11:23 EST: Jeet catches a shallow pop-up hit by Big Papi to end the game, Yanks win 4-3. Phew. Tony Bennett won an Emmy for that too. Thanks for reading and commenting, everybody!

11:12 EST: The Emmy broadcast is over, and the Red Sox have closed to within 4-3 against the Yankees in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. I’m telling you, these Yankees-Sox games are marathons.

11:10 EST: David Chase, in classy fashion, thanks Gandolfini, Falco, Imperioli and Aida Turturro. In an homage to Field’s censored speech—whatever she said—Chase says, “If the world was run by gangsters… maybe it is!”

11:07 EST: Helen Mirren presents the award to outstanding drama series to… “The Sopranos.” Well, despite Gandolfini, Falco and Imperioli being “forgottenabouttit,” at least the series itself goes out on a high note.

11:06 EST: After Joba Chamberlin gave up his first-ever run on a home run by Mike Lowell, it’s 4-2 Yanks. And now it’s in the bottom of the 9th with Mariano Rivera on the mound. It would have been fun to bet on which event would end first, the Yanks-Sox game or the Emmys. It’s coming down to the wire!

11:02 EST: Did we run out of stars? Why are Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton back on the stage? They award the comedy series Emmy to … “30 Rock!” YES YES YES YES YES!!! Now they are doomed to the “Arrested Development” curse, but at least everyone knows to buy the DVDs and feel guilty about not watching while it was on the air. Amazing show and the right choice. (“The Office” is equally fantastic, but “30 Rock” needed this Emmy to survive another full season or two.) Tina Fey thanks her “dozens and dozens of viewers.” You’re welcome, Tina!!!

11:00 EST: Tim Gunn is in a commercial for something. I’m buying whatever he’s selling. And there’s Martha Stewart again! Macy’s and McDonald’s get the award for coolest new commercial premiering tonight. (I had seen the Tina Fey AMEX commercial before.)

10:55 EST: The wrong James won. Spader upsets Gandolfini, then acknowledges “I feel like I just stole a pile of money from the mob.” And then says of his place in the theater-in-the-round, “These are the worst seats I’ve ever had.” He’s absolutely killing, which might stop militant “Sopranos” fans from doing the same.

10:54 EST: Seacrest says, “Congratulations, America.” You don’t speak for me, Ryan! I voted for Fey! Oh, wait. He meant Ferrera. Never mind.

10:52 EST: “Ugly Betty’s” America Ferrera wins an Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series. Good for her, but can she be a head writer for “Saturday Night Live”? Can she write the screenplay and star in “Mean Girls”? Sorry, I’m bitter. Tina Fey rules.

10:51 EST: As much as I appreciate William Shatner, why does he have an Emmy for acting? I … just DON’T … get IT!

10:45 EST: Now I’m so angry about Gervais and Field that I miss almost all of the dead-people montage. I tune back once I hear Steve Irwin’s voice. Using my newly installed DVR, I’ll list the ones I’ll miss most: Calvert DeForest (Letterman’s “Larry ‘Bud’ Melman”), James Glennon (director of photography for “Deadwood”), Don “Mr. Wizard” Herbert, Peter Boyle, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ed Bradley, Merv Griffin (for his game shows).

10:42 EST: Sally Field won something. I don’t care. I’m still upset about Stelec Caraldwin not winning the comedy actor award. Field shouts at the crowd and orchestra to be quiet. Just as I’m about to declare complete disinterest, Field says, “If mothers ruled the world, there would be no….” before Fox censors the rest of her statement. Maddening.

10:39 EST: In reading the nominees, Colbert mispronounces Steve Carell’s name as CAH-rell. Then Carell and Baldwin are robbed as Gervais wins the trophy. I think. “Ricky Gervais couldn’t be here tonight, so instead we’re going to give this to our friend, Steve Carell,” Stewart says. Good decision. Carell runs onto the stage as if he’s charging the mound after winning the World Series and the three hug. You know, I hope Stewart wasn’t kidding.

10:35 EST: Stephen Colbert joins Jon Stewart on stage. Colbert’s got a leaf-blower, which runs on “Al Gore’s tears.” Stewart flew in on his “private jet sandwich.” It’s funnier in context. But it’s going too long and I just found out that the Yanks took a 4-1 lead on Derek Jeter’s home run! Hooray!

