The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, recognizing television's best, took place at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Monday night. "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" repeated last year's wins for best drama and comedy, respectively.
Dave Itzkoff and Jon Caramanica of The Times live blogged the ceremony, which was hosted by Seth Meyers and broadcast on NBC.
10:58 P.M. 'Breaking Bad' is Top Drama
O.K., here we go. "Breaking Bad." You called it, Jon.
Well, there you go. Is Jim Parsons in this, too?
And when they erase my earlier prediction, I will have called it, too. I don't think anyone feels the same … resentment as they did about "Modern Family"? Yes, "Breaking Bad" is a repeat winner, but a highly merited one. In its final half-season.
HALF-season. MINI-season. Maybe next year these acceptance speeches will be honored with a Best Variety Show Emmy?
Clearly the achievement the Emmys are most proud of is ending on time. Everything else is incidental.
Early, even! They needed to make room for this Very Intense Katherine Heigl Promo.
Should we do the dignified thing and wrap it up ourselves?
We might end on time, Dave, but we are never the respectable choice.
The nominations seemed to suggest that this would be a change year — "Orange Is the New Black," "House of Cards," "True Detective" — and yet it wasn't. That's about as profound a thought as I can offer.
It feels a lot like the Grammys! In so much as there is an old guard in this world, it won here tonight.
Yes. It says a lot that McConaughey — a newly minted Academy Award winner — would have represented deviation from the norm at the Emmys. Instead his category was won by a homegrown TV star and veteran trophy hoister, Bryan Cranston. It's its own form of presidential politics. You may win the nomination, so to speak, but you've still got to win the general election.
At root, it shows a reluctance on the part of longtime professionals to acknowledge the changes that have been roiling their industry for years, and are going to keep rewriting it in the coming years. Like you said, it's a Chuck Lorre town.
10:51 P.M. 'Modern Family' Is Top Comedy
Jay Leno! They are really trolling Seth Meyers hard tonight.
He made that introduction through clenched teeth. Oh, also, "Modern Family" won something.
Remember when "Modern Family" felt radical? Do you think that, as they're up there, they know how many people think this is a terrible outcome? (And yet, I like most of these actors.)
The series is still a behemoth in so many ways. And massively influential on what's coming down the pipeline this season. It works, and on a network sitcom, that's hard to underestimate. Though they'll still play Steve Levitan off the stage to come out on time.
The "Modern Family" diaspora – write that!
10:45 P.M. Bryan Cranston Is Best Actor for 'Breaking Bad'
"This is horrible." JUST READ THE AWARD, JULIA ROBERTS. Wow. Cranston.
The "Breaking Bad" flush continuing.
Must've been that last-second Julia Roberts jinx. This definitely tips the scale.
Where was JLD to kiss him?
"Even I thought about voting for Matthew," says Cranston.
Also I would have chosen Harrelson over McConaughey, if we're going there.
Even Harrelson conceded he was going to lose to McConaughey — he just didn't know McConaughey was going to lose too. Quite a gracious speech by Cranston, for as many times as he's won previously. Last time he'll get to do it for this role, anyway.
10:38 P.M. Julianna Margulies Is Best Actress for 'Good Wife'
"What a wonderful time for women on television," says Julianna Margulies, a three-time winner now.
Indeed, some outstanding performances in that category.
This was a tough category!
And as Ms. Margulies points out, she's in a network show that has to do a mighty 22 episodes a season. Remember what that used to be like?
Even Margulies is #teamjoshcharles. We are for sure approaching the end of the 22-episode show cycle. How will we be able to tell the difference between a mini-series and a regular show when each of them are three episodes long? I feel like at least some of what we're seeing here is the network folks asserting their (alleged) primacy
How so?
By leaning on established talents on established network shows for big prizes.
The nets have to go home with something, right? Remember when the Emmys started off with a win for Ty Burrell and "Modern Family"? That sure seems like a long time ago.
10:35 P.M. 'Breaking Bad' Wins for Best Writing
Wanna do more Fukunaga material?
I'm workshopping a Khal Drogo bit, will let you know when it's ready. But shh, the Heigl speaks.
"Emmy winner Katherine Heigl" way funnier than anything we've done tonight. So that's two for Janney tonight. And any excuse to hear Joe Morton enunciate is a winner.
