Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I don't really follow all of the awards shows much, but I am very happy that my two favorite shows won a bunch of Emmys. Both of the main leads of the amazing "Breaking Bad" took home awards, both well deserved. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul create stellar performances week after week. Both men play characters that do stupid illegal things, are incredibly flawed and yet... you still want them to be okay. That's no easy feat, and season after season, they seem to just keep getting better. If you don't watch this show, you're missing the best show on television. "Mad Men" also won again. This show is another that just seems to improve year after year, the characters become more layered and complex, and the attention to detail in setting the time period is amazing.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I'm ticked Treme from HBO didn't receive any nominations. I boycotted the Emmys. LOL
Originally Posted By Ursula I love George Clooney and thought it was REALLY cool that he got an award named after someone he actually knew. I hope he has inspired someone to be able to pick up after the cameras leave a disaster. I fear this will happen in regards to the Gulf oil disaster. I also didn't get the opening and felt dumb chills all around my person. I guess I wouldn't like Glee...
Originally Posted By Labuda Personally, I'm thrilled that my college buddy Jim won for best actor in a comedy series. GO COUGS! hehe
Originally Posted By DAR Modern Family won for best comedy and that was the correct answer. Not to say Glee isn't a great and fun show but it's not as funny as Modern Family.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Personally, I'm thrilled that my college buddy Jim won for best actor in a comedy series. GO COUGS! hehe >> Ann knows Jim Parsons? I'm uber-impressed! Jim has created one of the best comedic characters for years - Sheldon Cooper is hysterical. It took awhile for it to grow on me but Big Bang Theory is the most consistently funny traditional sitcom for me since Frasier. I just got Season 1 on DVD and from the pilot it is excellent. I'm amazed that anything from the vile Chuck Lorre could be good - his Two and a Half Men is the same regurgitated sex comedy every week - I don't get the appeal but then I rarely "get" any of CBS's programming. I can only guess that former Muppets writer and BBT co-creator Bill Prady is the real muscle behind the show. I really like all of ABC's comedy block - Modern Family is exceptionally well-written and acted, I like Cougar Town (but then I'm a huge Bill Lawrence fan from Spin City and my beloved Scrubs) and I've just seen a few episodes of The Middle and it seems a good show too. And I'm another one that can't grasp the success of Glee. I've tried to give the show a go on numerous occasions but it just doesn't work for me on any level...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I liked a couple of episodes of Glee (especially Jane Lynch), but it just got too arch for me after a while. Big Bang Theory is the one that (like Glee for leemac) I've tried to enjoy because other people like it, and just never warmed to. I laughed sometimes, but... do all CBS sitcoms use the same laugh track? It really started to wear on me. Seriously, I think it prevented me from enjoying it more. I'm with 2oony on Breaking Bad. I like it even better than Mad Men, and so glad to see Aaron Paul get some recognition. Can't fault giving it to Cranston again, though I was kinda rooting for Michael C. Hall from Dexter, which is another really good (and really dark) show. Talk about someone who does terrible things that you still inexplicably end up rooting for! We don't even get Showtime, but you can netflix them, and I recommend it. Start with season I and just keep going.
Originally Posted By DAR I've got season 2 of Breaking Bad to watch at home, maybe one day I'll sit down and knock it out. First season was great. Dexter I'm behind on too. I've only seen seasons 1 and 2.
Originally Posted By Labuda "Ann knows Jim Parsons? I'm uber-impressed! Jim has created one of the best comedic characters for years - Sheldon Cooper is hysterical." Wow... so are you also impressed that I've worked with Edward Albee? Ellen Burstyn? Frank Wildhorn? Linda Eder? I didn't know any of them as well as I do Jim, but knowing Jim is just a happy accident of us having both been theatre majors at UH.
