For every good moment at the 64th Annual Emmys last night, like Louis C.K. winning two awards, two or three bad things happened, like Louis C.K. losing to Jon Cryer in an acting category, because clearly, voters have never seen the "Louis C.K. Pain Chart." In that sense, it was the same this year as it is ever year: a few people we like won and/or did something amusing (Aaron Paul and Amy Poehler), a lot of people we don't like also won (again, Cryer), Ricky Gervais mentioned how he's an atheist, and there was the continued triumph of the blockbuster known as Modern Family, more on which we'll get to later, not to mention the mixed emotions that occurred when Homeland was named Outstanding Drama Series over Breaking Bad.
It was a best of times, blurst of times kind of night, so let's breakdown the yays and nays. List of winners here.
BEST: Aaron Paul winning Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (even if it probably should have been Giancarlo Esposito).
BLURST: The wrong member of the Modern Family cast taking home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (it was Eric Stonestreet; should have been Ty Burrell), which is doubly upsetting because the correct choice, Nick Offerman, wasn't even nominated.
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BEST: Louis C.K. winning pretty much everything (except the one he should have won the most, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series — more on that later) while wearing a suit, only a few days after an episode of Louie in which he complained about having to wear a suit.
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BLURST: Jon F*ckin' Cryer. In the same way that KSK has named their weekly "Least" award after Jeff George, I think any and all "worst" categories should be referred to as the Cryers from now on. To anyone who voted for him over Louis C.K. or Alec Baldwin or Larry David:
BLURST: We didn't get to hear Stringer's British accent, which is always a shame.
And in that same category, that Sherlock didn't win anything:
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BLURST: The prerecorded Big Bang Theory skit, which not only featured a soulless laugh track but also product placement, which to be fair, is a perfect representation of The Big Bang Theory.
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BLURST: Someone eating cake on top of a toilet wasn't even the worst part of the pre-taped intro; it was basing it around a stale Botox joke. A bit about hanging chads would have felt just as topical.
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BEST: I was torn between Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, so I was happy that despite JLD winning, the former-Mrs. Arnett was still somehow involved.
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BEST: Here's a GIF and picture dump of other good things:
The f*ck was he talking about?
Their bit, and the fact that Jane Levy is a redhead Britta.
BLURST: Modern Family is a perfectly decent sitcom that you watch for 22 minutes every week, and don't think about again until the next new 22 minutes. In no way is it "bad." In no way is it great, either, let alone deserving of Outstanding Comedy Series over the likes of Community, Parks and Rec, Louie, Archer, etc. The reason people hate the show as much as they do is because it wins EVERYTHING (I believe the cast and crew took home 943 Emmys last night, and then Ed O'Neill won $2 from a scratch-off lottery ticket), which isn't so much Modern's fault as it is the people who vote for it; they're afraid of drifting away from the safe pick, and Modern is the definition of safe...and wealthy (i.e. the people who would buy the Audi from the commercial that aired every commercial break LOVE it). It's the rare case of winning doing more harm than good.
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BEST/BLURST: Homeland and Damian Lewis winning Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, respectively. Homeland is a fantastic series, which got an amazing performance from Lewis in its freshman season, and congratulations to Showtime for winning their first big boy Emmy (they now have as many as National Educational Television!). But well, as great as it might be, it's not Breaking Bad, nor is Lewis Bryan Cranston. In nearly any year, I would have been elated for a show like Homeland winning — but, again, Breaking Bad, to say nothing of Mad Men and Game of Thrones. Homeland is far superior to Modern Family, insomuch as you can compare a drama to a sitcom, but I don't want it to the suffer the same fate as ABC's moneymaker: that there's a backlash because award ceremonies like the Emmys shower it with praise, and only give shows like Justified and Mad Men the scraps. At least Dexter didn't win...?
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If someone isn’t selling “Mandy Patinkin…Holla” shirts by the end of the day, the internet isn’t doing it’s job.
I would never argue that Modern Family isn’t wildly overrated, but it’s probably the only thing standing in the way of a comedy category dominated by Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. So at least there’s that.
Also, you’re right about Ty. If they’re going to just reward the MF cast every year, they should at least give it to Phil Dunphy.
That is a good point. I guess we need the Eli Mannings of the world to keep the Tom Bradys from taking EVERYTHING from us.
The Blurst part about the Emmy’s ever year, is the same show just wins every award that it’s nominated for. It’s like the academy just decides what their favorite drama is, and then give the award to everything that show is nominated for. So once Damien Lewis won, it was pretty obvious how the rest of the night was going to play out. Happens damn near every year.
I’m also really weirded out that Damien Lewis is British. Didn’t see that one coming.