It was only ever a question of which "Breaking Bad" episode would win, and not much of a question at that. "Ozymandias" was an episode that some dare say was even superior to the "Breaking Bad" finale, "Felina." I don't think Heisenberg would appreciate their attempt to play her off stage, however.
Well they let the show director have like a four-minute acceptance speech before!
10:30 P.M. 'The' Abby Singer
The "In Memoriam" segment noted the passing of "the" Abby Singer. Why "the"? He was an assistant director, and in showbiz lore, the next-to-last shot of every day's shooting was called the Abby Singer Shot.
— Bill Carter
10:29 P.M. Anna Gunn Is Best Supporting Actress for 'Breaking Bad'
Anna Gunn sticks it to no-show Maggie Smith.
Pretty sneaky, sis.
Hope she's enjoying her stay at one of those exotic marigold hotels.
"Breaking Bad" gonna run the table?
You're going to make me go on record, aren't you? I still predict … no. We can erase that if I'm wrong, yes?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
10:22 P.M. 'True Detective' Wins for Directing
Seth Meyers with that very timely David Caruso burn.
Those "CSI: Miami" bits go over well on Twitter. Much harder in the real world, even if you have a pair of sunglasses.
A big year for Cary Joji Fukunaga's hair.
Cary Joji Fukunaga directed the entire run of "True Detective," so that's got to count for something. I'd give him another trophy if he could explain the whole story to me.
It's woven in his braids!
10:08 P.M. Aaron Paul Is Best Supporting Actor for 'Breaking Bad'
Literally no one can win this category because everyone should win this category.
B-b-b-b-but, what about Josh Charles, victim of the most unlikely TV death in recent memory?
I wonder what one word Aaron Paul could use to express himself in this situation? The classiest meth head to single out his fellow competitors. Cranston should've kissed him, too.
Cranston saving that for his own win.
10:07 P.M. Sofia Vergara as Prop
Sofia Vergara and Bruce Rosenblum, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, during the Emmy Awards.Credit Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
This is not at all sexist.
So we are turning the fetishization of Sofia Vergara's body into a comedy routine now? I didn't realize Seth MacFarlane was one of the writers this year.
[High five]
Thanks! Always keep a couple of retrograde-MacFarlane jokes in the chamber.
She should've been standing against a giant screen that said "FEMINIST."
9:56 P.M. 'The Colbert Report' Is Best Variety Series
Please GIF Gwen Stefani, Dave. "The CoBwol Ruhporr."
Congratulations to "Adele Dazeem."
In fairness, Gwen Stefani only watches children's television.
Excellent save by Jimmy Fallon, however. Was that pre-scripted and then re-improvised on the fly?
That's what it looked like, but Gwen really out-improv'd them all! A chair-turning performance!
She needs some work on her … voice.
No doubt.
9:53 P.M. 'Tony Awards' Win Best Direction of Variety Show
This would be the best time for Obama to gatecrash.
Key & Peele! Where is my "Broad City" squad?
Probably en route to a UPS routing station on Staten Island.
Chris Hardwick is here to represent "The Internet." Better him than Daniel Tosh, I suppose.
Billy Eichner ran off with all the good will. The guy directing the Emmys won an Emmy? What a coincidence. A good way to ensure, at least, that the Emmys don't immediately smash-cut to black.
9:46 P.M. Sarah Silverman Wins for Variety Special Writing
Let's just say an interesting moment to follow with Ricky Gervais. Crowd seems to be enjoying his "acceptance speech I would've given" bit. You can never go wrong calling Matt LeBlanc "Joey from Friends" to his face.
I heard it as "Jeremy from Friends" and loved it even more.
And having seen the contents of Sarah Silverman's purse earlier on E!, we know how she's going to celebrate.
First medical marijuana-influenced acceptance speech?
Haha, "medical."
9:40 P.M. 'The Normal Heart' Is Best TV Movie
Amazing to see Ryan Murphy walking Larry Kramer to the stage.
Here is something worth being excited about.
Yes, sometimes it's O.K. to be inevitable.
We have "Glee" to thank for this, natch.
Murphy also acknowledges the superpowers of Erin Brockovich (a.k.a Julia Roberts) and the Incredible Hulk (a.k.a Mark Ruffalo). Not to be underestimated. And a wonderfully inspiring speech from Murphy.
A genuine call to activism that felt slightly less slippery than Miley's last night.
