The Emmy's

Kind of sucked.

Hard.

The opening was potentially the silliest waste of time. I think I understand what they were going for with rambling on for endless minutes, but it failed. A couple of minutes at the most of that schtick and it may have been tolerable - but 10 minutes or more - was just...dumb. Why would the decision be made to waste so much time on a bit that clearly wasn't working, should have been clear for the outset that it wouldn't work, even one of the hosts later on mentioned that Jimmy Kimmel told them it wouldn't work but they went ahead with it anyway?

Why have reality hosts be in charge of the most important night in the television industry anyway? They're the joke of the industry - "Let's give them full reign on the most important night of the year!"

I watched reality programming in the beginning - the first season of Survivor, Big Brother and the Amazing Race, but then I grew out of it, too much repitition too much crap - but the public at large haven't. I get it, I understand that this isn't the fad that everyone thought it would be and I accept it. I just don't think that reality shows should play a larger role in the broadcast of the Emmys.

If they have to, hand out the Emmys for best Reality program (been around for a few years now) and now best Reality host (new this year) but don't try and gather some kind of respect for the genre - in the TV industry and amounst the actors etc. it won't happen. Plus, when they handed out the award for best host - they trotted the nominees ( ie all the hosts) out on stage and played it like a real reality show - complete with taking a commercial break right before announcing who wins the award!

Ratings for the show were the worst ever or close to it - I don't think that was the hosts' fault entirely. The fact that the most nominated shows Mad Men came from a small cable channel called AMC and 30 Rock got the most nominations with 17 is on NBC, but the ratings are terrible. People didn't have a show to route for, and didn't have a host that they cared about.

As usual, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were funny - each winning an award as well. Don Rickles was the only person that seemed to go off script and say anything that he wanted to - kind of his thing I understand - he was a stand out. The best bit of the night went to Ricky Gervais and Steve Carell. Gervais wanting his Emmy back from Carell after he was 'given' Gervais' Emmy from last year by Stewart and Colbert was great.

Also liked Neil Patrick Harris taking a quick shot at the hosts for taking up so much time that their bit was cut.

Should really look into watching Mad Men, that's what I learned from last night's Emmys. That and I really have no need to start watching any more reality shows.

Tom.