Leonard Nimoy's appearance as the president of television during tonight's Emmy's intro seemed a bit random, and here's why: The role was supposed to be played by Alec Baldwin. Alec worked with the program's writers on a joke that referenced the investigation into phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's tabloids. Fox decided …

Congratulations on winning that Emmy, young lady. Do you have a husband yet? [Via]

What, you thought the stars could get away with one outfit? Hardly: they all changed for HBO's afterparty at The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center!

The Emmy Awards are airing this Sunday, and my neighbor, supermarket tabloid aficionado Helen Peters, has written in to share her thoughts on the matter.

A rival TV awards show would open up "some voting up to the general public, enabling popular series more opportunity to win awards." Especially network shows currently brushed aside by cable. Two And A Half Men, your time has come!

Tracie will be here at 8pmEST to live blog the Emmy Awards for you, but until then, feel free to hang out here and mock, praise, and discuss the red carpet ensembles of the Emmy attendees with your fellow commenters.

With awards show experts like Tom O'Neil claiming that 30 Rock and Mad Men will clean up at tonight's Emmys, I thought perhaps we should forget about predicting winners and start predicting other things to keep an eye on tonight.

• The Emmy Awards are tonight, and host Neil Patrick Harris apparently has a few tricks up his sleeve, including a visit from Dr. Horrible and John Hodgman announcing questionable factoids as the winners go up to collect their prizes. [EW]