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Emmys

I am a sucker for award shows. I like the Oscars, the Grammys, the VMAs, the Emmys, and so on. I even sacrificed watching football to watch the Emmys last night. Btw, don't get me started on why it's Emmys and Grammys and not Grammies and Emmies, because that just seems wrong, but that's what people call them and how they spell it. So I'll play along and pretend it doesn't make my neck hair stand up. The Emmys are to the Oscars what the Europa League is to the Champions League. If you don't know what either of those are, google it and admire my snarkiness. If you wonder if there are a lot of different Emmys, the answer is yes, there are. The Emmys will nominate pretty much anyone as long as they've made some sort of television-like media, including your local weather forecaster, the host of daytime or late-night talk shows, and a whole bunch of shows available only on the streamers you didn't pay for. This year, the Emmys even nominated a guy who's b...