9:33 P.M. 'Fargo' Wins Best Mini-Series
The showdown in that category seemed to be "Fargo" vs. "American Horror Story." "AHS" is grabbing its share of the acting trophies, but "Fargo" clearly getting a warm welcome into the annals of TV from the Television Academy tonight.
Is "Fargo" really a mini-series?
Oh, if only we had time for the epistemology debate on this one . . .
I feel like tonight is full of those debates. All the strategic misalignment of nominees and categories is pretty glaring; more than in past years, I think.
Yes, that victory could definitely set a precedent in terms of campaigning, and even how series get strategized before they debut. If you can structure it like a mini-series, you can nominate it as a mini-series. See you in 2015, I guess?
9:29 P.M. A Musical Interlude From Weird Al
Weird Al! Weird Al with a goatee! He looks intense.
I guess Neil Patrick Harris was busy? Billy Crystal too?
Well, Weird Al is having a moment. To coin a phrase. I like the conceit of writing lyrics for shows with instrumental theme songs.
Was this sponsored by Crackle.com?
Yeah, all that's raising this above a decent viral video is Weird Al's presence in it.
I agree with you, though — sort of a fun parlor game to see what he does with these instrumentals. Or will we later learn that the Emmy writers did all the lyrics and he's just the front?
9:29 P.M. Jessica Lange Wins Best Mini-Series Actress
Jessica Lange on Monday night accepting the award for Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for "American Horror Story: Coven."Credit Kevin Winter/Getty Images
That house band – oy.
Mixmaster Mike!
Is it???
It is.
Now I feel terrible. But I feel better that Jessica Lange won her Emmy. Bust out the Stevie Nicks in celebration.
Jessica Lange having a very smooth reaction to this victory.
9:09 P.M. Benedict Cumberbatch Wins for 'Sherlock'
I do enjoy seeing Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers vamp, but it's delaying the entrance of McConaughey and Harrelson.
McConaughey just tossed me a beer.
There is a surprising amount of sobriety on that stage right now. I'll just say they're very funny, and even better with a script.
"I'm grateful you had all the plagiarized lines"; did not think Woody Harrelson would beat me to a plagiarism joke tonight, but there you go.
The Emmys are apparently not important enough for two winners to show up to.
I'm just heartbroken we didn't get to see Harrelson, McConaughey and Cumberbatch all in the same place.
Gotta wait for our invite to the GQ Man of the Year party!
9:07 P.M. Martin Freeman Is Best Supporting Actor in Mini-Series
The perennial question: Will we get Stephen Colbert or "Stephen Colbert"?
Or "John Oliver."
This will get a furious 15-minute rebuttal on the next episode of "Last Week Tonight."
Letterman feeling pretty good about his legacy right now, watching this.
Colbert must be so bummed he couldn't personally hand that trophy to Bilbo Baggins himself.
9:00 P.M. Kathy Bates Is Best Supporting Actress, Mini-Series
Kathy Bates accepting the award for supporting actress in a mini-series "American Horror Story: Coven."Credit Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Another surprise! I thought for sure Julia Louis-Roberts would win. She has "Julia" in her name, it seemed fated. Even Kathy Bates is stunned she won. But she made it fun to root for a character who was quite literally going to hell.
8:57 P.M. 'Sherlock' Wins Best Mini-Series Writing
These SNL-style questions-from-the-audience bits are always reliable, especially when your "audience" includes Melissa McCarthy, Jon Hamm and Jon Hamm's extraordinary beard.
Reliably awful!
I'd be O.K. with two more hours of this.
Man we really have done too many of these, huh? Let's raise the bar.
I just love to see the excitable "Silicon Valley" guys in the background. They seem so happy to be out of the Y-combinator. That was a brutally competitive category. Thought for sure it would go to Larry Kramer. Not Mr. Doctor Who (a.k.a. "Sherlock" producer Steven Moffat).
I thought it would go to the "Luther" writers, though admittedly it's pretty easy to just write [insert Idris Elba smoldering here].
America should be exposed to more Scottish accents. It's good for us.
Also "Treme" more likely to win the Newbery Medal for children's writing, so I wasn't worried about that one
8:48 P.M. 'The Amazing Race' Is Best Reality Competition
Beginning to think that Emmy voters think that by voting for "The Amazing Race," it counts as actual travel.
I just love to hear the name "Bertram Van Munster."
BUT WHO WILL BE BOLD ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR "BIG BROTHER"? Am I still allowed to be aghast at how the Emmys handle reality TV?
