Cable Makes a Statement as Television Hands Out Its Emmy Awards

[Hissyspit]

Source: New York Times

Cable Makes a Statement as Television Hands Out Its Emmy Awards

By EDWARD WYATT
Published: September 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES — The theme of the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday was a celebration of the Golden Age of television. But it was some of the newest shows on broadcast and cable television that won many of the early awards.

ABC scored two early victories for its first-year series when Jean Smart won best supporting actress for her role as a straight-talking mother on “Samantha Who?,” and Barry Sonnenfeld won the award for directing a comedy series for the pilot episode of “Pushing Daisies.” Those were two of the few new comedy series to survive last year’s strike-interrupted television season.

Many of the other early awards went not to the broadcast networks but to cable television, which also garnered a large share of the nominations in the most prestigious categories. Zeljko Ivanek won best supporting actor in a drama series for the first-year FX series, “Damages.” And Dianne Weist won best supporting actress in a drama series for “In Treatment” on HBO. “30 Rock,” the NBC series that won last year for best comedy series in its first year, added another award on Sunday for best writing for an episode written by the creator and star of the series, Tina Fey.

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“The Colbert Report” won the award for writing for a variety music or comedy program, while the Comedy Central show from which it was spawned, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” won for variety, music or comedy series.

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Stephen Colbert accepts the award for outstanding writing for a variety, music, or comedy program for "The Colbert Report" at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 21, 2008.

[Webster Green]

1. I figured that Colbert & The Daily Show would win, but these are west coast spoilers

The show hasn't aired here yet. :*

[high density]

2. Darn, I was looking forward to Colbert taking on Don Rickles

lol

[monmouth]

3. Don Rickles and Griffin made me turn the TV off....n/t

[Frank Cannon]

4. You don't like Don Rickles?

Why do you hate America so?

[monmouth]

5. I guess I've been around too long, been there done that. He and

Griffin were doing their "inside" waste of time stuff, wasn't funny to me at all, he's trying to still be relevant, didn't work IMHO...

[SoCalDem]

7. Rickles was only marginally "funny" at his height of popularity

He's now just another old guy who stayed too long at the party..and people laugh with embarrassment for him..not because he's funny..

Comedy is an odd thing.. humor is all over the place.. There are some people who are considered comedic geniuses, and I never found them funny at all..

Lucille Ball is one.. I never "got" her.. To me she was just an overly loud 40-ish yr old woman with freakshow red hair.."playing" at being much younger..

Milton Berle is another.. never thought he was funny either..

Boh Hope was embarrassingly painful to watch.. his "schitck" never was funny to me..

It must be a generational thing.. but

I am 59 and I think Chris Rock is hysterical.. I adore "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" & "Weeds".."Breaking Bad"....I loved Monty Python.. Richard Pryor was a favorite of mine..I particularly like DL Hughley & loved George Carlin..

My favorites are all over the place, but they share one thing.. they cut through the bullshit and tell it like it is :)

[sakabatou]

6. ...

:wtf: