Comedy.com was the best place to get your Emmy coverage on Sunday, September 20, 2009. Not only did we have a live blog of the event (complete with all the Neil Patrick Harris jokes you can shake a bedazzled stick at), but we also showcased Watching With Comics. We gathered the funniest comedians on Twitter, picked their best comments and put it all in one easy feed for your viewing pleasure.
11:05 p.m. NPH makes a succinct end to the show. Here’s what we learned this year’s Emmy’s: the web is killing broadcast TV, and that broadcast TV is ruining TV award shows. Who knows what crazy re-segmenting will occur in later Emmys telecasts? We can’t wait until next year, when the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards are staged as a murder mystery party, hosted by the stars of “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
11:00 p.m. Outstanding Drama Series goes to “Mad Men.” That means time for more bourbon!
10:58 p.m. All the “True Blood” fangirls on the East Coast rose victorious in the Emmy mobile/online voting. Congratulations once again for missing your shift at Jamba Juice for this achievement.
10:56 p.m. Outstanding Comedy Series goes to….drumroll….”30 Rock.” Tina Fey kisses Bob Newhart, and Judah Friedlander’s hat says “No Comment.” A great moment for comedy.
10:54 p.m. We’d love to watch Bob Newhart talk for another hour.
10:50 p.m. UPSET! Jon Hamm doesn’t win Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series! Bryan Cranston references Glenn Close’s questionable womanhood. Any takers?
10:43 p.m. Glenn Close steals Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, just like she did all those dalmatian puppies. Elizabeth Moss, it is your time! (That’s a “Mad Men” reference for all you “Damages” fans.)
10:39 p.m. “Mad Men” takes Best Writing in a Drama Series! Matt Weiner gives us tips on writer profiling when at a Starbucks.
10:35 p.m. Directing in a Drama Series is up. It’s the first “Mad Men” loss for the night, which means time to crack open the bourbon.
10:27 p.m. Sarah MacLachlan comes in to make us cry over programming executives’ deaths.
10:24 p.m. Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Cherry Jones.
10:21 p.m. Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Michael Emerson wins for “Lost,” who sounds like John Hodgman if he were a serial killer.
10:18 p.m. “Our Year in Drama” clip package: not nearly enough “Mad Men.” A disproportionate amount of CSI clips– we wonder why?
10:10 p.m. Outstanding Variety Series: “The Daily Show,” rewarded once again for not being as terrible as its continuous dip in quality would have you predict for this year.
10:07 p.m. Ricky Gervais is here, to make us feel bad about our trivial interest in awards shows.
10:05 p.m. Jimmy Fallon auto tunes his presentation of Outstanding Variety Special, which we wholeheartedly endorse. Hugh Jackman’s opening number to the Oscars wins, as NPH boils in homo-rage.
9:57 p.m. Outstanding Writing on a Variety Series: always great gags, but our fav was “Late Night w/ Conan O’Brien’s” hilarious Facebook joke. UPSET! “Daily Show” wins after a subpar year.
9:50 p.m. The cast of “The Big Bang Theory” has great chemistry! Get it?
9:48 p.m. Finally out of the Miniseries/TV Movie dirge, time for Variety Shows! Great clip package, featuring SNL’s “Motherlover” prominently. We can start paying attention again.
9:46 p.m. Good news- emmysareboring.com is an unregistered domain name!
9:43 p.m. Made for Television Movie Emmy: reminds us why we bought Tivo to begin with. Oh, and “Grey Gardens” won.
9:35 p.m. Ugh. Alec Baldwin presenting a Miniseries Emmy is the worst use of Alec Baldwin since “Knots Landing.”
9:30 p.m. Ernst and Young are interrupted by “Doctor Horrible.” OK, we though this would be “horrible,” but this got good when Nathan Fillion punched NPH. Now it’s unfunny again. Some fair points about web series, but still a useless bit.
9:27 p.m. Jennifer Love-Hewitt: That is not irony!!! That is a coincidence!
