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 First the VMA’s and now….. the worst-rated Emmy Awards show?   Yes, just when you thought the VMA’s weren’t painful enough.  Let’s just say I’d rather watch an hour of Russell Brand host the VMA’s than be subjected to five minutes of the Emmys.   Here’s the lineup of hosts:  Ryan Seacrest, Tom Bergeron (DWTS), Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, and Jeff Probts (Survivor).  Whomever thought that a lame collection of reality show hosts would be ‘entertaining’ needs to be fired.  The 12-minute monologue was spent with Howie, Jeff and Ryan mostly going back and forth about how they had NOTHING planned.  (”No, really…. we seriously have NOTHING planned!”) This drawn out joke was the basis for their monologue.  And then for CBS to think that all would be forgiven if they got Heidi Klum to reveal a skimpy outfit under her tuxedo?  Give me a break.  As a woman, I couldn’t help but cringe at their obvious yet desperate attempt at ’spicing’ things up.  I know that the Emmys in general were affected by the Writer’s Strike earlier in the year, but does that count for Sunday night’s show too?  Either way, it got worse as the evening went on.   Although they tried to do to the retro theme in between award presentations, it still didn’t help my boredom.  Thank goodness for Tivo, because there’s no way I would’ve sat through the entire 3 HOURS!   Here’s a tip for next year:  Hire Tina Fey.  She’s extremely talented, funny, entertaining, and when you add up all her stage time throughout the evening, she may as well have been hosting the damn thing!  

No one gives a damn about this show anymore.   Instead of putting the style and music like back in the day, they choose to over commercialize the show beyond belief.  No budget, maybe?  No creativity?  No insight?  I have no idea what’s going on at the MTV offices these days, but I’m still speechless after watching the 2008 VMA’s.  The once “it” show of the year has now become nothing short of an over-hyped Hollywood wannabe hipster prom.  Let’s start with the choice of host.  Russell Brand?  He had a few jokes that got a chuckle out of me, but he’s not funny enough to ad lib his way out of a bad joke.   There are better things to poke fun at other than the Jonas Brothers’ celibacy promise rings, and the fact that he didn’t have much else to go on, just proves his material is not worthy of hosting such an event. Now the Britney factor.  Shame, shame, shame on MTV for continuing to exploit this poor child for their benefit.  They threw her out into the pack of wolves last year as the opening act that resulted in complete humiliation.  Mind you, she has cleaned up and looked fantastic that night, but I’m still bitter at MTV for exploiting her image as the “opener” for the show when ANYONE could’ve done the job.  Do they honestly think we tuned in to see her in a boring skit with Jonah Hill and to say ‘welcome to the show’?  Hell no!  Now on to the music…. or better yet, the lack thereof.  Rihanna is the opening act?  Really?  I know she’s hot right now and is at the top of the charts, but what happened to the kick ass opener that rocks the house and gets the party started?  Nothing against Rihanna, but she wasn’t it.  Not that she’s not worthy of being a fantastic opening act — if you tuned in to Fashion Rocks, you would’ve seen what could be done when an artist is put into a well thought out musical and theatrical production.  Aside from Rihanna, I guess MTV felt that if we threw Lil’ Weezy in as much as we can throughout the night, then the show would be totally HOT!  Wrong.  What a headache!  Yes, Lil’ Wayne gave me a headache!  If it wasn’t from his sagging jeans, then it was from his lackluster performances.  He had no business being on the stage with Kid Rock.  And his own set was a complete bore.  This coming from the #1 selling artist for the past month?  Very scary.  Paramore rocked it.  Pink did her thing.  Kanye closed it.  But these small acts can’t make up for the two-hours of torture.   I would’ve been happy just watching Travis & DJ AM go at it all night.  My advice to MTV — just go old school next year.  Forget all the over-the-top venues (Vegas, Paramount Studios lot, etc.) and just take it back to the Barker Hangar and just throw one big garage party.  Invite more rock bands and consider doing those surprise collaborations that only get seen on award shows and the occasional live show.  You mean to tell me you invited Slash to the VMA’s just to sit in the crowd?  For crying out loud, see if he’s up for a GNR reunion or see if he wants to jam with the Foo Fighters or Linkin Park?  My point is make use of the talent pool that’s out there.  Nothing fancy, just keep it real and keep it SIMPLE.  Let the rockers jam and let the rappers flow.  Take note, you stuffy MTV suits….. and maybe you can spare the fans from the misery that lies ahead for next year.