Emmy Winners, Emmy Fashion, Emmy Host Ryan Seacrest -- everything about the Emmys this year was a little lackluster. To the point where the biggest moment of controversy was what WASN'T said.

Given that she's responsible for the most quoted acceptance speech of all time, it seems more than a little strange to cut off Brothers and Sisters' Sally Field, mid-sentence. But that's what someone at Fox did, just as she was warming up to a statement about how mothers shouldn't support the war in Iraq. Behold the machinations of Rupert Murdoch's network, as the producers cut from Ms. Field, mid-"goddamn" to a dark empty stage. Subtle, guys. Real subtle.

But because the broadcast wasn't censored in Canada, we're able to feature the full version here. No official statement has been made by the producers, but speculation revolves around whether it was the clear political bent of her speech, or her use of the curse "goddamn" (which has been acceptible on air for several years now), that lead to her mike being shut down. All I know is that as fun as other moments of the Emmys, such as Rainn Wilson and Kanye West's rap battle and the Colbert/Carell/Stewart group hug, feel crass and tainted. Thanks, Fox. Thanks a bunch.

Remember that Nickelodeon show “You Can’t Do That On Television?” Where irreverent teens cracked jokes, ridiculed one other, and slimed and sprayed water on themselves? Yeah, well it’s back. Except this time with adult billionaires in suits, in the recent interview on the Colbert Report -- otherwise known as the “Colbert-Branson Trainwreck Interview.”

Now, last week we spotlighted the tongue –in–cheek Superbad meltdown interview. But this one, folks, featuring “rebel billionaire" Richard Branson, president of the newly launched Virgin America Airlines, is, without a doubt, entirely real. From the unscripted jibes back and forth to the full-blown water fight (a la Wild n’ Crazy Kids), this truly is an interview gone out of control.

After generously naming the first airplane in the fleet “Air Colbert,” Branson gets heated when Stephen Colbert’s gift of gab gets in the way of plugging his airline. And despite the friendly-ish handshakes at the show’s end, the lesson learned is clear: DON’T PISS OFF BILLIONAIRES. (And never put real coffee in a mug on stage!)

Upstart Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has been getting a lot of buzz lately -- buzz mostly divided into two camps: "hey, this guy seems interesting," and "wait, this guy's a Republican?" For those who've been milling about confusedly in the who-or-what-the-hell-is-Ron-Paul category, things got a little clearer last night thanks to TV's leading champion of truthiness, Stephen Colbert.

After watching this clip, you still may not have decided whether Paul's a genius or a nutcase, but you might, at least, have a better idea of what he's for and against. (Against: taxes, the Patriot Act, and the Department of Education. For: liberty, limited government, and allowing Unicef to continue ... for now.)

So, it turns out that agreeing with every word Bill O'Reilly says is the best way to keep him from shouting at you, cutting your mike, or ripping off the top of your skull to consume the sweet delicious grey matter within (we don't want to SAY that Bill O'Reilly is a brain-eating zombie, but the odd rumor's popped up). At least, this is the lesson we learn from O'Reilly's appearance on Thursday's Colbert Report and Colbert's appearance on Thursday's O'Reilly Factor.

It's hard to tell from these clips whether or not O'Reilly is truly in on the joke, but you have to admit that it's big of him to appear on a show that is an acknowledged satire of his livelihood. Sure, O'Reilly has it coming, but that doesn't mean we thought he'd ever admit to it.

"If you're an act, then what am I?" Oh, Colbert. You're what you've always been: exactly what an increasingly ironic America needs. Someone who tells us lies, because that's the only way we'll ever figure out the truth.