Last year didn’t Mad Men pretty much just win Best Drama and nothing else?
I thought Damien Lewis WAS America.
Emmys are like Gold Gloves. You don’t win em when you earn them, once you win them, you win them for umpteen years in a row, well past your prime.
THAT’S PEGGY?! Go back to brunette please!
I got stubbed a badge and shared the thread twice, should that be a blurst?
That is. We’re trying to work through it. Here’s an honorary Swanson GIF in your honor.
I want this to be on my headstone when I die.
Dis anyone else get that vibe off of Louie and Amy like they were dating? As much as I like Will Arnett I would say that’s a trade up for Amy.
Have you seen Poehler and Arnett’s kids? They’re ginger as fuck. More like Louis CucKold amirite?
actually I got the vibe that Louie’s an insufferable blob. I just don’t get his continuing appeal.
II didn’t watch the Emmys (FOOTBALL), but if Will Arnett and Amy Poehler HAVE to separate and kill all joy in the world, Louis and Amy getting together is a nice way to start the repairs.
I was okay with Damien Lewis winning. I justified it by thinking that the Emmy’s plan to send Breaking Bad out with a bang next year. Also, Jon Cryer is the worst. But I’m pretty positive he knew he shouldn’t have won as well. Agree Modern Family is super-overated.
Breaking Bad gets 2 more years because of the divided final season.
You said Justified and now I’m sad that it wasn’t nominated.
I hate modern family as much as anyone but it’s better than 2.5 men or fucking BBT
2.5 Men is garbage, but I’d rather watch BBT than MF.
Do you think Jon Cryer winning is people’s way of saying, “Thanks for putting up with all of Charlie Sheen’s bullsh*t?” Or perhaps more accurately, “thanks for keeping the cash cow that is ‘Two and a Half Men’ alive?” Either way, Cryer seems like a good guy, despite the travesty of his win.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. He definitely redefined the term “suffering artist.”
“keep smiling, keep smiling” = Emmy
Agreed. Also, he was very funny in Hot Shots.
Ed Oneil should plugged the UFC 152 Gracie Breakdown. Rener Gracie…Holla!
I think Jon Cryer is funny as hell and deserved to win. And I can’t stand Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang. But Cryer has been carrying that show on his shoulders regardless of the insipid straight men he is paired up with.
No clip of Jon Stewart calling the Emmys out on being “fucking predictable”
That was AWESOME.
Canceled-out by his praise of Real Time’s writing in his exception speech.
uh, acceptance*
FACT: Aaron Paul rocks a bow tie like none other.
It’s bad enough that we’re forced to see Dunham’s tits on Girls. Why do they have to show that ugly hag naked on the Emmy’s?
Those aren’t even tits, she’s just fat in girly places.
Wait, you dump on the botox joke but someone saying ‘holla’ gets a free pass?
It’s OK. You can call Modern Family bad. Because it is. (Evidence of character growth? Anything? Anyone? The same stale stereotypes played for yucks every week? Fuck that show.)
I hear they plan on doing some jokes around Manny acting like an old man in this coming season. That well just won’t run dry.
Breaking Bad snubbed. Mad men snubbed. Sherlock snubbed. Community snubbed. Parks and Recreation snubbed. Officially the worst Emmys ever.
It’s almost as if it’s not “WarmingGlow Presents: The Emmys”
haha, damn i wish there was a way we could ‘like’ comments on uproxx!
And how on earth did Sherlock not win a single award is beyond me!
“WarmingGlow Presents: The Emmys” would probably be something I would watch.
3 hours of Corgis, Breaking Bad and Alison Brie.
Sounds like a ratings winner to me.
Yeah, we should have one from next year (IF the world doesn’t end)
Sherlock didn’t win because if you do a political subject even remotely competently, Emmy and Oscar will shower you with lavish praise.
I tuned in just in time to see the Best Drama award. Was pleased to hear the crowd cheer when Game of Thrones was mentioned. They know what’s up.
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Well, if they weren’t gonna give Community the writing award, it may as well have gone to Louie.
Someone eating a cake…isn’t that Lena Dunham?
I thought that was Hans Moleman.
Modern Family is the safest of the best comedy nominees, and I do enjoy the show up to a point. The entire category wasn’t representative of what I look for in comedy at all, so I’m okay with it winning. Curb Your Enthusiasm and 30 Rock are funny, but those shows have done their bits to death as well. Veep and Girls simply aren’t that funny.
I also like that Damien Lewis won for Homeland. It’s the best new show on TV.
