The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards: Stephen Colbert’s Emmy Bid Spoiled Again!
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on September 22, 2008
For those who follow Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards marked a very important moment in Colbert Nation History. The Peabody Award Winning Stephen Colbert has been nominated for three straight years for the Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program. And for the third year in a row, he was nominated against some notables like Jon Stewart and David Letterman, as well as a wild card.
In 2006, his bid was upset by aging singer Barry Manilow; in 2007, a similar fate was dealt by another aging singer, Tony Bennett. And this year, which seemed to be Colbert’s year, he was handed yet another epic defeat by an aging entertainer: comedian Don Rickles. And though The Colbert Report did take home the Emmy for Outstanding Writing, fans of the show will be tuning in this evening for sure, to see how Colbert reacts to yet another defeat.
On a related note, two other big winners at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were NBC’s 30 Rock, which took home 4 awards including 2 for Tina Fey. AMC’s Mad Men also made the most of their first year of Emmy eligibility, bringing in the award for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing (Matthew Weiner). For the full list of winners from last night’s Emmy Awards, just have a look below.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart, Samantha Who? (ABC)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages (FX)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Diane Wiest, In Treatment (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Dame Eileen Atkins, Cranford (Masterpiece) (PBS)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Laura Linney, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
Louis J. Horvitz, The 80th Annual Academy Awards
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
Don Rickles, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Barry Sonnenfeld, Pushing Daisies – “Pie-lette” (ABC)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, 30 Rock – “Cooter” (NBC)
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Recount (HBO)
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
John Adams (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Jay Roach, Recount (HBO)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Kirk Ellis, John Adams – “Independence” (HBO)
OUTSTANDING REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY/COMPETITION SHOW
Jeff Probst, Survivor (CBS)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Greg Yaitanes, House – “House’s Head” (Fox)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men – “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (AMC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brian Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men (AMC)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
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