Last night the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place. Mad Men, Modern Family, Glee, Dexter, The Daily Show, 30 Rock and Breaking Bad were amongst the shows to happily take home statues, while George Clooney was embarrassed to have been handed his (he received the Humanitarian Award). Full list of winners can be found here, but what we really care about is what went down on the red carpet...
The Emmys: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Dreyfus Steals Fey's Emmy in Late Night Hijinks
A seemingly innocent appearance by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night turned into a segment on actress-envy and Emmy-theft! The actress was up against Tina Fey for an Emmy this year; Fey won and took home her 5th statue, whereas Dreyfus was left going home to her two old, dusty ones. In her speech, however, Fey noted how she channels Dreyfus at times...meaning the Emmy really belongs to them both, right?
Television Watching: Local Emmy Surprises
This past Sunday the New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences had its local Emmy awards presentation and there were some surprises among the winners in the local news categories along with the amount stations took home compared to last year.
59th Emmy Award: Mob Scene Wrap-up
Last night the 59th Annual Emmy Awards took place on the left coast, but New Yorkers made out very well. New York productions/creative types that took home the gold: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (writing), The Daily Show (variety-comedy show series), 30 Rock (best comedy), and Dick Wolf (for producing Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee). In the would-have-been arena, America Ferrera won best actress in a comedy, Ugly Betty, which was originally supposed to shoot in the Big Apple but shoots in L.A. because it's cheaper. We'll also count Rob Marshall, who won for directing the Best Variety-Musical Special, Tony Bennett: An American Classic, since he has Broadway roots.
Noteworthy Television This Week: Early Season and War
A look at some noteworthy television this week:
Noteworthy Televison This Week: Two Tonys on Sunday
A look at some noteworthy television this week:
Noteworthy Television This Week: Sopranos Start a Swan Song
Battlestar Galactica Marathon (Sunday, 6:00 p.m., WPXN 31) Five episodes of not the recent revival, but the camp Lorne Greene and Dirk Benedict show from 1978.
60 Minutes Journalist Ed Bradley Dies
Ed Bradley, longtime CBS News journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent, died today at age 65. Bradley had been diagnosed with leukemia some years ago, but a recent infection made his condition life-threatening.
Video of the Day: Stuyvesant Loves Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien gave the commencement speech to Stuyvesant High School students, and thank God for YouTube. To win over the crowd, he slams grandparents and Bronx Science right out of the gate and later he mentions that he researched Stuyvesant using Wikipedia. Gothamist hopes Stuyvesant Class of 2006 knows how lucky they were, as their commencement speakers are probably down hill from here. And certainly this is better PR for Stuyvesant than cuddle groups on the cover of New York magazine (we think!).
Don Knotts, 1924-2006
TV legend Don Knotts, aka Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" passed on Friday of "pulmonary and respiratory complications." He was 81.
Extra, Extra
-This week's New York Magazine is running sneak peak of one set of plans for a new Coney Island. The Daily News thinks the plan ain't going to happen.

