“This just in: No one in America is winning their Emmy office pool,” joked host Neil Patrick Harris.
And truer words have never been spoken.
Before tonight, the Emmy awards were known as the most predictable awards show. While a few awards proved to stick to predictability, most shocked viewers almost as much as an episode of “Breaking Bad.” Almost.
In the most notable snubs we have the Outstanding Lead Actor/Actress in a Drama Series categories. Most people had their money on Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) and Kerry Washington (“Scandal”) as shoe-ins to take home Emmys tonight, but neither did. Instead, Jeff Daniels of “The Newsroom,” won his first Emmy while Claire Danes won her second Emmy in this category for her role in “Homeland.”
Washington would have been the first African-American actress to ever win the category.
The other snub came when fan-favorite Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”) lost the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama Series to Bobby Cannavale of “Boardwalk Empire.” However, Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) picked up the Outstanding Supporting Actress award which most would agree that she deserves. 
On a lighter note, the comedy sweep by HBO’s “Veep,” was a welcome surprise. “Modern Family” has won the majority of comedic awards in the last three years and it’s definitely time for another show to reign supreme.
“Veep” took home Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Tony Hale).  
While “Veep” was also favored to take the Outstanding Comedy Series award, “Modern Family” won instead for the fourth time. “Breaking Bad” won its first award for Outstanding Drama Series and is poised to do the same next year for the second half of its final season.
Other than the actual awards, the show was pretty drab. Neil Patrick Harris gave us the occasional “lol” jokes, but the skits and presenters provided more awkwardness than laughs.
Also, the producers decided to honor five members of the television community that passed this year with their own individual tributes outside of the In Memoriam tribute. The tributes were done randomly throughout the show. While I respect those who have passed away, this just made the whole show way too heavy. There’s a reason why there’s usually only one allotted segment for those who have passed.
The highlight of the show to me didn’t have much to do with actual television, ironically. It was the announcement of the Outstanding Choreography award which consisted of a dance number choreographed by the nominees. The dance number featured theme songs of a few nominated shows. See for yourself below!

Overall, I give the show a B-.
Til next year, Emmys!