Posts tagged as Emmys
Wait, There's a Show About "Matt LeBlanc"?
The Emmy noms came out and there are literally nominations for shows I've never heard of. Lisa Kudrow must be so pissed about "Episodes," which is about Brits exporting their TV show to America and being forced to cast Matt LeBlanc, who plays himself. Couldn't we just solve TV by bringing back "The Comeback"? READ MORE
Somewhat Live Blogging The Emmys
In a surprise turn of events, I'm going to be both watching and live blogging the Emmys which I have almost no interest whatsoever! So get excited for the scintillating commentary to come! There may be guests! There may not be guests! Here goes nothing/something! (The most recent updates will be on top.) READ MORE
The Emmys: The Great Lead Actress in a Miniseries Mystery
Which one of these things is not like the other? READ MORE
Emmys Kick Dirt On The Television Theme Song's Grave
Thanks to TV networks doing away with their shows' opening-credit theme songs in order to cram in as many ads as possible, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced that the Emmys would be retiring the award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, effective next year. The award was won last year by John Williams' new theme to Great Performances and has somehow not even nominated any of Mike Post's contributions to the Law & Order franchise during the award's 21-year existence. The award is being replaced by something honoring "music composition for a non-fiction program," which will most likely result in a lot more awkwardly wacky songwriting competitions during the course of shows like The Biggest Loser and the 85,549 reality shows Vh1 is programming this year.
Toby Young Nuzzles Hand That Once Bit And/Or Fed Him
Huh! Toby Young, writing on Gawker-and billed as a "friend" of Gawker. Who thought that day would ever come? The former New York Press columnist and current Top Chef judge filed his Emmys report for the august webzine... which was published on Tuesday afternoon. This tardy report, thoroughly amusing, revealed little. Maybe if Top Chef won an Emmy, he would rush the stage! Maybe if it didn't, he would pull a Kanye! Neither happened. Most amusing: the sidebar of "related posts" on Gawker, in which Young is referred to as "vaguely annoying" and a "professional annoying person." (Disclosure: I can't even remember why I dislike Toby Young! He took some needless swipe once? He is probably a swell fellow, and God bless him for torturing Graydon Carter. (Although! Flashback! "One of the things that struck me about Toby Young's book on his experience at Vanity Fair was that all the best lines were Graydon's."))
