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Why would anyone be interested in a TV season that ended so long ago due to the strike? The TV industry has noone to blame but themselves. Without our favorite tv shows we rediscovered other activities, whether outdoors or Netflixing missed classic TV series (I'm currently watching Buffy). We'll see if the ratings for the fall season show a permanent dropoff across the board.

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Well, yeah. The awards were mostly given to little watched overly pretentious cable shows. Why do you really expect mass audiences to respond to an awards ceremony for shows they haven't watched? Similar problem to the Oscars.

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I was disappointed in the writing for the show - the worse I've ever seen. It seemed rude and sexist. I thought the funniest part was Steve Carrell's bit from the audience. I actually felt sorry for Heidi up there. The pool of nominees were all from the same shows, mostly cable. Give us something to see if you want us to watch.

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I loved all the shows and nominees (sans John Adams, I just couldn't get into it, even being a history buff). I've also watched shows where I couldn't stand the nominees, but the show was still great. The horrific hosts ruined the show.

Reality hosts really do nothing. Not on the shows they host, nor the Emmys, when put up to the task. In a way I feel vindicated that I don't watch them. However, not if the price is that people blame the shitty ratings on the shows that were nominated. Its just not true.

That the awful hosts babbled so much they had to cut celeb's "bits" could have been enough in itself to ruin the presentation. We'll never know, because bad hosting left them undone. The Gervais/Carrell bit was great; what if they had all been that well conceived, and we just didn't get to see them because the hosts sucked?

Next year, I vote Ellen D. as the hostest with the mostest.

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I loved all the shows and nominees (sans John Adams, I just couldn't get into it, even being a history buff). I've also watched shows where I couldn't stand the nominees, but the show was still great. The horrific hosts ruined the show.

Reality hosts really do nothing. Not on the shows they host, nor the Emmys, when put up to the task. In a way I feel vindicated that I don't watch them. However, not if the price is that people blame the shitty ratings on the shows that were nominated. Its just not true.

That the awful hosts babbled so much they had to cut celeb's "bits" could have been enough in itself to ruin the presentation. We'll never know, because bad hosting left them undone. The Gervais/Carrell bit was great; what if they had all been that well conceived, and we just didn't get to see them because the hosts sucked?

Next year, I vote Ellen D. as the hostest with the mostest.

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I get enough of celebrity blowhards spewing their unwanted political views throughout the year. I don't need to set aside time to consciously listen to it.

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My thoughts ...

1. I missed the opening with the reality hosts (thankfully), but what turned me off the most was the constant political posturing by the winners. The only time it seemed appropriate was when Martin Sheen encouraged people to vote -- in a non-biased way.

2. Speaking of the reality hosts ... why do they give an award to them? The judges are the best reason to watch those shows -- not the hosts, e.g. Simon Cowell deserves a nomination more than Ryan Seacrest.

3. Ryan (post No. 2) can go suck an egg. This is the first year I can think of when the awards were totally warranted, across the board. 30 Rock, Mad Men, Damages and Breaking Bad were the best shows on TV last year. (The most questionable award was Jean Smart's.)

4. Deb (post No. 5) is right on the money. Another example of sexism was Craig Feguson's bit with Brooke Shields. I'm a big fan of Craig's, but that bit made me uncomfortable.

Generally speaking, the award shows are over-written. Just give us the red carpet, the awards, some good acceptance speeches -- and cut all the awkward banter.

That's my two cents ...

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I think it is great that the quality cable shows are being recognized. That shouldn't keep people away from the broadcast. It is the networks that have those god-awful reality hosts. Who didn't know that was going to suck?

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While the Emmy show was awful - the scripted parts at least - and no one seems to have thought about how to write the damned thing so that they don't end up cutting more and more as the show goes on, you don't think that the fact that the show was up against football on NBC and the last game (maybe) at Yankee Stadium might have been serious competition.

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who really wants to watch, or more importantly listen to a bunch of ramblings by so called "stars" bad mouth this country and the people that truly care so much about it. These people are not stars they never will be anything like the true stars of "yesterday". John stewart, corbin, and so many more, are a pathetic bunch. And you wonder why the ratings are dropping like the apple on New yrs eve??? look in the mirror ABC, you have created your own down fall. The silent majority is sick of the left wing deadbeats beating up our country. On the same vain these so called democrats would have been shot 25-30 years ago... they are traitors and are enabling our enemies!! A sad state !

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