107.9 The River » Emmy Awards http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Sun, 26 May 2013 00:44:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Jane Lynch's 2011 Emmys Opening Number [VIDEO] http://theriver1079.com/jane-lynchs-2011-emmys-opening-number-video/ http://theriver1079.com/jane-lynchs-2011-emmys-opening-number-video/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:45 +0000 Paula Kashtan http://thefw.com/?p=36097 Jane Lynch opened the 63rd Emmy Awards with a song and dance number that took the audience through the world of television, reimagined as an inner-city apartment building housing all the top TV shows.

Lynch walked through scenes of hit series like ‘Mad Men‘ (where she was asked to leave the room when she informed Don Draper that in 50 years people would be fast-forwarding through commercials) and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ (where she learned that not all jokes merit canned laughter).

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It’s Emmy time! The TV awards presentation is set for next Sunday, September 18th, and all the big shows will be represented. Here are the series that garnered the most nominations in 2011:

 

'30 Rock'

13 nominations

 

 

This comedy about life behind the scenes of an NBC sketch show is no stranger to the Emmys — it won Best Comedy Series three years in a row, with its streak interrupted only by 'Modern Family’s' win last year. It’s up for the big prize again this year, plus Actor in a Comedy Series (Alec

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