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Hollywood shined in its finest designer frocks today at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. Although these television awards don’t get anywhere near the amount of publicity or kudos as their filmic counterparts, the Oscars and The Golden Globes, I still enjoy watching them. Admittedly the main attraction for me is the red carpet dresses but I like some of the awards and presentations too, especially to see what new shows will capture our attention in the next year.

This year there were some gorgeous dresses on women including Brooke Shields from Lipstick Jungle as well as the Desperate Housewives girls and Kate Walsh from Private Practice. Of course, who doesn’t love looking at the worst dressed list, which included Alyssa Milano among others. Considering all the freebies they get in their pre-emmys preparations, you wonder how they manage to look so bad at such an important event.

There was plenty of debate about who would win best comedy and best drama but in the end it was 30 Rock and Mad Men respectively. Other winners included Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Glenn Close and Kathy Griffin for My Life on the D List, which I guess means she’ll have to change it to ‘My Life on the A List’. Unfortunately our own Rachel Griffiths didn’t win for Brothers and Sisters.

The Emmys reminded me of all my favourite TV shows that aren’t currently screening in Australia such as Brothers and Sisters and Grey’s Anatomy. What’s going to happen in the next season of Desperate Housewives after seeing the women five years into the future? When will Supernatural come back to TV?

One thing I have noticed with a lack of my favourite American shows on TV (chances are it’s related to last year’s writer’s strike) is that there seems to be a lot of Australian content to watch. Packed to the Rafters has captivated my attention, as well as the Australian Project Runway and the new crime show City Homicide.

What TV shows do you like at the moment and what would you like to see more of?

Caitlin
Community Manager