Here is the complete list of 2008 Emmy Award winners.
Comedy Series: 30 Rock
Drama Series: Mad Men
Mini-Series: John Adams
Television Movie: Recount
Reality Competition: The Amazing Race
Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin
Actor, Mini-Series or Movie: Paul Giamatti
Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey
Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Reality Host, Jeff Probst
Directing for a Drama Series, Jeff Yaitanes, House
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jean Smart Samantha Who?
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, John Adams
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, John Adams
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Eileen Atkins, Cranford
Writing for a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Writing for a Drama Series: Matthew Weiner, Mad Men
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: Louis J. Horvitz, 80th Annual Academy Awards
Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: The Colbert Report
Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: Jay Roach, Recount
Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: Kirk Ellis, John Adams
Directing for a Comedy Series: Barry Sonnenfeld,
Pushing Daisies
Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, Don Rickles
This is a pretty juicy story!
A few days ago, Alec Baldwin blamed the low ratings on his show, 30 Rock, due to NBC playing favorites with their TV shows.
Criticizing NBC, Baldwin said in the interview, “NBC hasn’t done a thing to help this show (30 Rock). They’ve gone out of their way to wring the last drops out of My Name Is Earl and Scrubs. Those shows are done! They’re cooked! Yet they do a one-hour episode of ‘Earl.’”
After hearing the news, Earl creator Greg Garcia is infuriated and is firing back, calling Baldwin “unlikeable” and “distasteful,” according to SFGate.com.
In a scathing retort, Garcia said, “[Baldwin] sounds like a psychotic narcissist. Instead of blaming NBC, I think Alec should consider that some people in America may not want to watch a man who cusses out his own 11-year-old daughter on a phone message. Oh, and the reason NBC occasionally puts on an hour long episode of Earl is because an hour of Earl gets better ratings than an Earl followed by a 30 Rock. It’s called math, stupid.””
Upon realizing his insulting words, Baldwin wrote in The Huffington Post:
“My apologies to the cast and crews of My Name Is Earl and Scrubs. In my frustration with NBC’s reprehensible promotion of 30 Rock, I took an unfortunate swipe at both of those shows and that was not cool.
“But, for Earl’s creator, Greg Garcia, who referred to me as a “psychotic”, I have only one question. Why are you Scientologists always rendering these medical opinions you aren’t qualified to give?”