# 2010 Emmy Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038 "2010-08-22T04:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/1 "2010-08-22T04:26:26Z")
While the main ceremony is next Sunday, the Creative Arts awards were handed out today. Highlights: Guest Actor (Comedy): Neil Patrick Harris, _Glee_ Guest Actress (Comedy): Betty White, _Saturday Night Live_ Guest Actor (Drama): John Lithgow, _Dexter_ Guest Actress (Drama): Ann-Margaret, _Law & Order: SVU_ Ann-Margaret is the 6th different actress to win for _L&O: SVU_. This is the 5th Emmy for both White and Lithgow. _The Pacific_ raked in 6 awards: Art Direction, Casting, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, and Make-Up (prosthetic and non-prosthetic) Other winners: _SNL_: Directing, Make-Up + White _CSI_: Cinematograpy, Visual Effects _Glee_: Sound Mixing + Harris _Modern Family_: Editing, Casting _National Parks_: Nonfiction Series, Writing _Return to Cranford_: Cinematography, Costumes _Temple Grandin_: Editing, Music Score _The Tudors_: Art Direction, Costumes _Colbert Report_: Writing _Grey’s Anatomy_: Make-Up _Lost_: Editing _Mad Men_: Casting _Monk_: Song (the 3rd time it’s won this category) _Nurse Jackie_: Main Title Music _The Simpsons_: Best Voiceover (Anne Hathaway) _Survivor_: Reality Host (Jeff Probst) _24_: Music Score _Weeds_: Cinematography [The Full List](http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/08/emmys-creative-arts-winners-list.html) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/2 "2010-08-22T14:57:32Z")
Oh, and the Old Spice ad that’s gone supersonic won for Best Commercial. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/3 "2010-08-22T15:54:16Z")
I agree with Alan Sepinwall that _Breaking Bad_ should have won for Cinematography. That show is freakin’ gorgeous. Cool that the Old Spice guy won. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/4 "2010-08-29T23:38:30Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/5 "2010-08-29T23:50:21Z")
I’m watching the pre-show. Damn, these interviewers are bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/6 "2010-08-30T00:14:49Z")
Please let Conan win an Emmy on NBC. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/7 "2010-08-30T00:16:12Z")
Yay Eric! Even if Jon Hamm nearly forgot your name. Cute opening number. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/8 "2010-08-30T00:20:22Z")
Loved the \*Glee \*opening and Fallon’s Conan joke. I’ve never watched Modern Family, but I hear it’s really funny. I’ll have to try to catch up with it this season. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/9 "2010-08-30T00:23:25Z")
What was Fallon’s Conan joke? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/10 "2010-08-30T00:27:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What was Fallon’s Conan joke? Something like ‘NBC sends the host of Late Night to LA to host a different show. What could go wrong?’ Good one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/12 "2010-08-30T00:58:01Z")
Yay for Jim Parsons! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/13 "2010-08-30T01:05:46Z")
Boo for whoever did Jim Parsons’ makeup! He looks like a corpse. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/14 "2010-08-30T01:12:24Z")
I could not be happier that Aaron Paul won. He does an amazing job on Breaking Bad, yo. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/15 "2010-08-30T01:25:23Z")
This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. Referring specifically to the musical tribute to canceled shows, but it also applies to all that I’ve seen so far. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/16 "2010-08-30T01:58:33Z")
Shoot. Missed a chance for Conan to win. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/17 "2010-08-30T02:18:25Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Boo for whoever did Jim Parsons’ makeup! He looks like a corpse. A corpse with a bad case of acne. > [@Smeghead](#): > > This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. Referring specifically to the musical tribute to canceled shows, but it also applies to all that I’ve seen so far. Speaking of which, what or who was Fallon supposed to be impersonating in the shorts? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/18 "2010-08-30T06:25:03Z")
I would assume that Betty White now has the record for longest span between first and current Emmy wins, at 58 years? With the exception of SNL, The Daily Show, the Academy Awards, and the Kennedy Center Honors, I haven’t seen a single episode (in any year) of the shows represented by this years winners. And I last saw the KCH back in the 1990s, 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/19 "2010-08-30T07:15:34Z")
The only award I had a problem with was Best Guest Actress in a Comedy: Betty White, “Saturday Night Live” - that’s acting? I don’t find Jim Parsons’ acting to be anything special, since he’s pretty much just being himself, but he does seem to carry the show. John Lithgow, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Modern Family, all very well-deserved. If anyone had beat out Lithgow, I would have been shocked. He was superb on Dexter. I wish I were a fan of Mad Men, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/20 "2010-08-30T07:15:37Z")
Had to interrupt my viewing, so I just finished watching off the DVR. Random thoughts: Glad to see Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston win. And Jane Lynch, but she was pretty much a lock. Damn, Claire Danes looks beautiful. I’ve had\*Temple Grandin \*on my “to watch” list for a while–it did well tonight. The Modern Family/George Clooney bit was pretty funny, as was the guy’s speech about how if it weren’t for his wife, he’d be dating around a lot–especially now that he’s an Emmy winner. Lots of people that I grew up watching were represented in the “In Memoriam” segment. Particularly tragic were the deaths of Gary Coleman and Corey Haim. HBO and AMC got a lot of great publicity courtesy of NBC tonight! Lots of \*Community \*promos in the commercial breaks. Hopefully they’ll help bring some new viewers in–it’s a hilarious show and I was disappointed they weren’t nominated for anything. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/21 "2010-08-30T08:31:18Z")
Sort of surprised that, other than Jane Lynch, the show Glee didn’t win anything else, considering the huge number of nominations. Glad to see Modern Family win a few - great new show. Glad Conan didn’t win. Jimmy Fallon was OK - nothing spectacular, but OK. I like Nurse Jackie, but was Edie Falco really the best comedic actress from that group? Not really sure if I would even call the show a comedy - more of a dramedy, if anything. Although I really like Mad Men, I think Dexter should have won - great season, with John Lithgow. I tried Breaking Bad way back in the first season - saw maybe 4 or 5 shows - just didn’t do anything for me, so was not thrilled they won those categories. Otherwise - OK show, few big surprises and most of those I had hoped would win, didn’t. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038.md?page=2)