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OMG — The Office has just won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series!
It is the oddest thing reporting on something that I haven’t actually seen myself — Wendy (who gets the live East Coast feed) was giving me the play-by-play via chat. Thanks Wendy!
Wow. After the whole Best Actor debacle, I wasn’t sure if The Office would pull it out for the big one.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE CAST AND STAFF!!!
Photo courtesy txvoodoo at LiveJournal.
The Emmys air this Sunday, August 27th, on NBC. Conan O’Brien hosts.
To recap, our beloved Office has garnered five nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Steve Carell), and Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series (Michael Schur, Christmas Party).
Here’s a list of recent Office Emmy tidbits, and I will update it throughout the week (newest stuff listed first):
Aug. 27, BostonHerald.com: “NBC’s ‘The Office,’ which enjoyed a fabulous second season, was shown a lot of love — including nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and a nod for star Steve Carell. Newton native John Krasinski, who plays lovable Jim on the series, was thrilled. ‘Having Steve nominated is, of course, just the best because he deserves it. He really is such an amazing guy to be around and he deserves everything. Then the show getting nominated, I’m so proud of the whole production,’ Krasinski said. ‘Now we get to thank the writers and the producer and all these people who, to be honest, really make the show what it is. They put in more hours than we do, more blood, sweat and tears. And I really hope that they get rewarded for it.'” Read the full article here.
Aug. 25, NBC Studio Pass Newsletter: “Watch the LIVE webcast only at NBC.com! Plus, check out the live blog from backstage during the event, exclusive video featuring Angela Kinsey from “The Office” and the chance to win during the red carpet special and the awards show!”
The TCA (Television Critics Association) bestowed The Office with two awards tonight in Pasadena:
Congratulations to the Office cast and staff! And it looks like almost the entire cast was in attendance, which must have made for some serious festivities …
For the full scoop, click here. (Link no longer available)
Update, 7/27:
According to the good folks at Gold Derby, here are the Office episodes submitted to Emmy voters:
What, no Casino Night?
Find the full list (and video clips) here.
Congratulations to The Office for being nominated for the following Emmys:
Sorry, no nominations in the Supporting Actor/Actress categories … :(
Just a reminder that Emmy nominations will be announced tomorrow morning by Brad Garrett and Julia Louis-Dreyfus around 5:30am PT from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.
Come back here tomorrow morning for what I hope will be some great news about The Office!
(And cross your fingers … )
P.S. To read past Emmy posts, click here.
The Gold Derby folks have been working, what seems to be around the clock, in deducing the lists of potential Emmy finalists based on “insider information” during the judging panels.
According to these lists, The Office for Best Comedy Series and Steve Carell for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy both made the initial cut.
I waded through 40-plus pages of the thread to see if The Office was mentioned by name, and it was, by Emmy voter (and insider) “EA”:
Weeds was the show that seemed like it was in a whole different league than the rest. The crowd loved it. Two and a Half Men was received very well. The Office had people laughing a bit, but it still seemed to underachieve. Scrubs had little reaction, it did not go over well in my screening. It felt very flat. As for Will & Grace, well enough said. The audience hated it.
The thing about the voting in the comedy series was, the first show we saw was The Office (ed: Booze Cruise was the episode shown), I gave it a very high rating. Then they played Scrubs and it felt not as good as The Office. We weren’t supposed to compare the shows, but that is hard not to do. The first episode played at every screening seems to set a bar.
Here is the potential list of Emmy finalists.
Remember that the official Emmy nominations will be announced this coming Thursday, July 6th, at 5:30am PT!
The GoldDerby, the awards forum of the L.A. Times and the same folks who sponsored the John Krasinski chat a couple of weeks ago, have come up with their own set of award nominations, and The Office garnered 11 of them: