The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007) (TV)

Director:

Bruce Gowers

Writers:

Chad Damiani (writer)
Ken Ehrlich (writer)

Release Date:

16 September 2007 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | Number In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ryan Seacrest	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christina Aguilera	...	Herself
John Amos	...	Himself
Anthony Anderson	...	Himself
Patricia Arquette	...	Herself
Edward Asner	...	Himself
Alec Baldwin	...	Himself
Kristen Bell	...	Herself
Tony Bennett	...	Himself
Lorraine Bracco	...	Herself
Wayne Brady	...	Himself
LeVar Burton	...	Himself
Steve Carell	...	Himself - Presenter
Leslie Caron	...	Herself
Kyle Chandler	...	Himself - Presenter
Thomas Haden Church	...	Himself
Glenn Close	...	Herself
Kevin Connolly	...	Himself - Presenter
Marcia Cross	...	Herself
Jon Cryer	...	Himself
Frank Deasy	...	Himself
Patrick Dempsey	...	Himself
Kevin Dillon	...	Himself - Presenter
Robert Duvall	...	Himself
Michael Emerson	...	Himself
Edie Falco	...	Herself
Jerry Ferrara	...	Himself - Presenter
America Ferrera	...	Herself
Tina Fey	...	Herself
Sally Field	...	Herself
James Gandolfini	...	Himself
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Himself
Kelsey Grammer	...	Himself - Presenter
Adrian Grenier	...	Himself - Presenter
Rachel Griffiths	...	Herself
Taylor Hackford	...	Himself
Mariska Hargitay	...	Herself
Teri Hatcher	...	Herself
Patricia Heaton	...	Herself - Presenter
Katherine Heigl	...	Herself - Presenter
Felicity Huffman	...	Herself
Michael Imperioli	...	Himself
David E. Kelley	...	Himself
T.R. Knight	...	Himself
Queen Latifah	...	Herself
Hugh Laurie	...	Himself
Denis Leary	...	Himself
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Herself
William H. Macy	...	Himself
Joe Mantegna	...	Himself
Rob Marshall	...	Himself
Vincent Martella	...	Himself
Philip Martin	...	Himself
Debra Messing	...	Herself
Helen Mirren	...	Herself
B.J. Novak	...	Himself
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself
Sandra Oh	...	Herself
Masi Oka	...	Himself
Terry O'Quinn	...	Himself
Hayden Panettiere	...	Herself
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Herself
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Herself
Jeremy Piven	...	Himself - Presenter
Jaime Pressly	...	Herself
Ray Romano	...	Himself - Presenter
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Herself
William Shatner	...	Himself
Charlie Sheen	...	Himself
Richard Shepard	...	Himself
Jimmy Smits	...	Himself - Presenter
James Spader	...	Himself
Kevin Alexander Stea
Jon Stewart	...	Himself
Elaine Stritch	...	Herself
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Himself - Presenter
Alan Taylor	...	Himself
Stanley Tucci	...	Himself
Cicely Tyson	...	Herself
Leslie Uggams	...	Herself
Ben Vereen	...	Himself
Kate Walsh	...	Herself - Presenter
Kanye West	...	Himself
Vanessa Williams	...	Herself
Chandra Wilson	...	Herself
Rainn Wilson	...	Himself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Shrine Auditorium - 665 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

AEG Ehrlich Ventures

Trivia:

Winners 'Judy Davis' and Ricky Gervais were not present at the ceremony.

Movie Connections:

Features The Ron Clark Story (2006) (TV)

Stop with the countdown and music!

For years now, award shows have been ruined because the Winners are no longer allowed to give a proper acceptance speech. Soon as they get to the podium, they're faced with a countdown and if they don't finish before the time runs out, music plays. This is absolutely ridiculous, as I've said before. An award show should be about the Winners. Their acceptance speeches should be the focal point of the show. People who produce these shows have obviously lost sight of this fact over the years, unfortunately.

Last night's Emmy broadcast was worthless, plain and simple. Only 2 of the Winners managed to 'beat the clock' and the dreaded follow-up music with any amount of grace: Helen Mirren brilliantly sabotaged the process by making fun of it, and James Spader made jokes the whole time and when the music started, he said "Thank you" and got off.

Sally Field did not do as well. She was trying to say what was on her mind and got flustered when the stupid music began playing, so flustered that she forgot what she wanted to say. She got her train of thought back and then got bleeped because she used the "g" word. Very frustrating, for her and for everyone watching the show, I would imagine. I was frustrated for her.

They had time, however, for all sorts of lame-o musical numbers, attempted comedy repartee (the worst being the exchange between Colbert and Stewart - I think it was them, anyway - my eyes were glazing over by that point) - everything except the actual Winners accepting their actual awards. Enough already! Return these shows to the way they used to be, when the person winning could actually have a few minutes of glory up there, without the unnecessary pressure of a countdown clock and music.

Or if they're going to keep this obscene practice going, here's my suggestion for the upcoming Oscar presentation: have Gordon Ramsey stand in front of each Winner and deride him or her the entire time, as in, "Get off, you donkey! You've had your bloody time! You're worthless! Get off! GET THE #@$! OFF!!"

I realize that the reason this practice started in the first place was because, in the past, some people made acceptance speeches that were considered too long. I think these people are in the minority, however; I believe most professionals have an innate sense of how much time is appropriate when they're in front of a live audience making an acceptance speech. This is another classic example of how the powers-that-be are catering to the lowest possible denominator, to the detriment of everyone else who's either watching the show or actually there, attempting to gracefully accept their awards.