10:29 EST: “The Amazing Race,” which wrapped in Garrison last year, wins the Emmy for reality series competition. Meh. No “Idol”? No “Project Runway”? Not even “Top Chef”? Pfft. The only solace I have is that “The Amazing Race” beat out Tony Bennett.

10:25 EST: Rainn Wilson and Kanye West take the stage with Wayne Brady, host of Fox’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!” Using the format of Brady’s show, Wilson and West are challenged to remember the lyrics of the songs of Kanye West. After West replaces “ya” with the word “you,” Brady says West is incorrect and gets a solid laugh out of me with “You picked the wrong time to speak properly.” In deadpan style, Dwight Wilson nails the lyrics, then gets more in touch with his urban delivery, prompting another laugh. Kanye gets the final laugh from me with “I never win,” an homage to his backstage rant after the Video Music Awards. I must admit: Weak premise, solid execution.

10:18 EST: OK, so “30 Rock” didn’t win, but I’m thrilled that Greg Daniels won a writing award for “The Office’s” Season 3 opener, “Gay Witch Hunt.” I laughed hysterically at the cringe-worthy denouement of that episode for about two minutes straight.

10:16 EST: “Ugly Betty” wins the first of what will be about a zillion Emmys, this one for directing a comedy series. I am already upset about “30 Rock” not winning… and they haven’t even not won yet.

10:13 EST: North Salem resident Stanley Tucci joins Elaine Strich who first yawns, then says “I’m not faking this, I really don’t know what the hell I’m doing.” I’m laughing with her. I think.

10:10 EST: Tony Bennett wins again. This trend is getting older than he is. (Hiyo!)

10:07 EST: Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher offer more edgy comedy in their Emmy intro than they’ve ever done on “Til Death.”

10:06 EST: Al Gore being honored on Fox?! That’s almost as surprising as, oh, almost any of these Emmys.

10:05 EST: Tom from MySpace (owned by Fox, by the way) awards an Emmy to Al Gore and some guy.

10:04 EST: Seacrest approaches Tony Sirico (no relation, although that is how my last name was once spelled) and asks “Mr. Walnuts” to stop shanking seat-fillers

10:01 EST: I have no idea what the point was for that McDonald’s Happy Meal commercial with the kid and the boom box playing old-school rap, but I loved every second of it. Someone get me some apple slices and caramel dipping sauces, stat!

9:56 EST: Allow me to take a brief break, as we’ve reached the directing and writing Emmys for miniseries (“Prime Suspect” wins both). I wonder what the Yankees-Red Sox score is. Ah, it’s still 1-1, top of the 7th.

9:53 EST: America Ferrera is not paying attention to the beginning of Lewis Black’s speech, which makes some salient points about networks’ refusal to show end credits and insistence on plastering graphics onto the shows we’re watching (or napping through).

9:50 EST: “The Queen” defeats Queen (Latifah) to win an Emmy for lead actress in a miniseries and movie. She’s the first to ASK for the orchestra to play.

9:49 EST: Patrick Dempsey and Sally Field look great. I think Field just felt Dempsey up.

9:45 EST: Just saw a commercial for George Clooney’s new movie, “Michael Clayton,” which already has won an advance Oscar for Worst Movie Title, narrowly beating out “In the Valley of Elah.”

9:41 EST: Remember: Walk like a man, sing like a castrato. Is it weird that the words “I love you, baby” are being juxtaposed with “Sopranos” footage of Adriana’s violent murder?

9:38 EST: Hooray for Joe Mantegna (Fat Tony from “The Simpsons”!), who does the lead-in for the “Jersey Boys” tribute to “The Sopranos.” Bonus tie-in: Frankie Valli was on “The Sopranos.” All 4’5” of him.

9:37 EST: Made for TV movie Emmy goes to “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.”

9:34 EST: Also probably not a good idea to broadcast the Sharp commercial with David Ortiz, reminding viewers who are baseball fans that they are missing the Yankees-Red Sox game on another channel. (It’s 1-1, for those who care. Hooray for Robbie Cano!)

9:31 EST: Probably not the best idea to show a clip of Jerry Lewis in a montage about “caring,” considering his recent telethon faux-pas.

9:29 EST: Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy takes the mic to hear himself talk.

9:29 EST: Judy Davis wins an Emmy for “The Starter Wife.”

