About twenty seconds into last night's 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC, I was dreading that it was going to be a long night. Twenty seconds later, I was on the edge of my seat laughing. And so I remained for the rest of the hilarious and energetic opening number, which seemed to validate what I've said for years...

2010

Aug

ASSESSING THE EMMY TELECAST... AND THE NON-DELAYED EMMY WEBCAST By Ed Bark

Jimmy Fallon proved to be an OK -- but not A-OK -- host of Sunday night's 62nd annual Emmys ceremony, which pitted the traditional NBC telecast against a companion live backstage webcast on nbc.com and other outlets. Neither presentation held up for the entire night. Nor did the Big Four broadcast networks, which this time were beaten in the overall hardware haul not only by HBO, but by AMC...

2010

Aug

JIMMY FALLON PUMPS UP AN EXCEPTIONAL EMMY TELECAST By Ed Martin

What got into the Emmy Awards this year? The three-hour telecast was actually fast-moving and entertaining! In terms of award-giving there wasn't a misfire all night. Even the host exceeded all expectations, pumping the show full of infectious energy right from the top and keeping at it throughout...

2010

Aug

THE BIGGEST WINNER AT THE EMMYS? HBO'S "TEMPLE GRANDIN" -- AND DESERVEDLY SO By David Bianculli

The wealth was spread among many deserving Emmy winners in Monday's prime-time NBC telecast. Modern Family, Glee, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Dexter got more than one award. But by far the biggest winner, with five awards in all, was HBO's Temple Grandin. And deservedly so: When it premiered, I praised it as the best telemovie in years...

2010

Aug

AND THE EMMY GOES TO... WELL, FOR NOW, WE'RE JUST GUESSING -- AND SO CAN YOU By David Bianculli

The 62nd Annual Prime-Time Emmy Awards, with host Jimmy Fallon, will be televised on NBC Sunday night at 8 ET. Until then, it's anybody's guess who will win in the major categories -- so we here at TV WORTH WATCHING thought it would be fun to have anybody guess. We'll start with some of our correspondents, who are fighting for bragging rights. Then we'll open it up to you, for your OWN bragging rights, plus some tacky TV prize to be named later...

2010

Aug

PREDICTING THE EMMYS -- TAKE THREE By Ed Martin

Nothing sucks the excitement out of the Emmys faster than for the same show (or performer) to win year after year after year, but there's no getting past the fact that AMC's endlessly engaging period piece is among that handful of shows in the history of the medium that simply gets better with age...

2010

Aug

PREDICTING THE EMMYS -- TAKE ONE By P.J. Bednarski

Emmy night is now one of my favorites. It didn't used to be. Now, whatever I am doing is better than being at the Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Let me put it succinctly: Being at the show itself is a long night, especially with your bosses in proximity...

2010

Aug

PREDICTING THE EMMYS -- TAKE TWO By Mark Bianculli

"The Son Also Criticizes" takes a look at the 2010 Emmy Awards...

2010

Aug

DIGGING DEEP INTO THIS SITE, FOR ANOTHER OLD RAY RECCHI STORY... AND ONE OF MINE By David Bianculli

Yesterday's post, on why I love BBC America's The Choir and Fox's Glee, gave me the excuse to print a classic vintage column by my old friend and mentor, the late Ray Recchi, on the importance of music education in schools. And it reminded me -- hiding deep within this site is another of my favorite Recchi columns, on which he reviewed... me... and my one and only attempt at doing stand-up at a comedy club...

2010

Aug

WHY I WATCH BBC AMERICA'S "THE CHOIR" WITH GLEE -- AND ENJOY "GLEE" JUST AS MUCH By David Bianculli

Wednesday night BBC America presents the latest installment of The Choir, a fabulous show presenting optimistic choirmaster Gareth Malone (above) and his tireless efforts to introduce music, and music education, to British schools devoid of both. This Sunday, Fox's Glee is up for a bunch of Emmy awards, and I'm a sucker for both these shows...

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