To quote "The Simpsons": "It's a victimless crime, like punching someone in the dark."
That's just the sort of attitude that got us here, Dave! Don't just stand idly by – join me in agitating for a better, realer tomorrow.
(Also I stopped watching "The Amazing Race" like four years ago because, seriously?)
8:44 P.M. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Best Actress in a Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus celebrated her best comedy actress win, for "Veep," with a kiss from Bryan Cranston.Credit Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Excuse me, I have to GIF that JLD/Cranston kiss, sorry. Bye. Everyone deserves to be received by Bryan Cranston like that. Julia Louis-Dreyfus in particular, but all of us.
"Veep" approaching phenom velocity of late. JLD is a tremendous, frazzled gift.
If I remember "Superman II" correctly, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has now forgotten all the events of the past year.
8:41 P.M. How's Seth Meyers Doing?
Seth Meyers is this year's Emmy Awards host, following on Neil Patrick Harris and Jimmy Kimmel the previous two years, and Jane Lynch the year before that. How do you think he's doing? Tweet your thoughts about his opening monologue and his jokes using the hashtag #NYTEmmys. We'll collect your views and share them later on the blog.
— Michael Roston
8:36 P.M. Jim Parsons Is Best Actor in a Comedy
Cranston will definitely win first prize at the Walt Disney lookalike contest he's attending afterwards.
Need that Louis CK GIF, stat, Dave.
Well, good for that gentle, soft-spoken, wealthy, wealthy, wealthy man, I suppose.
Parsons out here apologizing for his show.
Very touching bit of thanks to his late father, though.
Yes! But! That was a very self-aware speech, aimed at detractors not supporters. History will absolve Jim Parsons, if not his show.
8:34 P.M. Billy and Seth on the Street
Love me some Billy Eichner, but Seth is riding some coattails here.
Billy Eichner is the real host.
Seth is smiling graciously. Best to stand back and let Hurricane Billy do his thing.
At least Tatiana Maslany gets her name dropped.
8:28 P.M. Gail Mancuso Is Best Comedy Director
Here's an actual act of comedy — Gail Mancuso addressing her victory speech for best direction in a comedy series to Matthew McConaughey, both because it's light erotic comedy and so that she doesn't cry. Camila Alves might cut her backstage, though.
8:14 P.M. Slide Show: On the Emmy Red Carpet
From left, Taylor Schilling in Rauwolf; Amy Poehler in Theia; Kiernan Shipka in Antonio Berardi; and Hayden Panettiere in Lorena Sarbu.Credit From left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images (2); Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Jason Merritt/Getty Images
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8:20 P.M. Allison Janney Is Best Supporting Actress, Comedy
Jimmy Kimmel doing a great job of demonstrating why Seth Meyers will live out his years at 12:30.
It did what it was meant to do. Allison Janney a two-time winner in two weeks (she won last weekend for a guest role on "Masters of Sex," too).
Sixth Emmy of her career, I believe.
At least some people watched "Mom!" Or just gave her a pass for all those years on "The West Wing."
It's the show with fewer nude scenes.
But "Mom" is sort of a fascinatingly flawed show — took several episodes to hit a stride, and even then, not really, but from a subject matter perspective, was unusually raw for CBS.
Forget it, Jon. It's Chuck Lorre town.
#teamgalecki over there, huh?
8:17 P.M. Louis CK Wins Comedy Writing Award
Missed opportunity to have Allison Williams fly onto the stage. (She can do that in real life you know.) And here. Come. The. Thinkpieces.
This is the Miley moment of the 2014 Emmys.
8:10 P.M. Ty Burrell Is Best Comedy Supporting Actor
I will say I got genuinely psyched out when Seth Meyers introduced "Beyoncé." Not quite so surprised that the first award of the night goes to "Modern Family."
All that voiceover-spokesperson work is really paying off for Ty Burrell. Would always love to see Andre Braugher win but I'm not convinced what he does on that show counts as comedy. It's more like site-specific performance art.
This is looking like a promising night for adults who talk like "The Internet."
What does Tony Hale talk like? The CB radio?
8:00 P.M. Seth Meyers Kicks Off the Show
A "Mad Men" spoiler before the curtain has even gone up. And an appearance by "Masters of Sex's" Ulysses. Bodes well.
Man, the 1986 Emmys are getting off to a bracing start.