9:27 EST: Sorry I can’t stop yawning. The accountants responsible for the (poorly counted) Emmy ballots just wasted a minute of my life.

9:25 EST: Tony Bennett wins again. Danny Bennett, Tony’s son, sounds JUST like his dad and says: “I’m going to be reaching for the moon for the rest of my life because of you.” Aww.

9:23 EST: Variety, music or comedy series Emmy goes to “The Daily Show.” Jon Stewart brings a lot of laughs, poking good fun at Carell and the theater-in-the-round set-up.

9:21 EST: Steve Carell is here! He gets a nice round of applause from the crowd, including former “Daily Show” colleagues. The stiff crowd isn’t laughing. But I am.

9:19 EST: Tommy Lee Jones’ sound byte for “In the Valley of Elah” is “I want the truth,” which prompts me to respond out loud with, “You can’t HANDLE the truth.” The person who put together that commercial couldn’t use another pithy line from the movie?

9:15 EST: David Chase wins writing for a drama series for the finale of “The Sopranos.” I’d make a joke about the finale, but I think that would just be [BLACKOUT!]

9:12 EST: So who had 9:12 EST for the time that “The Sopranos” would win its first award? Hooray for Alan Taylor, not only for the award, but for correctly giving credit to Steve Buscemi for “The Pine Barrens” episode.

9:10 EST: Neil Patrick Harris and Palisades native Hayden Panettiere take the stage. NPH reminds us that Panettiere is 18, which Seacrest reminded us earlier. By the way, she’s 18!

9:07 EST: It is Ben Vareen’s honor to “give the envelope to ‘Broken Trail.’ ” If the show’s producers ask nicely, they can have the Emmy, too. Duvall strangely makes the award about him and his parents, and starts to thank others once the orchestra starts playing.

9:05 EST: The “Roots” cast members who take the stage get a well-deserved standing-O from the crowd. And there’s LeVar, who hasn’t aged in 30 years!

9:03 EST: All hail the Queen! No, not Helen Mirren. Queen Latifah! She reminds us about “Roots” and its impact. Let’s take a moment to salute LeVar Burton, whose contributions from “Roots” to “Star Trek: The Next Generation” to “Reading Rainbow” have been incredible.

8:57 EST: Seacrest makes a tacky Vanessa Hudgens joke. I feel dirty.

8:56 EST: Bob Duvall wins his first(!) Emmy award for “Broken Trail.” Surprisingly he didn’t win for “Lonesome Dove,” a performance that my dad still raves about to this day. “The Western is here to stay,” Duvall says. Tell that to “Deadwood” fans.

8:54 EST: Directing for a variety, music or comedy program goes to the aforementioned Tony Bennett special, over “SNL,” “Colbert Report” and “Daily Show.” Sigh.

8:50 EST: I love Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera, and their voices sound fine, but there’s something off about the performance. The silence behind the bass line is unusual and the singers’ timing seems to be off. If I didn’t know that Bennett had a PBS show featuring songs like “Steppin’ Out with My Baby,” I also would have no idea what this had to do with the Emmys.

8:43 EST: After the funniest segment of the night—the montages of the “writing staffs” of all the late-night talk shows up for writing Emmys—we get more laughs from the representative of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” This is the first award that I feel good about, but I would also have been happy with Letterman, “Daily Show” or “Colbert Report” taking home the trophy. This is the most stacked category every year.

8:39 EST: Katherine Heigl wins the Emmy for supporting actress in a drama series. Then another inexplicable cut-away; did Kathy Griffin give a 10-second speech before Heigl got to the microphone? “Thanks for getting my name right,” Heigl says. That awkward moment gets more awkward when Heigl says her mom didn’t think she’d win the award: the camera cuts to Heigl’s mom, who looks perplexed. Honestly, these are the Bizarro Emmys. There’s no rhyme or reason for tonight’s recipients so far.

8:35 EST: Light-night talk show host montage, and of course, the funniest moments come from Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Surprisingly nice segue into the Tom Snyder tribute.

8:33 EST: Ellen DeGeneres does her I’m-talking-to-a-famous-person-in-the-audience schtick, which is amusing. She then launches into her stream of consciousnesss stand-up that’s very hit or miss, which is a miss.

8:27 EST: Finally, my first prediction to be correct: Thomas Haden Church wins best supporting actor for “Broken Trail.” Too bad it’s the one I least care about to this point.

