First some context. Sunday night the Emmys scooped up 12.4 million viewers. This was a broadcast network telecast, not cable. On cable, however, the season premiere of “Jersey Shore” managed to snag nearly 9 million viewers. That’s telling. Moreover, 21 million watched the Emmys in 2000 and the slide since has been a steep one.

What did Hollywood expect. They chose as their host Jane Lynch, the undeniably talented star of “Glee,” a show that is only a pop culture phenomenon because pop culture writers who agree with its politics say so (9 to 11 million viewers is not a phenom). Furthermore, “Glee” is a highly partisan enterprise that gleefully (see what I did there?) and regularly goes out of its way to insult the large majority of Americans who are not liberal. This large majority of Americans is also known as — wait for it, wait for it — The Customers.

Detroit Free Press:

It wasn’t the worst ratings performance in Emmys history, but Fox’s broadcast Sunday of the “63rd Primetime Emmy Awards” was down about 8% from 2010.

According to preliminary figures released Monday from Nielsen, 12.4 million viewers tuned in to the show, hosted by “Glee” star Jane Lynch.

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Associated Press:

 The Emmys keep buying what “Mad Men” is selling. The 1960s Madison Avenue saga won its fourth consecutive best drama series award Sunday, while big-hearted romp “Modern Family” claimed its second best comedy trophy.

“Modern Family” producer Steve Levitan, whose picture of the American family today includes gay couples and interracial families, told of being approached during shooting by a real-life gay couple who wanted to say thanks.

“They said, `You’re not just making people laugh, you’re making them more tolerant,’” said Levitan, whose show received a total of five awards.

While “Mad Men” gained the top comedy award, it couldn’t pull honors for stars Jon Hamm or Elisabeth Moss.

Kyle Chandler was the surprise winner in the best drama actor category for the last season of Texas football drama “Friday Night Lights,” blocking odds-on favorites among his fellow nominees, including Hamm.

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According to the LA Times, since the creation of the reality award category at the Emmys, one program has dominated the past seven years. However, this year, perennial winner “The Amazing Race,” ended its winning streak losing to “Top Chef.” That surprise was one of many at the unexpectedly non-political 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Hosted by late night’s Jimmy Fallon, the award show celebrated the best of television. As always, the Emmys had its share of expected victors, including “Mad Men’s” third consecutive win for best drama and Jane Lynch’s victory as outstanding supporting actress in a comedy. Many predicted a tight race for best comedy between “Glee” and “Modern Family,” with “Family” unsurprisingly prevailing in that category. Also, Bryan Cranston went home with his third consecutive win for “Breaking Bad” and Edie Falco won for best actress in a comedy for her role on “Nurse Jackie.” Despite these predicted winners and perennial victors, there were still some noteworthy surprises.

The most interesting upsets came in the acting categories as several new or previously overlooked performers went home winners. For instance, the best supporting actor and actress in a drama. Against tough competition, including her colleague Christine Baranski from “The Good Wife,” Archie Panjabi won for best supporting actress, and best supporting actor went to “Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul. In another surprise and after multiple nominations, Kyra Sedgwick won her first Emmy for best actress in a drama beating Glenn Close, who has won for the past two years for her work on “Damages.”   (more…)

WARNING: ‘FLORA & FAWNA’ IS CRUDE (and this is even cruder than the last one)

Striving to outdo a rival celebutard at the 2010 Slammy Awards, Flora and Fawna debut a radical new eco-trend: The Booty Blast Blocker which traps CO2 emissions of a decidedly personal kind.  But the ass-blast trapping trend backfires in ways the girls may never be able to live down.

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I am no fan of awards shows. To me, it is one of the strongest proofs of the weakness of our society that the endeavor to which we give the most prominent and glamorous honors is that of movie and television “acting” (or, to paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, “Saying what someone else told you to say”).

I also abhor false or frivolous claims of racism. Of course, according to the media, the end of this scourge was supposed to be of the many dividends of making Barack Obama President, but those of us on the right certainly know this has so far turned out to be one of many lies we were told during the 2008 campaign.  (more…)