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Emmy Awards 2010: Live Blog

By Jeralyn

Update: 7:33 pm: The first upset: Kyra Sedgwick (Closer) beats Julianna Margulies for Best Actress in a drama. Another good skit: the "Year in Variety" with musical acts, Colbert, and Conan. Jimmy's energy is holding.

Update: 7:04 pm: Hooray! Aaron Paul, the nominee I was rooting for the most tonight, just won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Breaking Bad. He was incredible this season as was the show. And Bryan Cranston just won again for best lead actor for the show. I'm so glad to see this show get its due.

Another great call: Archie Punjabe for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for The Good Wife. This bodes well for Julianna Margulies. The Good Wife started weak, but ended up being a really strong show.

Update: 6:47 pm: Glad to see Edie Falco win for Nurse Jackie, although Season 1 was better than Season 2. She is very good. I also liked the reality skit, especially Snooki taking Obama to task for the tanning tax. Top Chef wins. What's with all the Oprah commercials with her shrieking? Does she really do that on her show? [More...]

Update: 6:06pm: Opening number with Jimmy playing the Boss on Born to Run a la Glee was great. Tina Fey was also terrific. I'm not as crazy about his slow number, although the jab at NBC for Conan was good. (I'm only going to update highlights and some winners.)

Original Post: 6pm MT

The 2010 Emmy Awards show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, are about to begin. No tape delay, so don't worry about spoilers.

I'm rooting for Breaking Bad which was my favorite show this year -- especially Aaron Paul who is up for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.

Here are the winners in the major categories: (The full 43 page list of nominees is here.)

Drama Series
* Breaking Bad
* Dexter
* The Good Wife
* Lost
* Mad Men
* True Blood

Comedy Series
* 30 Rock
* Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Glee
* Modern Family
* Nurse Jackie
* The Office

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
* Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
* Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
* Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
* Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
* Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
* Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
* Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
* Jane Lynch, Glee

Reality Competition Series
* Top Chef

I hope Jimmy Fallon does well. It's long past time to breathe some new life into these award shows.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 29, 2010 (boomark / email).