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Both Var and THR agree: The Emmys took place last night, 24 and The Office won big awards, and HBO extended to six years its run of kicking the broadcast networks' collective asses. [Variety, THR]
NBC soothes the sting of Conan O'Brien's musical ode to the network's current dark days in the Nielsen basement with six Emmy wins, its best showing in years. [Variety]
...but any warm feelings NBC might have derived from its wins were undoubtedly dulled by the fact that no one felt particularly compelled to watch, as the show's ratings we down 15 percent from last year. [THR]
Official Deal or No Deal briefcase inspector Howie Mandel shows he has a strong grasp on the dilemma surrounding this year's swag crackdown by the IRS: "Swag to me means free stuff, and if you pay tax on it, doesn't that kind of negate it?" [Variety]
· The TV Academy handed out four trophies to actors whose series are not returning in the fall, giving the honorees a nice "fuck you" to their networks to place atop their mantels. [THR]