8:26 EST: Katherine Heigl corrects the announcer on the pronunciation of her name. Awkwarrrrrd.

8:24 EST: ACTUAL shock: I get excited when I heard the “J” syllable once the envelope for best supporting actress in a comedy series is opened, but the wrong “J” wins the award! Yes, that’s a former Playboy bunny accepting an award for best acting. OK, I hear Jaime Pressly’s good on the show, but could she possibly be better than Jenna Fischer or Vanessa Williams? Rip up your Emmy ballots now.

8:22 EST: Big shock: Tina Fey and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss are funny!

8:15 EST: The dramatic series supporting actor award goes to… Terry O’Quinn?! That’s a bad sign for anyone hoping for a “Sopranos” windfall. O’Quinn’s speech is pretty amusing though. But so far, I’m not pleased with who’s winning.

8:11 EST: First award goes to… Jeremy Piven. Meh. I was all about Rainn Wilson. But it’s not surprising that Hollywood voters vote for a Hollywood character. Dwight Schrute awards him no Schrute Bucks.

8:10 EST: Romano closes with a solid “Sopranos” joke.

8:08 EST: Ray Romano delivers the “real” monologue and “actual” laughs, but the monologue suddenly cuts out for about 10 seconds. Censorship? Mere glitch?

8:07 EST: Seacrest loves “Two and a Half Men.” Why does this not surprise me on any level?

8:05 EST: Ryan Seacrest struggles through the monologue, until a funny/awkward moment with Teri Hatcher. This could be a long night.

8:00 EST: Jeremy Piven seems disgusted by the “Family Guy” characters’ songs. Nice skewering of “Scrubs” and “Two and a Half Men,” but there are too many lines in between punchlines. Excellent “Sopranos” joke, albeit somewhat predictable. But wait, where are the Fox jokes?

7:57 EST: Palisades native Hayden Panettiere gets good marks for her dress.

7:54 EST: Wow. A stunner of a commercial featuring (off the top of my head) Katonah resident Martha Stewart, Bedford homeowner Donald Trump, Mount Vernon-raised Diddy as well as Usher, Kenneth Cole, Jessica Simpson, Emeril Lagasse, Russell Simmons and many others star in an amazing commercial for Macy’s. Stewart and Trump do a nice job parodying their public images (Stewart won’t stop arranging a display; Trump continuously blow-dries his hair). But knowing their “Apprentice” feud, I was disappointed that there was no moment to bury the hatchet.

7:51 EST: Heidi Klum and Seal! For a moment, I’m upset that the interviewer isn’t talking to Seal, but then again, if I were next to Heidi Klum, too, I wouldn’t be talking to anyone else, either. She looks stunning.

7:49 EST: Hey, it’s Sideshow Bob and Debra Barone! They’re on the carpet to promote “Back to You.” It’s on Fox, coincidentally.

7:42 EST: Chappaqua resident Vanessa Williams just tells Aaaangela from “Who’s the Boss?” that “She kicks my a**.” I’m still rooting for Jenna Fischer, but Vanessa is supercool.

7:41 EST: Rachel Griffiths’ dress looks classy, but her cuff bracelet looks like she’s trying to cover up a broken wrist. She was great on “Six Feet Under,” but really, who wasn’t?

7:38 EST: Tina Fey commercial! Tina Fey commercial! This woman rules.

7:37 EST: Helen Mirren offers the most dignified “We’ll be right ah-fter this” in the history of television.

7:35 EST: Jon Stewart is awesome, but always looks the same at awards ceremonies.

7:33 EST: It’s the other Ms. Overexposed, Eva Longoria! She looks nice and informs us that hubby Tony Parker is playing overseas for the French national basketball team. Snore.

7:31 EST: Fox cannot substantiate rumors of Britney Spears’ appearance at the Emmys tonight. Why won’t they leave her ALONE?!

7:30 EST: Welcome back! I’ve logged in just in time to see two unfunny clips of “Back to You” and “Til Death.” Ah, Fox sitcoms.

4:45 EST: Hey gang! Chris Serico here. Thanks for joining me. I’m hoping for a ton of witty, clever and perceptive comments during the broadcast, so go ahead and call and e-mail your friends with the link to this post (http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/16/live-blogging-the-2007-emmys/). I’ll be back at about 7:30 EST for some brief red-carpet coverage before the start of the show!

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