WINNER: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
Not only did the legendary performer cement his reputation as the best host in the biz by making good on his promise to deliver a highly entertaining and well-paced award show, he managed to get that pesky (read: obligatory) Kanye West joke out of the way within the show’s first five minutes. “It’s my job to make sure things run smoothly. So let’s hope that Kanye West likes 30 ROCK.” [See Opening Video]

LOSER: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
Literally. For losing a much-deserved Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy to the far less funny Jon Cryer (TWO AND A HALF MEN). Begging the question, where is Kanye when you need him?

WINNER: RICKY GERVAIS
Who in presenting an Emmy for Outstanding Variety/Comedy Series once again nailed his audition for any future hosting gig with a side-splitting riff on how in a roomful of television stars like Steve Carell, he’s probably considered handsome. Or at the very least, above-average.

LOSER: NON-INTERNET SAAVY VIEWERS
Who are most likely still scratching their heads and wondering “What’s a Dr. Horrible?” following the brilliant… buffering… Joss Whedon interstitial that livened up the night’s only horrible portion: LITTLE DORRIT’s sweep in categories nobody really cares about. [See Video]

WINNER: ROB LOWE
For winning the genetic lottery. Seriously, the man does not age. Or as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy winner Alec Baldwin joked upon accepting his award, “I’d trade this to look like him.” So say we all.

LOSER: ROB LOWE
Proof that look aren’t everything came Lowe’s revelation that he was the one who turned down the McDreamy role in GREY’S ANATOMY for a lead in the short-lived CBS procedural DR. VEGAS. Paging better career advice, stat!

WINNER: JOHN HODGMAN
For thinking different with his inventive and enlightening commentary as winners walked up to the podium. ”This is, apparently, the first time a musical number has been written for a Wolverine,” exclaimed THE DAILY SHOW correspondent as writers picked up an award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the 81st Annual Academy Awards.

LOSER: PERI GILPIN
Who we’re sorry to report, just lost her crown of ‘Hollywood’s Most Sultry Female Voice’ to Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries/Movie to winner Shohreh Aghdashloo.

WINNER: TINA FEY
For her half-joking thank you to NBC upon accepting the award for Outstanding Comedy Emmy on behalf of 30 ROCK, ”Thank you for keeping us on the air, even though we are so much more expensive than a talk show.”

LOSER: MATTHEW WEINER
Who in walking away with an Outstanding Drama Emmy for MAD MEN came across as somewhat pompous and arrogant, proclaiming “I may be the only person in the room with complete creative freedom. That’s why the show is so good.”

WINNER: KRISTIN CHENOWETH
Who seemed genuinely shocked to be accepting an Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy for her work in PUSHING DAISIES. Divvying up her very unrehearsed acceptance speech (we love those!) to thank the Academy “For recognizing me for a show that’s no longer on the air,” and find herself a new gig, ““I’m unemployed now so I’d like to be on MAD MEN, THE OFFICE and 24? [See Video]

LOSER: PUSHING DAISIES
RIP.

Outstanding Drama Series
MAD MEN (AMC)

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD (AMC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Glose, DAMAGES (FX)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series?
Kater Gordon and Matthew Weiner, “Meditations in an Emergency,” MAD MEN (AMC)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Rod Holcomb, “And in the End,” ER (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Cherry Jones, 24 (Fox)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama?
Michael Emerson, LOST (ABC)

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
81st Annual Academy Awards for “Hugh Jackman Opening Number” (ABC)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series?
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Directing for Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Bruce Gowers, AMERICAN IDOL (Fox)

Outstanding Miniseries
LITTLE DORRIT (PBS)

Outstanding Made for TV Movie?
GREY GARDENS (HBO)

Oustanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie?
Jessica Lange, GREY GARDENS (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special?
Dearbhla Walsh, LITTLE DORRIT (PBS)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Andrew Davies, LITTLE DORRIT (PBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries of Movie?
Brendan Gleeson, INTO THE STORM (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries of Movie
Ken Howard, GREY GARDENS (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries of Movie?
Shohreh Aghdashloo, HOUSE OF SADDAM (HBO)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program?
THE AMAZING RACE (CBS)

Outstanding Host For A Reality or a Reality-Competition Program?
Jeff Probst, SURVIVOR (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK (NBC)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Jeffery Blitz, “Stress Relief,” THE OFFICE (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Toni Collette, UNITED STATES OF TARA (Showtime)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer, TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series?
Matt Hubbard, “Reunion,” 30 ROCK (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth, PUSHING DAISIES (ABC)

8:03PM: It only took 3 minutes for the first shot at Paula Abdul’s expense. Kanye, you’re next…

8:06PM: Neil Patrick Harris says his job is to keep things running smoothly, “Here’s hoping Kanye West likes 30 ROCK.” Zing!