I said this in the live thread, but Modern Family winning is an improvement. No laugh track, not some multicamera typical shit sitcom like you’d see on CBS. Of the top ten rated shows on TV it’s clearly the best. The fact that it’s being rewarded both in both comercial and critical aspects is a good thing. Now, it hurt that shows like Big Bang Theory or anything on CBS not named The Good Wife was nominated and people still watch it…but in the past ten years of the Best Comedy the winners were Arrested Development, Raymond, the Office, 30 Rock, and Modern Family. Eight out of ten years a good show wins. Ignore the fact that Jim Parsons or Jon Cryer have zero business winning anything other than an execution, and focus on the good.
Lets also not forget: Modern Family had a good season. Lots of compelling story lines: Haley going to college (a big problem for several families), Cam and Mitch adopting a new baby, and Alex dating. Best comedy on TV? No, that was Community. A good one? Yeah.
I’d argue that Parks and Recs was better than Community. The first few episodes of Season 3 (aside from Remedial Chaos Theory) were pretty meh, P&R was solid from start to finish and the closer when Knope won? Can’t beat that.
I have a hard time accepting “compelling story lines” as a success of Modern Family. “[The] sitcom that you watch for 22 minutes every week, and don’t think about again until the next new 22 minutes” is an honest observation of the show’s depth. Did I care about Haley going to college? Half the cast of characters could die in a car wreck and I wouldn’t flinch–not until I was cued to, at least, and that happens during the last 30 seconds of each episode. Modern Family, episodically, has built success on a handful of moderate, inoffensive chuckles, a solid laugh or two, and a heartwarming ending that pulls out something that resembles emotion with hauntingly calculated precision.
agreed. I dont get the vitrol for Modern Family. It doesnt deserve it. I understand it’s not the first season quality or newness anymore, but it’s an enjoyable half hour of tv. Certainly nowhere near as good as the other comedies held in high regard here, but it seems it just catches a lot of hate because it’s now the cool show to hate, save it shows that actually deserve it.
I hate Claire Danes with the power of a thousand suns. Something about her has always irked me. It got worse after Billy Crudup left a knocked up Mary Louise Parker for her. I hope he does the same thing to C.D. The only good thing to come out of Claire Danes’ fame is Claire Dames. (NSFW google)
I would watch Claire Danes breast feed.
Game of Thrones, Shameless, Girls, Mad Men, Sons, Justified, this is my list. These are my winners.
Epps. Breaking Bad
#12, I finally get the obsession for the ol’ red, white and blue.
The thing I hate the most about Lena Dunham is that she looks like the kind of girl I would be able to have sex with.
and by “be able” I mean “would allow”
“The kind of girl you would would allow to have sex with”?
Also what was up with the “Game Change” love? I didn’t watch it, because targeted political fiction is on every day on Fox News. And I also agree with most people on most of the other things here.
Tune in for next year’s emmys: Pasty white chicks with some sweet sweater puppets.
Also, while I do think Modern Family is in no way a paragon of comedic genius, the fact is Louie tends to be hit or miss when it comes to its experimental style. There’s times when I’m laughing hysterically, and others when I’m just thinking, where the fuck is he going with this. And Archer really has skated in quality ever since season 2. Something tells me its not gonna last.
i kinda feel like there’s a chance ABC interferes with the awards. Kinda weird how the awards are almost all ABC or cable not NBC, CBS or Fox (Cryer winning really the only exception)
Emmy voters can’t even get a voting sweep right. Do Stonestreet and Bowen really need two Emmys each? Throw a bone in the direction of Vergara (not a euphemism), O’Neill or Ferguson, they’re all no better or worse than Stonestreet/Bowen/Burrell.
I think after coming to this board enough, its become obvious that community is overrated too
I have an Audi and I don’t watch that shit. I thought we were living in post-whatever America.
When they announced Jane Levy as a presenter, I first thought of Jane Leeves, and then I thought of Jane Lynch, and then I kicked myself for not remembering that adorable redhead. But there are a lot of Jane L’s in comedy.
Anyway, bummed about Modern Family winning, not particularly fond of the show; but I must admit I laughed heartily at that taped bit of theirs with Lily being a little hellraiser. Also, the Stewart-Colbert-Fallon rumble was awesome. And hooray for Louie CK, and yay for Amy Poehler, and yay for Homeland (sorry, but I place it and BB on the same tier). And though I’m sure most or all of you disagree, I think Lena Dunham looks hot with that new haircut.
Also, wow, I had no idea that was Peggy Olsen and Janjo until I looked at the alt-text. They look fucking weird.
And finally, I believe Louis actually said “Your daddy won an Emma.”
Not sure why Homeland automatically sucks, because Breaking Bad didn’t win. Have people actually seen both? I just really like both…plus Damian Lewis is awesome, so you should feel bad for hating on him.