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I wasn’t in Hollywood tonight to attend the 2009 Emmy Awards: Creative Arts Awards presentation, but I will be watching on the 20th when it gets broadcast on air, and for those wondering that will be on CBS. But I have to congratulate a few of the winners, starting with Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (and you can see Nathan’s reaction here), which won the Short-format Live-Action Special Class. Which makes sense, since it never actually played on television or in theaters, but premiered on the Web and then was released to DVD. The Wizards of Waverly Place won for Outstanding Children’s Program, and you can see their reaction here. Battlestar Galactica pulled in an award or three, and Dan Castellaneta got one for Best Voiceover (he’s Homer Simpson to you). There were a lot more awards handed out, for next year I am hoping to see a best topless flashing scene in a fantasy category.

The nominees have been announced for the UK’s National Television Awards, and I am happy to report they include Ashes to Ashes, Deamons, Doctor Who, Primeval, and Torchwood entries among them. All five shows are up against each other in the Best Drama category. John Barrowman, Philip Glenister, Eve Myles, Hannah Spearritt, and David Tennant are vying for the Best Drama Performance spot. There are many more categories, I need to go through the list in detail. But I had to relay this bit as well; the creater of Blackadder will be writting a Doctor Who episode in which a historic figure battles a monster. Keeping my fingers crossed that the figure is Blackadder himself!

My favorite moment during last night’s awards presentation (which I had to watch online through Cheryl Morgans Live coverage, not being there) was when they announced Best Fan Writer goes to Cheryl Morgan and her response: #*%! I won a Hugo!!!… LOL. David Anthony Durham won the Campbell Award for best new writer. Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form was won by Wall-E, while Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form went to Dr Horrible’s Singalong Blog. Winner for Best Novel was The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, and Neil was the presenter for Our brand new category, Best Graphic Story: won by Girl Genius, Kaja and Phil Foglio. Other winners included Ellen Datlow, David G Hartwell, Weird Tales, John Scalzi, Ted Chiang, Elizabeth Bear, Nancy Kress, and several others. I find this rather amazing, because for the first time ever every one of my picks from the nominations were actually the winners. Congratulations to everyone, and do you know where your towel is?