"This year we're doing the show on a Monday night in August, which, if I understand television, means the Emmys are about to be canceled." This is the Seth Meyers I came for. No big production number (as of yet), just right into Meyers's monologue. Very ESPYs.
Except that the ESPYs are funny. This is great humor for fans of mid-2000s CBS.
"That's right, kids, Jesse Pinkman lived, Dexter lived, 'Your Mother' didn't make it. Sleep tight."
O.K., O.K. a very sharp Jim Parsons joke; some is forgiven.
Send your complaints about spoilers to Seth Meyers ℅ 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Seth thinks he's hosting the annual Broadcasting & Cable exec roast.
I like the subtle snark. Not missing the padded-out song-and-dance routines. But give me something to meme already.
7:54 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Kerry Washington
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7:28 P.M. Here Come the Emmys
Jon, I can't believe you're here after last night's marathon MTV Video Music Awards. You have the endurance of a young Adam Levine.
Adam Levine's not young? All that vampirism really is a blessing, huh?
While I don't expect a moment tonight on the order of Blue Ivy's "Good job, Mommy," I am provisionally excited for these Emmy Awards. It's a Seth Meyers, "True Detective," "Orange Is the New Black" kind of night. That's enough to look forward to.
I enjoy maybe 1.5 of those 3 things, so maybe I will be having less fun than you tonight. I will try to keep spirits high, though.
Any competitions you're looking forward to? Are you counting the minutes until the epic McConaughey/Harrelson/Cranston/Spacey bro-down?
I suppose I am looking forward to people freaking out if and when "The Big Bang Theory" beats "Louie."
You are a cynic in the classic Greek sense. Perhaps a Julia Louis-Dreyfus or Amy Poehler victory will turn that frown upside down.
#teamjoshcharles. If Nic Pizzolatto wins, will his acceptance speech just be a list of footnotes and attributions?
It would be pretty rad if they just announced the #TrueDetectiveSeason2 cast from the Emmys stage. And it's Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
Dave, you are excited about Seth Meyers, yes?
I am!
I'm so sorry. He just said on the red carpet not to expect jabs at individual shows or actors, only thematic comedy about, you know, the state of television. He's a card, that guy.
Oh, well maybe he was doing it in the guise of one of his many SNL characters.
7:02 P.M. Emmys vs. Video Music Awards: Readers Respond
With the Primetime Emmys and MTV Video Music Awards broadcast on successive nights this year, we asked readers to tell us which show they think is more important. Do the MTV awards, now in their 31st year, distill what's big in popular culture? Or do the Emmys better define the entertainment that we consume by crowning the best of what some say is a new golden age of television?
Several Times readers responding came down on the side of the Emmys.
One reader captured the fleeting nature of youth in describing why she thinks the Emmys are more culturally relevant:
. #NYTEmmys, I'm 50 with many friends 27-29yo. The younguns think they've aged out of the #VMA2014.
— diana biederman (@dianauws) 25 Aug 14
And other readers were more stark about how age factors into the way they see the MTV awards:
Millennial trash vs Gen X class? I'll take the Emmys #NYTEmmys The only thing I see coming out of the VMAs is the fall of our empire.
— Pete the Cat (@PeteTheCat) 25 Aug 14
Favorite TV shows were also cited as reasons that the Emmys were more important:
Answer: Battleship on FX. RT @nytimesarts: Which matters more: The Emmy Awards or the VMAs? Tell us with #NYTEmmys http://t.co/xO85WuqupX
— Michael Martinez (@MikeMartinezDC) 25 Aug 14
But the age factor also came up as a reason both the Video Music and Emmy Awards offer up useful cultural signposts:
#nytemmys vma young emmy old! both relevant
— igwos (@igwos_) 25 Aug 14
Then again, some Twitter users thought we were asking the wrong question:
Or which matters less "@nytimesarts: Which matters more: The Emmy Awards or the VMAs? Tell us with #NYTEmmys http://t.co/7oJkhAgV1f"
— Cathleen Carr (@Cathleen_Carr) 25 Aug 14
@nytimesarts #NYTEmmys yawn. VMA yawn. Reading a good book or playing with the kids is a better way to spend your precious time.
— MEGumerson (@Farmagedddon) 25 Aug 14
Do you disagree? Keep the discussion going using the hashtag #NYTEmmys.
