# No Emmy Thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770 "2011-09-19T01:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/1 "2011-09-19T01:19:12Z")
I was looking for one just so I could post… “Rob Lowe/Snow White moment: Check” What the hell was that number? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/2 "2011-09-19T01:29:03Z")
Not watching the Emmy’s but I saw on Yahoo that two of the actors from “Modern Family”, Ty Burrell (Phil) and uber-MILF Julie Bowen (Claire) both won for Best Supporting Actor/Actress, which kind of surprised me, as I would have guessed that they were both playing lead roles… Anyways, Congrats to them both; they do a great job with their parts, and I have to say that overall, Modern Family is my favorite show on television. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/3 "2011-09-19T01:31:53Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Not watching the Emmy’s but I saw on Yahoo that two of the actors from “Modern Family”, Ty Burrell (Phil) and uber-MILF Julie Bowen (Claire) both won for Best Supporting Actor/Actress, which kind of surprised me, as I would have guessed that they were both playing lead roles… > > Anyways, Congrats to them both; they do a great job with their parts, and I have to say that overall, Modern Family is my favorite show on television. I’d say that Ed O’Neill and Sofia Vergara are the leads on that show. It IS pretty much an ensemble show, but they’re the focus. All the other characters are the children/grandchildren/in-laws of the Ed O’Neill character. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/4 "2011-09-19T01:34:27Z")
Loved the Jane Lynch intro. Wow Modern Family is racking up the wins! Go Sheldon! Lol at “White Castle”. Interesting bits with the controversial Gervais and Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/5 "2011-09-19T01:35:38Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I was looking for one just so I could post… > > “Rob Lowe/Snow White moment: Check” > > What the hell was that number? I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/6 "2011-09-19T01:45:36Z")
I was pleased that Margo Martindale won, as did Friday Night Lights, for writing. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/7 "2011-09-19T01:53:31Z")
I just had the Emmys on for a few minutes but got annoyed with it because they keep playing some music that sounds like a ring tone to me. At first I thought they were actually doing a bit where Jane Lynch was going to take a call or something, but it kept happening. > [@jayjay](#): > > I’d say that Ed O’Neill and Sofia Vergara are the leads on that show. It IS pretty much an ensemble show, but they’re the focus. All the other characters are the children/grandchildren/in-laws of the Ed O’Neill character. Ed O’Neil was actually also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Sofia Vergara as Best Supporting Actress. Apparently _Modern Family_ is considered a show without actual leads. I feel kind of bad for Chris Colfer of _Glee_, who was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category. Regardless of how his show is classified, he wasn’t really playing a comic role this past year. I believe the episode that was submitted was the one in which his character spends a lot of time angry and crying because his father is in the hospital and near death after a heart attack. While I think Colfer turned in a fine performance, it wasn’t exactly what I’d call a laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/8 "2011-09-19T02:16:37Z")
Is it just me or did Julianna Margulies’s dress look like it was made on the planet Vulcan out of Vulcan bubble wrap? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/9 "2011-09-19T02:34:31Z")
Lived the Hallelujah cover. But :\_( Andy Whitfield ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/10 "2011-09-19T02:37:09Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Ed O’Neil was actually also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Sofia Vergara as Best Supporting Actress. Apparently _Modern Family_ is considered a show without actual leads. It may have been a conscious decision by all of the actors in order to emphasize the ensemble nature of the show. I believe they choose which category they’ll try for when they submit their scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/11 "2011-09-19T03:49:33Z")
Holy crap. The Amazing Race won. I did not see that one coming. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/12 "2011-09-19T03:52:33Z")
I thought this would finally be Jon Hamm’s year… but YAY COACH T.!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/13 "2011-09-19T03:58:21Z")
I wasn’t paying close enough attention this year, but last year or the year before, I remember seeing obvious annoyance on Hugh Laurie’s face when he lost the award. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/14 "2011-09-19T09:06:04Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Is it just me or did Julianna Margulies’s dress look like it was made on the planet Vulcan out of Vulcan bubble wrap? I thought it looked like those flattened marbles you use when playing Pente. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/15 "2011-09-19T11:10:33Z")
Julianna Margolies looked like a Dalek. Gwyneth Paltrow proved that she has the fashion sense of a pygmy marmoset. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/16 "2011-09-19T15:44:18Z")
I can’t believe they gave awards to “Mildred Pierce”. That was some of the worst programming I’ve seen, and Winslet sucked in it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/17 "2011-09-19T15:48:10Z")
I like Jane Lynch, but thought she was sort of so-so last night. She carried it off, but her humor seemed sort of “canned” and not all that spontaneous or original. The only time I laughed out loud was the award for Best Actress in a Comedy. That all of them went on stage was hysterical, and it worked very well! You could tell they all pretty much liked each other and it was a great bit! Other than that, I was REALLY happy to see Margo win for her stellar role in Justified, but the rest of the show was ho-hum. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/18 "2011-09-19T16:08:42Z")
I really liked the Best Comedy Actress pageant. It had to be organized (since there was no video montage), but I have to believe Amy Poelher and Tina Fey started the ball rolling on that one. I didn’t notice until it was mentioned on the radio this morning…Fox won 0 Emmys this year! WOW and with the show on Fox too. Double Wow! Will we see sweeping changes at Fox? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/19 "2011-09-19T16:11:54Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > I didn’t notice until it was mentioned on the radio this morning…Fox won 0 Emmys this year! WOW and with the show on Fox too. Double Wow! Didn’t Gwyneth Paltrow get one for GLEE? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/20 "2011-09-19T16:26:47Z")
Yes, she did. Guest performance, and _Glee_ also won “Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.” Plus _Futurama_ was outstanding animated show, _So You Think You Can Dance_ won two choreography awards and one for lighting design, _House_ and _Family Guy_ got awards for sound mixing, and _American Idol_ won for technical direction. But that was their total haul. Really, I’d say Fox got Skunked. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770.md?page=2)