9:23 p.m. Lead Actor in a Miniseries: Brendan Gleeson wins for “Into the Storm,” which we undoubtedly saw and have an opinion about.
9:16 p.m. The Emmys broadcast is the best possible platform for National Kanye West Backlash Week.
9:15 p.m. This miniseries segment is BORING!
9:15 p.m. Supporting Actress in a Miniseries: First Iranian woman to win an Emmy! *Waving Iranian flag*
9:13 p.m. Our Year in Miniseries clips are alternating clips of somber old people, and dancing old people–all period pieces.
9:10 p.m. Outstanding Reality Show is up. Tracy Morgan’s cadence is so hilarious it doesn’t matter what was written for him. “The Amazing Race” wins AGAIN, affirming its life-affirming affirmation of self-affirmament.
9:00 p.m. Host of a Reality Series: Jeff Probst of Survivor. Are those dimples or a nail-gun accident? Hey, remember when reality hosts ruined the Emmys?
8:58 p.m. “Dancing With the Stars” performance: we’ve learned the benefits of an all-fringe outfit are unifold.
8:57 p.m. REALITY SHOW TIME! This barrage of reality clips is just a blur of dyed hair and screaming.
8:55 p.m. Another “Family Guy” clip. May be the worst piece of animation ever.
8:52 p.m. Alec Baldwin wins! He dedicates his award to Lorne Michaels, who actually gains power from Emmys being dedicated to him.
8:50 p.m. Rob Lowe presents Lead Actor in a Comedy Series with an ironic joke that didn’t even register as irony. Oh, the magic of Rob Lowe.
8:45 p.m. Director in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Blitz wins, who also had the best taped bit. FYI: those of you who only care about “Dancing With the Stars,” you can start paying attention in seven minutes. Hang on!
8:40 p.m. Leighton Meester’s dress has built-in neck pillows, to support her bored head as she nods through her presentation of Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
8:37 p.m. Best Actress in a Comedy Series is announced. One of Toni Colette’s many crazy personalities accepts the award.
8:34 p.m. By the way: NPH sounds like a unit of measurement we don’t want to use.
8:29 p.m. Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Jon Cryer takes it. Perhaps someone is getting benefit of a John Hughes sympathy play?
8:24 p.m. Which “30 Rock” episode did YOU root for?
8:23 p.m. NPH- “I’m not here to plug my own show…” Plugity, plug, plug!!!
8:22 p.m. Yay, John Hodgman is here to provide fake facts about Emmy winners!
8:18 p.m. Chenoweth: the first to cry winning an Emmy.
8:17 p.m. Kristen Chenoweth sells out Amy Poehler–Amy denies it with a headshake–Specgate ‘09!
8:15 p.m. Jon Hamm and Tina Fey present. Please let the Tina Fey/Seth McFarlane joke rivalry continue! The Emmy should have gone to the Supporting Actresses in a Comedy Series nominee who didn’t participate in this terrible “funny specs” theme– Vanessa Williams. We say that very reluctantly.
8:13 p.m. Our Amazing Year in Comedy segment: a great collage of not nominated, obligatory CBS sitcom clips.
8:08 p.m. NPH makes a Kanye West joke. He is actually a big fan of “30 Rock.”
8:01 p.m. Neil Patrick Harris is doing a song and dance number. While it may have ranked Jon Hamm’s hotness over Christina Hendricks’, it’s still not as gay as Hugh Jackman at the Tonys.
8:00 p.m. Great news reel voice over! “Samantha, Who’s there?” Certainly not your show!
7:59 p.m. Emmy betting starts now: Who wants to bet CBS will run a sports ticker the entire duration of the Emmys?
7:57 p.m. What a riveting “60 Minutes,” folks! Gay men switching over from red carpet coverage might want to switch over right now for a minute with Andy Rooney!
Written by Amanda Meadows, who aspires to grow a ’stache of her own one day.
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