— Michael Roston
7:00 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Todd Spiewak and Jim Parsons
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6:58 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Taylor Schilling
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6:55 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Laverne Cox
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6:53 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Peter Dinklage
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6:49 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Alexi Ashe and Seth Meyers
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6:48 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Lena Dunham
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6:46 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Hayden Panettiere
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6:45 P.M. On the Red Carpet: Christina Hendricks
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5:21 P.M. Ginger Beard Detailing, People With Field in Names
A brief survey of how various television stars are preparing for the Emmy Awards:
Beauties getting ready to hit the road on the way to the red carpet! #OITNB #Emmys http://t.co/6X2mI3yYLJ
— Orange Is the New… (@OITNB) 25 Aug 14
Instead of prepping for #Emmys I'm prepping for bed in Romania. #BeingBenFranklin Best o luck to @BreakingBad_AMC miss you dearly
— dean norris (@deanjnorris) 25 Aug 14
At fancy party with fancy people @nathanfielder @iamgreenfield #Emmys2014 #peoplewithfieldinname http://t.co/FSpBC19C9n
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) 25 Aug 14
If Silicon Valley loses, you'll see me tweet a very sincere seeming congrats to the winning show. Don't believe me. I won't mean it. #Emmys
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) 25 Aug 14
Just used some fake tan that I got free in a goody bag. It successfully turned the grey bits of my beard ginger. Perfect. #Emmys2014
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) 23 Aug 14
4:27 P.M. Which Matters More? The VMAs or the Emmys?
Which awards show is more culturally relevant in 2014? The Primetime Emmy Awards or the MTV Video Music Awards? We'd like to hear the opinions of Times readers. You can share yours with us using the hashtag #NYTEmmys on Twitter, or write them in the comments here.
Quirks of the calendar put the VMAs and the Emmys on back-to-back nights this year. While there may be some overlaps in audience, the two awards shows celebrate two very distinct forms of entertainment. And so we invite readers to debate this question based on articles written in the past day by Emily Steel, a Times media reporter, and Jon Caramanica, a music critic.
In her preview of tonight's Emmys broadcast, Ms. Steel describes how the Emmys, once a celebration of an entertainment industry backwater, have gained luster. She writes that "as traditional and digital networks ramp up their original productions and attract some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, the Emmys are soaring to new levels of artistic — and for some networks, financial — importance."
In his review of last night's VMAs, Mr. Caramanica examined the show in its 31st year and MTV's diminished role in spreading popular culture. He writes that the VMAs were "dominated by a class of relative newborns who, just a year ago, were barely famous enough to be in the building to watch Miley Cyrus scandalize a nation."
What do you think? Do the VMAs continue to serve as a vanguard in popular culture? Or are the shows, performers and producers of the television programs celebrated at the Emmys more relevant to what entertains us as a culture today? Share your opinions on Twitter and we'll gather some of your perspectives here on the blog ahead of the Emmys broadcast tonight.
— Michael Roston
3:35 P.M. Forget the Academy; Here Are Your Picks
"Bob's Burgers" on Fox won the Emmy for best animated program. It was a favorite among Times readers, as well.Credit Fox
Observers have been known to complain that the Emmys recycle the same nominees year after year, making room for only a few newbies at a time. So in advance of tonight's ceremony on NBC, we asked you to tell us who you would have nominated, TV Academy rules and industry pets be damned. Some agreed with the official list of contenders, but many others put forward completely different suggestions. And while we didn't bring in PricewaterhouseCoopers to tabulate anything, there was a clear reader favorite: "Bob's Burgers" on Fox.
A few Emmy Awards were handed out on Aug. 16, and "Bob's Burgers" did actually win for best animated program, just as our readers called it:
"Bob's Burgers" should win this award in a landslide vote.
— Mitchell, Haddon Heights, N.J.
Hands down, "Bob's Burgers" (or anything with Kristen Schaal), followed closely by "Futurama." "South Park" has to be in there somewhere, because it sometimes operates on an entirely different plane. It is often so funny that laughter seems to be an inadequate response.
— gemli, Boston
But one voter went even further, nominating it for best comedy:
In an ideal world, "Bob's Burgers" or "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." In real life, "Silicon Valley." (But honestly, I'd take ANYTHING over "Big Bang Theory" or "Modern Family.")
— Lizbeth, N.Y.
Speaking of best comedy, shows that weren't really eligible like "Inside Amy Schumer" and "Key and Peele" (technically considered variety shows) received shout-outs, as did a few cult favorites and at least one not-at-all eligible show:
Why no mention of "Episodes?" I still don't get "Modern Family" or "Big Bang Theory." I don't give them any nomination.
