Emmys!

The big news, of course, is that the Academy followed Katherine Heigl’s instructions and didn’t nominate her. Not a lot of surprises; Mad Men’s multiple nominations (including best drama) are a bit surprising to me, not because I think it doesn’t deserve them (it does), but because I didn’t think the Academy would go for what is still a relatively obscure show — beloved by critics, admired within the industry, but still not much watched. Maybe the period setting helped it; the younger Academy members vote for it because it’s the big new thing, while the older members vote for it because they remember that era. And Boston Legal. God, Boston Legal. I actually like that show, still, but the Emmy voters’ love affair with that show is more inexplicable than the way Star Trek guest babes used to throw themselves at Denny Crane.... [read full story]