2010 Emmys Liveblog II

Continued from previous post -

6:34 - I now fear the sound of that guitar. Here's the montage for variety and information programs. That one wasn't bad.

6:37 - Joel McHale and Jeff Probst presents Best Writer for Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Only one nominee-submitted intro and the rest are clips from the shows. Huh? Well, the guy who cared enough to send in a personal intro won. Good karma.

6:45 - I'm breaking out the Ben & Jerry's for the last hour. Gervais cometh! Gervais wants alcohol. Gervais *gets* alcohol!

6:46 - Best Direction for Variety, Music or Comedy Special goes to a man named Bucky Gunts who did the last Olympics.

6:51 - Best Variety, Music or Comedy Special Intros. Colbert wants a human centipede. Stewart is doing his Glenn Beck impression. What looks like a simple clip from Conan turns out to be masterful subversion. "The Daily Show" wins so we don't get to see any epic Conan shenanigans. Stewart's not here because he's sick. Ah.

6:56 - Boardwalk Empire looks amazing. There really is no line between the quality of movies and TV anymore. Hey, Kelly MacDonald and Steve Buscemi are in this!

6:59 - Clooney gets a Bob Hope Humanitarian award, and Julianna Margulies is here to say nice things about him. I tend to forget about Clooney's "ER" years and all his previous TV work. Wow, you have be a nice guy for a guy his age to get that kind of ovation. Great speech too. Ever think about going into politics, George?

7:04 - Here come the Miniseries and Movies montage. The hour is late indeed my friends. It feels like we've just switched channels to the Oscars. Let's see which stars actually showed up.

7:06 - John Krasinski bombs spectacularly at presenting. Did not catch co-presenter's name. Best Supporting Actress in Movie or Miniseries goes to Julia Ormond, who I continue to mix up with Juliette Binoche.

7:11 - I love the Community Infiniti promos. The use of cut-off music is inspired.

7:14 - Her comes Claire Danes to present Best Supporting Actor in Movie or Miniseries. David Strathairn wins. That's two for "Temple Grandin," and Strathairns is so not prepared for this. No reeling off names is a dead giveaway.

7:17 - No transition at all to Jewel's performance. She's backing the "In Memoriam" segment. Her yowling is really killing the mood this year. Good to see Captain Phil in the lineup. And I miss Dennis Hopper.

7:25 - Maura Tierney and Blair Underwood present Best Writing for Miniseries or Movie. No intros and very little banter or lead-ups for these categories, which is kind of a shame. These are really the indie and mid-range pictures that couldn't get the financing to be full-fledged theatrical feature films. With a little luck, many of these nominees would have been up for Oscars. "You Don't Know Jack" takes the writing prize.

7:27 - Best Actress, Miniseries or Movie, is Claire Danes for "Temple Grandin." I will continue to confuse her with Anna Paquin and hope she comes back to the movies someday - rather, that there's something worthwhile for her to come back to.

7:34 - The cast of "True Blood" presents Best Director, Miniseries or Movie. Emmy goes to "Temple Grandin." Spielbeg's "Pacific" is denied.

7:37 - Lead Actor, Miniseries or Movie, goes to Al Pacino! And he showed up! TV audiences didn't think they'd be getting a little Pacino tonight, but here he is! Hoo-ah!

7:40 - Hodgman just twittered that he was told to play it straight with Pacino's intro. You must publish the unused ones Sir!

7:41 - Chill passes through the room. Kevorkian appears.

7:41 - But I don't want an exclusive look at "The Event"! And of course it's exclusive! Your network is airing the darned thing!

7:45 - You lie, Dish Network. You could give us a la carte channel pricing if you wanted. Nobody says you can't. And if you did, maybe the Internet wouldn't be kicking your -

7:46 - Laurence Fishburne presents Best Miniseries Emmy to "The Pacific," which is suspiciously one of only two nominees in the category. Has some tragedy befallen the Halmi clan?

7:47 - Best Made-For-TV Movie Emmy goes to "Temple Grandin." The lady finally makes it up on the stage. And it's her birthday! Hey, David Strathairn, your producer is prepared for *her* speech!

7:50 - Fallon's real father, Tom Selleck, comes to present Best Drama. Fallon's going to hang on to that joke for a while. "Mad Men" wins again. Third time in a row, to the chagrin of Alessandra Stanley.

7:53 - Only one award left to go. Very proud of myself that I haven't misidentified Jimmy Fallon as Jimmy Kimmel once all evening.

7:56 - Ted Danson presents Best Comedy series. "Modern Family" wins! Crowd goes bananas. "Glee" tastes bitter defeat, though we all saw it coming.

7:59 - Betty White does not look pleased at Fallon's announcement of the after-party at her house. Silly Fallon, didn't you know it was invite-only?

8:00 - And we're done. Bryan Cranston and "Mad Men" won again. "Modern Family" beat out "30 Rock," and somehow Jim Parsons and Edie Falco sucker-punched the "30 Rock" cast. The Movies and mini-series categories still get no respect, and we were denied the glorious return of Conan O'Brien.

Next time, Emmys. Next time.