— Uniack, Woodside, NYI've been watching "Silicon Valley," which I enjoy but don't really understand. Just shows that when something's funny, it's funny.
— Emily Emirac, New York City"The Mindy Project." Period.
— Rick L., NYCOf those that were nominated, I'd have to go with "Louie" as well. But, for what makes me laugh at least once daily, it's still "Seinfeld."
— Alan Chaprack, New York, NY
Matt LeBlanc, left, and Stephen Mangan in "Episodes" on Showtime.Credit Des Willie/Showtime
As for comedy performers, readers would have given Matt LeBlanc, the "Episodes" star, some love, and one wondered why a different "Big Bang Theory" star wasn't nominated:
I was very happy to see Jim Parsons win the first time, but since then I don't see that he has actually done much more with the character. That's not really a criticism of him, but I don't see the point of repeatedly rewarding someone for giving the same performance. It's also a shame that his co-star Johnny Galecki doesn't get some recognition.
— Jim, Boston
For lead actress in a comedy, Mindy Kaling of "The Mindy Project" was mentioned, but most readers preferred the TV Academy's contenders, including Taylor Schilling of "Orange Is the New Black" and especially Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who is nominated for "Veep":
She is the smartest, funniest actress working in television today. She carries her show like no other actress in her category. The bathroom scene in the final episode of this past season between her character, Selena, and Tony Hale, as Gary, was so brilliant, and had me in tears — I was laughing so hard.
— Ken L., New Jersey
On the drama side of the ledger, "The Killing," "The Good Wife," "Fargo" and "The Americans" each had their partisans. Surprisingly, "Game of Thrones" and "Downton Abbey" did not have a lot of defenders. So, at least among readers, the race comes down to two favorites. We'll let the readers make their cases:
"TRUE DETECTIVE"! "TRUE DETECTIVE"! "TRUE DETECTIVE"!
— Regular Meg, PAIf there were kind justice for this year's Emmys, every individual involved with the final episodes of "Breaking Bad" — in front of and behind the camera — would receive an Emmy. All other eligible categories would be temporarily changed to Best ___________ Not in "Breaking Bad."
— JR, Chicago, IL
Among drama actresses, several names were mentioned, including the nominated Julianna Margulies of "The Good Wife" and the snubbed Keri Russell of "The Americans." Several argued in favor of the overlooked Mireille Enos of "The Killing":
Ms. Enos is as good as anyone working today in films and TV. I will miss her (and Joel Kinnaman) as the most compelling cop partners that I can recall and I am 64.
— David Izzo, Durham, NC
And Lizzy Caplan, who is up for "Masters of Sex" tonight, had her partisans:
She is the force around which all else and everyone else in "Masters of Sex" revolves.
— Momus, Out west
Tatiana Maslany, center, in "Orphan Black" on BBC America.Credit Steve Wilkie/BBC AMERICA, via Associated Press
But one name ruled them all:
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black," BBC America — six nominations? For each character she plays.
— Rolf Rykken, Washington, D.C.Is there no degree of difficulty in acting, like Olympic diving or skating? Tatiana Maslany plays many different characters who are identical genetically and tints each one with the colors of different nurturing. Not hard enough? She then plays one of those character imitating another of those characters and creates a third character in between the two.
— William, Werick
Finally, for lead actor in a drama, a few readers spoke up in favor of three nominees — Jon Hamm of "Mad Men," Woody Harrelson of "True Detective" and Jeff Daniels of "The Newsroom." Many hearts and minds were with these overlooked stars:
Matthew Rhys in "The Americans" would get my vote without a doubt. Great show, great acting. But like "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights," it's been ignored. You're in good company, show!
— Lainie, Lost HighwayOh — there's just something about shamblin' Joel Kinnaman in "The Killing." What a delight. He would get my vote hands down.
— TL, NYC
But the overwhelming sentiment was with a not-exactly-overlooked actor, Peter Dinklage of "Game of Thrones." He is up for best supporting actor, which is the wrong category if you ask our readers:
Wow was Peter Dinklage really not nominated for best actor? What a joke.
— Donald Quixote, NY, NY
Peter Dinklage. Nomination or not (and he certainly IS the heart of "Game of Thrones"), I give him my own personal Emmy.
— sashakl, NYC
— Stephanie Goodman
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