I'm just so happy that Bryan ...
Question: I'm just so happy that
Bryan Cranston won the Emmy for best actor in a drama series. The category was loaded with deserving actors (Jon Hamm and Michael C. Hall are other personal favorites of mine), but it was such a nice surprise to see Cranston win.
Breaking Bad seems fairly under the radar, so I was glad to see it get such recognition, and makes me very excited for the next season. Similarly, it was great to see
Zeljko Ivanek win among actors with a decidedly higher profile. He created such a great character that it's unfortunate he likely won't be such a large part of the show next season. I must admit I'm pretty happy with the overall winners, though I would love to see Neil Patrick Harris or Mary-Louise Parker earn an Emmy one of these years. How about you? Any picks you found particularly irksome?
Answer: My extended reaction to the awards, and the show itself, were dealt with in a
morning-after Dispatch, but I agree that giving Jeremy Piven a third Emmy when Neil Patrick Harris has none seemed awfully short-sighted. I keep thinking Mary-Louise Parker will shock us with a win at some point, but that's an awfully weird show and character (although if
Breaking Bad can do it …). I was hoping for a slight upset in the movies/miniseries categories, especially where Phylicia Rashad's towering performance in
A Raisin in the Sun was concerned, but as usual, it was almost nearly an HBO sweep. On most counts, I was pretty happy with how the awards were distributed. But how they were presented, that's another matter. And now on to the gripes about the show itself.
