but I do love The Spader. Great speech, too. If it had to be someone other than my Hugh, I'm glad it was you.
11:02 - Outstanding Comedy Series - Wow, 30 Rock. Good on you, Tina Fey. (Dear people who nominate for this category: have you seen How I Met Your Mother? The Robin Sparkles episode alone should have put it in the running.)
11:08 - Outstanding Drama Series - now this one has to be The Sopranos, although I'm pulling for Heroes and House, of course. C'mon Heroes. Bah, The Sopranos. Next year, my Mohinder. Next year.
Wow, that was...pretty damn boring. Why do I get excited about watching this? Thank you Steve Carell, Lewis Black, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart for adding some entertainment to my night. And thank you Milo Ventomiglia and Sendhil Ramamurthy for the eye candy. See you next year!
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