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The 57th Emmy Awards

Written by Eric Olsen
Published September 21, 2005

In some ways the Emmy Awards for excellence within the television industry bring up the rear among the four major awards shows. The Oscars, Grammys, and Tonys all have a glitz and performance appeal beyond the Emmys, which is essentially a TV show about TV.

Nonetheless, this year's show has generated quite a bit of buzz and commentary:

Lost Wins, But Doesn't Open Doors
Lost has won an Emmy, which can be seen as either a good thing or a bad thing for the science fiction community. Lost is the first show with heavy sci-fi elements to win an Emmy, true to form none of...
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The Emmys Suck
I only Tivo'd the Emmys to see Adrian Grenier. Boy was I right. The Emmys suck. The cheesy production numbers have to go. They got Earth Wind and Fire to perform one of their songs with tacky new lyrics about...
Posted to Video by Cerulean on September 19, 2005 10:03 PM

Emmy Awards 2005
This year's Emmy Awards had its usual highs and lows, but it also had some extra surprises. For example, West Wing might have been nominated for Best Drama, but it lost to Lost. The survivors of the most bizarre plane...
Posted to Video by NancyGail on September 19, 2005 09:54 PM

My Turn at Emmy Coverage
This year's Emmy Awards had its usual highs and lows, but it also had some extra surprises. For example, West Wing might have been nominated for Best Drama, but it lost to Lost. The survivors of the most bizarre plane...
Posted to Video by NancyGail on September 19, 2005 09:43 PM

Emmys: Reveling in irrelevance
The Emmys are over, and my euphoria of indulging in frivolous stargazing is tempered with my despondence that Hugh Laurie of House, M.D. didn't win his much-deserved award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. I was grudgingly prepared...
Posted to Video by deekay on September 19, 2005 03:36 AM

The 57th Annual Emmy Awards: A Collection of Thoughts
This post shall also be known as: I Live Blogged My Favorite Parts of the Emmys and, No, It Doesn't Necessarily Make Sense William Shatner won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series. I'm glad. He was my pick. It...
Posted to Video by Joan Hunt on September 19, 2005 03:07 AM

The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Winners
Here are the winners of this years Emmy Awards. Lots of surprises this year. Made for a very interesting ceremony, even though Ellen DeGeneres was WASTED as a host. Best Drama Series: Lost Best Comedy Series: Everybody Loves Raymond Best TV Movie: Warm Springs Best Miniseries: The Lost Prince Best...
Posted to Video by Matt Maltese on September 19, 2005 02:47 AM

The Emmys: I'm Issuing Gag Orders
It's just after six p.m. on the west coast, two hours before the Emmys start for us. I've been working on a project all day long so that I have uninterrupted time later.
Posted to Video by Joan Hunt on September 18, 2005 09:54 PM

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The 57th Emmy Awards
Published: September 21, 2005
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#1 — September 21, 2005 @ 15:07PM — Eric Olsen

no one is going to argue with me about the 4th class status of the Emmys, eh?

#2 — September 21, 2005 @ 15:40PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

I'm just not a big awards show person. To me, award shows in general rank about 4th class behind talk shows, daytime shows, soap operas, and as far as uninteresting television.

Maybe I'll throw awards in front of soap operas, so let's call 'em third class.

#3 — September 21, 2005 @ 16:18PM — Bob A. Booey [URL]

I'll say the Emmys are 3rd. No one really cares about the Tonys except, y'know, theater nerds.

The caliber of stars who appear on the Tonys is way, way below the Emmys, which is in turn way below the Oscars. If you want to be accurate, I'd put the Golden Globes 3rd, before the Emmys.

That is all.

#4 — September 22, 2005 @ 13:32PM — Eric Olsen

I don't usually watch them either, but the entertainment level of the Tonys -- the actuall performances -- is much higher than the Emmys: TV about TV.

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