An Emmy Clean Sweep!

[bjarvis]

I just looked through the list of Emmy winners from last night and confirmed my suspicion: Glee, Mad Men, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie and all the others... I haven't seen any of them!

I really don't think I'm missing much though.

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[bix02138.livejournal.com]

i also haven't seen modern family, but i very much enjoy the other three:

glee - every bit like a brodway musical, in which folks burst into song at the drop of a hat; occasionally witty, often satirical, too often self-referential; it mostly brings a little joy back to television.

mad men - a darker-than-not look at the remaking of america. several characters are in deep transition, and watching their journeys parallel that of the nation is truly fascinating (the female character whose change is going to be the most profound is a year older than my mother was at the time, and i've actually come to understand some things about my mother by seeing these shifts in context).

nurse jackie - also dark, but full of honest humanity. despite what showtime and the emmys say, nurse jackie isn't a comedy; it is a family/workplace drama with some supremely funny moments. edie falco and anna deavere smith are well worth the cost of showtime.

i don't know how much television you actually watch, but these three shows are emphatic reasons (along with breaking bad and the united states of tara) to watch television.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Actually, I watch very little. Dr Who and Futurama are nearly the only fictional pieces I watch regularly these days; what little else I see on the boob tube is usually nonfiction on Discovery or The History Channel. Who has the time for television?