8:09PM: Disproportionate amount of CBS shows in the ‘Comedy Year in Review’ montage. TWO AND A HALF MEN still not funny.

8:11PM: First shocker of the night, Kristin Chenoweth wins for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy. “I’m unemployed now so I’d like to be on MAD MEN, THE OFFICE and 24″ Yeah we couldn’t love Chenoweth anymore. “Thank you so much tot he academy for recognizing a show that’s no longer on the air.” FYI: You can see Chenoweth on an upcoming episode of GLEE.

8:20PM: Good News: The cast of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER presents the award for outstanding writing in a comedy series. Bad News: HIMYM wasn’t nominated. 30 ROCK writer Matt Hubbard wins an Emmy for “Reunion.”

8:26PM: Amy Poehler was right, an EMMY can be bought. Jon Cryer wins for ‘Outstanding’ Supporting Actor in a Comedy. #FML

8:30PM: Seriously. Jon Cryer… where’s Kanye when you need him?

8:36PM: Sarah Silverman wins our vote for funniest loser reaction. Tina Fey wins for most believable fake applause and Toni Collette just wins for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy.

8:41PM: GOSSIP GIRL’s Blake Lively (looking awesome) and Leighton Meester (wearing towels from what we believe is the 2010 Bed Bath & Beyond Collection) arrive on stage to re-present awards that Tina Fey and Justin Timberlake already won last week. THE OFFICE’s Jeffrey Blitz wins an Emmy for Best Direction of a Comedy

8:48PM: It’s official: Rob Lowe doesn’t age… and it turns out doesn’t know how to pick roles, choosing the lead in the short-lived DR. VEGAS over what we presume to be the McDreamy role in GREY’S ANATOMY. Alec Baldwin wins a much deserved Best Actor in a Comedy Emmy for 30 ROCK and jokes, “I’d trade this to look like him [Rob Lowe]” As for THE BIG BANG THEORY’s Jim Parsons, there’s always next year (or when Alec Baldwin retires.)

8:53PM: The FAMILY GUY interstitial would have been waaaaay funnier had it not been online for a month now. We’re just sayin’

8:58PM: The only thing that can make the “Reality Segment’ more irksome is the presenting duo of Jon Cryer and Hayden Panettiere. That said, Emmy winner Jeff Probst (for Outstanding Reality TV host) gets serious points with me for his Emmy winning shout-out, “Neil Patrick Harris this is how you host the Emmys.” Amen brother.

9:06PM: Yay or Nay… Tracy Morgan is highly medicated? The team from THE AMAZING RACE does not race up to the stage to accept yet another Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

9:08PM: According to the Emmy ticker, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Patricia Arquette are presenting in 8 minutes… Schedule your bathroom breaks accordingly.

9:13PM: The classy and beautiful Shohreh Aghdashloo wins an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. While the equally classy and slightly less beautiful Ken Howard wins for Grey Gardens.

9:22PM: Brendan Gleeson wins an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for INTO THE STORM, delivering and elegant speech that yet again proves how much smarter people with accents sound.

9:26PM: People from LITTLE DORRIT win stuff.

9:31PM: “Like the Ottoman Empire, the Music Industry and Zima, we’re here to stay.” Captain Hammer on the sad state of the television industry during a hilarious DR. HORRIBLE interstitial. By the way, that noise you just heard were 10 million television viewers scratching there head and saying “What’s a Dr. Horrible?”

9:34PM: Jessica Lange wins an Emmy for Best Actress in a Miniseries and Movie for GREY GARDENS. Her plastic surgeon, not so much.

9:44PM: GREY GARDENS wins an Emmy for Best Television Movie. LITTLE DORRIT wins for Best Television Miniseries. Allison Janney look-a-like Anne Pivcevic accepts the award.

9:48PM: Jim Parsons proves that he really is acting like a super huge nerd on THE BIG BANG THEORY by completely botching his lines while presenting the Best Directing Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmy to Bruce Gowers for AMERICAN IDOL.

9:55PM: THE DAILY SHOW may have won for Best Writing in a Variety/Comedy Show, but THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN LATE NITE WITH CONAN O’BRIEN gets my vote for funniest nominating package.

10:02PM: An Original Music and Lyrics Emmy goes to the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Meanwhile on the Emmy ticker… it’s 11 minutes to the death montage.

10:08PM: Yet again, Ricky Gervais nails his audition as future Emmy/Oscar/Grammy/Golden Globe etc… THE DAILY SHOW wins a much deserved Emmy for Best Comedy/Variety Show.

