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Breakin Down Emmy -- Hour Three!
8:08 PM -- Helen Mirren presenting the final award for outstanding drama series.
Winner: "The Sopranos" (Mirren holds up the envelope with the winner written inside, and spins a 360 to the whole audience to show them before saying it out loud). Standing ovation from the crowd, although I think there are actually more people on stage than off. David Chase thanks the Academy and HBO, and esp Gandolfini, Falco, Imperioli and Turturro. Says he also always wanted to thank the musicians who licensed their music to the show, including Little Steven. Jokes that if the world was run by gangsters... 'oh wait, maybe it is.'
Fin.
8:02 PM -- Crawling into hour four...
Placed like product, nearly-end-of-show presenters are Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton (starring in a new Fox show!). Presenting noms for outstanding comedy series.
Winner: "30 Rock." Tina Fey thanks Jeff Zucker & Kevin Reilly for letting their show on the air, and jokingly thanks Ben Silverman in advance for leaving them on the air "for the next six years." Thanks the whole team, their families, and "our dozens and dozens of viewers."
7:51 -- William Shatner and Debra Messing presenting together. Shatner jokes that their musical number was cancelled. Debra says its because she refused to carry his love child. Announcing noms for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series.
Winner: America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty" (big cheer from crowd). Gracious speech about hoping she and the show can help inspire people.
Jimmy Smits and Kate Walsh come out to introduce the nominees for lead actor in a drama series. They joke about how they're not going to use their time to promote their new shows (which they then do. Yuk yuk.)
Winner: James Spader, "Boston Legal." ("The Sopranos," RIP). Spader won an Emmy previously for playing this character on "The Practice." Spader jokes that he feels like he just stole a pile of money from the Mob. Jokes that he's been to thousands of concerts ever, "and these are the worst seats I've ever had." Thanks and blows a kiss (presumably to his wife).
7:41 -- Hugh Laurie and Felicity Huffman presenting together, announcing noms for lead actress in a drama series.
Winner: Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters" (I guess the Emmys have packed the bags on "The Sopranos" already). Sally thanks the whole "B&S" team, and her whole family, and all the mothers of the world. Screams at the audience for applauding and using up her time. Says "let's face it, if the mothers ruled the world, there'd be no" (and audio cuts out, but she was plainly gonna see "god**** war".
In Memoriam: Jane Wyatt, Tige Andrews, Joseph Barbera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Edward Albert Jr, Yvonne De Carlo, Mike Evans, Sidney Sheldon, Calvert deForrest (Bud Melman), Glenn Ford, Arthur Hill, Bob Carroll Jr, Beverly Sills, Ed Friendly, Mel Shavelson, James Glennon, Don Herbert (Mr Wizard), Stan Daniels, Barbara McNair, Stuart Rosenberg, Tommy Newsom, Steve Irwin, Joel Siegel, Peter Boyle (biggest applause), Charles Nelson Reilly, Jack Palance, Jane Wyman, Tom Poston, Tom Snyder (other big applause), Ed Bradley, Luciano Pavarotti (more big applause), Merv Griffin (big applause).
7:35 PM -- Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart (Colbert's got a leaf-blower) take the stage. Stewart tries to explain who this is the green Emmys. Colbert says his leaf-blower runs on Al Gore's tears - says he's a crybaby, and "we are so lucky he's not our president". Colbert accuses Stewart of flying to LA in a private jet sandwich. (Funnier than I'm making it sound). On and on with the green jokes.
They then get around to the noms for outstanding lead actor on a comedy series (funnily mispronouncing their "Daily Show" alum Steve Carell's name wrong).
Winner: Ricky Gervais, "Extras". He's not here, so Stewart says "instead we're going to give this to our friend Steve Carell," who runs up onstage to accept. All three go nuts.
7:24 PM -- Ryan hits the stage dressed as a character from the hit Showtime show "The Tudors" and introduces "Don't Forget the Lyrics" host Wayne Brady. Brady goes on to announce Rainn Wilson & Kanye West as the two who will take part in a short version of Brady's hit show. In a surprising twist the songs will be all Kanye. The loser will go on to retire from showbiz. Kanye fails as Rainn takes charge and out performs Mr. West.
Rainn and Kanye go on to present Outstanding Reality Competition.
Winner: The Amazing Race (shocker) their 5th consecutive win in this category.
7:04 PM -- Masi Oka presenting from his product-placed iBook talks about the innovation of TV going on broadband, links us to Tom Anderson, president of MySpace, who is giving a special award to CurrentTV, the cable network co-founded by Al Gore. Gore gets a semi-standing ovation from the crowd.
Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher. Garrett makes an off-color joke about Westerns, then about Fisher's rack. Then another. And one more. These two are on a roll. Anyway, this classy duo is presenting individual performance in a variety or music program.
Winner: Tony Bennett. Tony gives very nice thank-you speech, makes sure to name-check his whole family.
Odd couple Anthony Anderson and Teri Hatcher are presenting together. Anderson jokes about going up against Hatcher for roles for a long time. They're introing the winners for guest actor and guest actress in a comedy series (who actually won last week at the Creative Emmys): Stanley Tucci and Elaine Stritch. Stritch fumbles, and jokes "I really don't know what the hell I'm doing!" Which is much funnier than the joke they scripted for her. Anyway, this odder couple are nominally here to present outstanding directing in a comedy series.
Winner: Richard Shepard for "Ugly Betty".
We're back to Teri & Anthony, presenting outstanding writing, comedy series (with the nominees clips starting on blackberrys and other PDA devices).
Winner: Greg Daniels, "The Office". Makes a very funny speech along the lines of the Little Red Hen, which is a book, which is why the audience barely laughs.
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