Jimmy Fallon hosts the Primetime Emmy Awards
If awards telecasts could be compared to holidays, the Emmys would be akin to a secular celebration of Easter. The award show usually heralds the beginning of a new television season, which traditionally starts the day after the Emmys broadcast – in years in which the show airs in mid-September. (It’s early this year.)
Fans of some series will go to sleep happy, their shows having received the award equivalent of baskets of candy. For at least one more year they will believe in the ATAS voters with the same magical faith they once reserved for a gigantic rabbit. Heck, we may even get a delicious ham, if Jimmy Fallon does a good job of hosting.
Good, bad, and ugly, we’re covering everything Emmy-related leading up to event in our Road to the Emmys section culminating in our live coverage of the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.
Check our homepage at 4 pm PT/7pm ET to enjoy the red carpet spectacle. Then, beginning at 5pm PT Sunday, the IMDb homepage becomes the headquarters for all things Emmy, including a constant stream of photos as they become available and real-time updates of the winners. You can also join us on Twitter at @IMDbTV.
No matter who wins or loses on Sunday, we can take comfort in a few worthwhile victories awarded last Saturday at the low-key Creative Arts Emmys ceremony. Betty White, for example, won an Emmy for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy for her historic hosting of “Saturday Night Live.” No doubt her howling of the phrase “wizard of ass!” during a scared-straight skit sealed the deal.
Also proving there is justice in the TV universe was John Lithgow‘s Best Guest Actor in a Drama win for his bone-chilling turn on the fourth season of “Dexter.” So brilliant was Lithgow’s performance that the producers decided to forgo having a single “big bad” for the fifth season, because he could not be topped. Lithgow even made a spectacular gaffe and thanked HBO instead of Showtime in his acceptance speech. Ha!
Other notable victories:
– Ann-Margret received a standing ovation for her Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series win. She did a fabulous job on “Law & Order: SVU.”
– Neil Patrick Harris came up aces in two categories last weekend, winning for his guest star spot in an episode of “Glee” and returning to the podium to accept the Emmy for the Tony Awards telecast, which won Best Special Class Program.
– “Survivor’s” Jeff Probst won best reality host. (As an aside, all of Chris Harrison‘s contestant-wrangling on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” should give him a shot at placing in this category next year, wouldn’t you think?)
– And this writer’s favorite li’l Emmy victory? The award for best commercial went to “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” That’s right, Old Spice Man — swan dive!…into an awesome victory for manly men everywhere.
He’s on a horse.
Be sure to join us on Sunday, and remember — you can follow us any day of the week on Twitter for the latest updates on TV news and silliness.
Emmys Countdown: A Few Good Wins
Jimmy Fallon hosts the Primetime Emmy Awards
If awards telecasts could be compared to holidays, the Emmys would be akin to a secular celebration of Easter. The award show usually heralds the beginning of a new television season, which traditionally starts the day after the Emmys broadcast – in years in which the show airs in mid-September. (It’s early this year.)
Fans of some series will go to sleep happy, their shows having received the award equivalent of baskets of candy. For at least one more year they will believe in the ATAS voters with the same magical faith they once reserved for a gigantic rabbit. Heck, we may even get a delicious ham, if Jimmy Fallon does a good job of hosting.
Good, bad, and ugly, we’re covering everything Emmy-related leading up to event in our Road to the Emmys section culminating in our live coverage of the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.
Check our homepage at 4 pm PT/7pm ET to enjoy the red carpet spectacle. Then, beginning at 5pm PT Sunday, the IMDb homepage becomes the headquarters for all things Emmy, including a constant stream of photos as they become available and real-time updates of the winners. You can also join us on Twitter at @IMDbTV.
No matter who wins or loses on Sunday, we can take comfort in a few worthwhile victories awarded last Saturday at the low-key Creative Arts Emmys ceremony. Betty White, for example, won an Emmy for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy for her historic hosting of “Saturday Night Live.” No doubt her howling of the phrase “wizard of ass!” during a scared-straight skit sealed the deal.
Also proving there is justice in the TV universe was John Lithgow‘s Best Guest Actor in a Drama win for his bone-chilling turn on the fourth season of “Dexter.” So brilliant was Lithgow’s performance that the producers decided to forgo having a single “big bad” for the fifth season, because he could not be topped. Lithgow even made a spectacular gaffe and thanked HBO instead of Showtime in his acceptance speech. Ha!
Other notable victories:
– Ann-Margret received a standing ovation for her Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series win. She did a fabulous job on “Law & Order: SVU.”
– Neil Patrick Harris came up aces in two categories last weekend, winning for his guest star spot in an episode of “Glee” and returning to the podium to accept the Emmy for the Tony Awards telecast, which won Best Special Class Program.
– “Survivor’s” Jeff Probst won best reality host. (As an aside, all of Chris Harrison‘s contestant-wrangling on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” should give him a shot at placing in this category next year, wouldn’t you think?)
– And this writer’s favorite li’l Emmy victory? The award for best commercial went to “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” That’s right, Old Spice Man — swan dive!…into an awesome victory for manly men everywhere.
He’s on a horse.
Be sure to join us on Sunday, and remember — you can follow us any day of the week on Twitter for the latest updates on TV news and silliness.
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