10:18PM: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA fans will have to settle for a five second clip in the “Year in Drama” montage. Who needs an Emmy really?

10:20PM: Emmy Shockers: Almost making up for Neil Patrick Harris’ Emmy loss is Michael Emerson who wins a Best Supporting Actor Nod for his incredible work on LOST. While Cherry Jones wins for 24.

10:29PM: Oops, the In Memoriam forgot GUIDING LIGHT. And on a more serious note, @chiefisgreat gets extra credit for correctly pointing out that CBS didn’t include Billy Mays.

10:37PM: [A very pompous] Matthew Weiner and Kater Gordon begin what we suspect will be a string of MAD MEN wins, picking up Outstanding Writing in a Drama for MAD MEN.

10:41PM: Glenn Close walks away with a Outstanding Actress in a Drama for DAMAGES. So much for the MAD MEN streak. Sorry Elisabeth Moss.

10:49PM: Bryan Cranston wins a second consecutive Outstanding Actor in a Drama Emmy for his work in BREAKING BAD. So yeah, I probably should start watching his show.

10:52PM: As expected, 30 ROCK wins an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. Tina Fey thanks the proverbial powers that be for keeping the show on the air even though it’s so much more expensive than a talk show. Hear! Hear!

11:01PM: MAD MEN wins for Outstanding Drama Series. Neil Patrick Harris wins for Outstanding Emmy Host.

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In anticipation of Sunday’s EMMY Awards airing on CBS at 8PM, theTVaddict.com is proud [or not-so-proud depending on how things turn out] to once again present our GUARANTEED EMMY WINNERS 2009*

NOMINEES: BIG LOVE, BREAKING BAD, DAMAGES, DEXTER, HOUSE, LOST, MAD MEN.

SHOULD WIN: BIG LOVE
For what BIG LOVE lacks in TRUE BLOOD levels of buzz, it more than makes up for with big drama and a big talented cast. Particularly, Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin), who incidentally was totally snubbed with a lack-of-Emmy nod.

WILL WIN: MAD MEN
Hamm, Slattery, Moss. Yup, it’s a mad mad world, and we’re just living in it.

SNUBBED: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

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In anticipation of Sunday’s EMMY Awards airing on CBS at 8PM, theTVaddict.com is proud [or not-so-proud depending on how things turn out] to once again present our GUARANTEED EMMY WINNERS 2009*

NOMINEES: ENTOURAGE, FAMILY GUY, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK and WEEDS.

SHOULD WIN: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Even though we have a sneaking suspicion that HIMYM will have to settle for a Best Supporting Actor nod for Neil Patrick Harris.

WILL WIN: 30 ROCK
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

SNUBBED: SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH
The Australian mockumentary written and directed by Chris Lilley was far and away HBO’s funniest import since EXTRAS. Plus, what we’d give to see an acceptance speech from Mr. G.

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SHOULD WIN: GLENN CLOSE
In a category filled with ridiculously strong female character, Close’s powerful and brilliant stop-at-nothing attorney Patty Hewes stands a cut above.

WILL WIN: GLENN CLOSE
Plus, it doesn’t hurt that Close and critical acclaim practically go hand in hand (See: Five Oscars nods and eleven Emmy nods)

SNUBBED: MARY MCDONNELL
A president of the colonies who actually delivered on her campaign promise by leading her people to safe haven. Now that’s change we can believe in.

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Thankfully, from the fine folks who brought you the 2009 Fall TV Printable Calendar comes, yup you guessed it — your handy-dandy 2009 Emmy Ballot!

Simply click here to download. And really no need to thank us. Although if you really want to, feel free to stop by theTVaddict.com on Emmy Night and join the TV Addict for some live blogging fun starting at 8PM (est).

Happy Emmys Everyone!

SHOULD WIN: HUGH LAURIE
After single-handedly creating the brilliant but cantankerous doctor/lawyer/cop genre you’d think an Emmy would be a given, right? Well, after three nominations, Laurie has yet to go home a winner. No wonder he’s so angry.

WILL WIN: JON HAMM
Since the Emmy Awards for ‘Best Hair’ were already given out at the Kathy Griffin hosted Schmemmys last week, we predict with apologies in advance to Simon Baker that Hamm walks away a winner. Women love him, men want to be him and we have a feeling that yeah, Hollywood hearts Hamm.

SNUBBED: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS
So say we all.

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SHOULD WIN: TINA FEY
If only so we can see Julia Louise-Dreyfus hilariously try to steal Fey’s Emmy on late night TV, again!

WILL WIN: TINA FEY
America’s funniest sweetheart, Emmy voters will want to go there.

SNUBBED: NO ONE
Emmy voters finally got it right. Yeah, we’re surprised as anyone.

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