There have been episodes which the family were self-aware of being 'Family Guy'. This kind of takes it to a whole new level. I did chuckle a few times but there have been far more funnier episodes than this.
Oddly enough they seem to take a job not only at Hollywood and the Emmy's but also their liberal portrayals. It was odd seeing Seth MacFarlane, a renounced liberal Hollywood snob as they come, take a jabat an even larger establishment he apparently isn't apart of. I'm notknocking it down for that however. It mostly has to do with the factthat I feel like in a much larger sense the show and its creations havebecome too involved and self-aware of their actions ... when in thebeginning it was the opposite.
The jokes were a hit and miss. Sometimes they seemed to do things for the shock value, as they always do, but rarely do they try anything truly intelligent or witty. One of the earliest jokes in this episode revolves around the gag of everybody throwing up. And the breaking part of the episode just has Peter on a computer researching Emmy winners. Too many celebrity cameos that appeared for no real reason. Family Guy knows they won't win an Emmy ... but they had to remind everybody when they shouldn't.