WELCOME TO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NIKKI...(I HATE THAT NAME)!!!!: RECAP OF THE EMMY'S

The Emmy censors were bleeping busy on Sunday night as three actors slipped in expletives during the live broadcast. Ray Romano joked about his former "Everybody Loves Raymond" wife, Patricia Heaton, sleeping with her new "Back to You" co-star Kelsey Grammer. But he used a stronger word than "sleeping," which prompted Fox to cut away for a few seconds. "Shame on you. We have TV children!" Romano said to Heaton, who was sitting in the audience. Immediately after delivering his routine early in the show, Romano, wearing dark glasses, headed out the back door. Sally Field praised mothers when she won an Emmy for lead actress in a drama series but also let her anti-war sentiments surface with a God-related swear word. "And, let's face it, if the mothers ruled the war, there would be no (expletive) wars in the first place," Field said. The censors also got a workout with Katherine Heigl, who mouthed an expletive after winning for her role on "Grey's Anatomy."(SOURCE)
Yes, "The Sopranos," one of the best-acted, most influential series in the history of TV, won the outstanding drama prize at last night's Emmy Awards. And "30 Rock," Tina Fey's sparkling freshman sitcom, got a much-deserved best comedy statue.
So why did the ceremony feel like such a disappointment? Because the major acting awards did not go home with the year's best and brightest. None of the actors from "The Sopranos" and "The Office" - two of TV's strongest ensembles - were anointed, and such standouts as Hugh Laurie, Kyra Sedgwick, Alec Baldwin, and Neil Patrick Harris also left empty-handed. Even James Spader, who won his third Emmy for "Boston Legal" against James Gandolfini, Denis Leary, and Laurie, seemed unhappy with the choice: "I feel like I just stole a pile of money from the mob," he said upon taking the stage.Awards magnet Sally Field got the nod for her broad performance in "Brothers and Sisters," and Ricky Gervais was honored for his low-key performance in "Extras" in what was probably a very late Emmy thank-you for creating the original version of "The Office." Neither win is an outrage, and yet both seem unremarkable.(SOURCE)