The Emmys: Neil Patrick Harris seemed off his game in a sorrow-filled ceremony

The Emmys: Neil Patrick Harris seemed off his game in a sorrow-filled ceremony
The idea of having five separate tributes to the dead, plus an In Memoriam segment, plus two mournful ballads from Elton John and Carrie Underwood dragged down the entire ceremony, says Mary McNamara. And Harris not being up to his usual hosting self added to the night’s problems: “Although still hostier than most mere mortals, Harris seemed off his game Sunday night …. Between a sketch chronicling his struggles with ‘Excessive Hosting Disorder’ and a self-acknowledged random ‘Dance Number in the Middle of the Show,’ Harris seemed to be suggesting that he’s done as much as he can do with this gig.”
–Anemic, awkward, boring: An awards show filled with skits about how bad awards shows are
–Don’t blame Neil Patrick Harris — he stood no chance, even if he was a producer
–Jeff Daniels was shocked to win — just like Twitter was shocked
–Ryan Seacrest endorses “The Ryan Seacrest Center for Excessive Hosting”
–Emmys tried to be the Tonys and the Grammys
–A lot of awards went to unexpected people
–Kevin Spacey takes on Emmy camera
–Jack Klugman’s son objected to Cory Monteith tribute
–Merrit Wever expanded on her “I gotta go. Bye” acceptance speech backstage
–Netflix won just 1 award Sunday, for best director for “House of Cards”
–Lena Dunham & Claire Danes pretended to almost make out on the red carpet
–Who was the “awkward stage-exit man”?
–Conan, Fallon, Kimmel and Jane Lynch help Neil Patrick Harris
–Inside Jon Hamm and Amy Poehler’s Emmy Losers Party