The 63rd annual Emmy Awards, hosted by "Glee" star Jane Lynch, gets going tonight at 8 p.m. on FOX. Check back here after 8 for live updates from the show.

If you want to get started early, there's a live backstage webcast from the Emmy website starting at 5 p.m. A Red Carpet show starts at 5 p.m. on the E! channel.

Here's a full list of nominees, which include former Raleighites Michael C. Hall and Evan Rachel Wood. Hall is nominated for his starring role in Showtime's "Dexter," and Wood, who has a recurring role as the campy Vampire Queen of Louisiana in HBO's "True Blood," is nominated for her supporting role in the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce." Wood has an excellent shot at winning. We're pulling for both of them!

Recap below.

First, check out this photo gallery from the show and this one from the Red Carpet.

Emmy Awards (8pm, Fox) - Jane Lynch hosts the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Presenters include Will Arnett, Zooey Deschanel, Ashton Kutcher, Julianna Margulies, Amy Poehler, and Sofia Vergara. HBO leads the nominations with 104 and its miniseries "Mildred Pierce" leads all with 21 nominations, followed by AMC's "Mad Men" with 19. Former Raleigh residents Michael C. Hall and Evan Rachel Wood are nominated.  I'll be watching tonight and doing some live-blogging and some tweeting (@WarmTV), so follow along!

Drop Dead Diva (9pm, Lifetime) - A bride-to-be sues a bridal store after she is seriously injured during a sale stampede. Also, Parker hires his ex-girlfriend as a temp.

Breaking Bad (10pm, AMC) - Jesse, Mike and Gus head to Mexico where Jesse is tested and Gus comes face to face with his old nemesis. Also, Walter Jr. becomes concerned when his dad doesn't show up for his birthday party, and Skyler becomes more involved in Ted's IRS situation. I don't know how they keep doing it, but this is another incredibly intense episode.

Rock Docs: Planet Rock - The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation (10pm, VH1) - An exploration of the connections between hip-hop music and the crack-cocaine epidemic, narrated by Ice-T. Remarks by Snoop Dogg, B-Real, RZA, Raekwon, and former drug dealers Azie Faison and Freeway Ricky Ross are included.

Against the Wall (10pm, Lifetime) - Abby and Lina investigate 911 response complaints after they are unable to get emergency help. Meanwhile, Donnie tries out for the SWAT team, which leads to family secrets being revealed.

This is another great moment from last night's Emmy show. 

Check out this great photo gallery of highlights from last night's Emmy Awards show.

We also have a gallery of the Red Carpet arrivals and a full recap of the show.

Oh yeah, and a video of host Jimmy Fallon's fantastic show-opening dance number.
 

Best opening to the Emmy Awards show ever.

The stars are working the Red Carpet now, heading inside for the big night. From the limited bit I've seen so far, it sounds like navy blue is big color this year. Here's a photo gallery that will be updated several times tonight.

Starting the live recaps at 8pm. Check in periodically for updates!

8pm: GREATEST. EMMY. OPENING. EVER.  Host Jimmy Fallon took the kids from "Glee" and at least one person from a bunch of other shows and did a terrific song and dance number to Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." Betty White gave Jon Hamm dance lessons and then Hamm sang a bit (Jon Hamm singing Springsteen? I can die happy now). Jorge Garcia from "Lost," Joel McHale from "Community," Tim Gunn from "Project Runway," Tina Fey from "30 Rock" -- perfection.

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Tonight is the night we hope against hope that Emmy rewards some of our dark horse television favorites and finally gives trophies to those who really deserve them. Here at Happiness is a Warm TV, that of course means Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler from "Friday Night Lights" absolutely must win. And also, anyone from "Breaking Bad." Oh! And "Mad Men." Or "Dexter."

Shoot. I guess they can't all win.

This year should be pretty interesting, though, since there are so many really deserving nominees. I can only name a handful of nominees whose wins would truly tick me off (ahem, "Office" and Alec Baldwin). Mostly, I think the majority are deserving. (Here are my picks from early July.).

The show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, begins at 8pm on NBC. We'll be live-blogging recaps here all night, starting at 8pm, so check back often.

Here are some things to watch for in tonight's broadcast:

Bill Maher fans love the New Rules segment of his HBO show, "Real Time with Bill Maher." It's the part of the show where he basically rants about people and policies that irritate him.

Maher gave The Hollywood Reporter a list of New Rules for people attending this Sunday's Emmy Awards show.

An example: New Rule: Please spare me the 40-minute dissertation on how fabulous "Glee" is. It's 2010. You can just come right out and say you're gay.

Maher has been nominated for 26 Emmys, including four this year for "Real Time."

Read more of Maher's New Rules at The Hollywood Reporter website.

It's Emmy time at last, so I'm settling down in front of the TV to see just how badly I did on my Emmy ballot. If you didn't watch, here's what you missed.

Most favored Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris starts with an intro that sounds like a 1940s newsreel announcer. He then comes out in white dinner jacket and channels Frank Sinatra for his big song, a clever number that implores folks to put down the remote. It's brief and fanastic. The funniest part of the song was the line about how curvy Joan from "Mad Men" could turn a gay man straight, then "Oh wait, there's Jon Hamm."

First Kanye West joke of the night is from NPH: "I hope Kanye likes '30 Rock.'"

NPH gives a tour of the fancy stage and tells us they will present the awards grouped in genres this year. Interesting. First up is comedy and there's a comedy montage that reminds me once again why I do not watch "Two and a Half Men."

I get so excited for the Emmy show every fall, and never understand why ratings are so low. This year, Neil Patrick Harris is the host, so my hopes are even higher than usual (he may sing!). And Justin Timberlake is presenting (duet?!). So I expect the show to be funny, the speeches to be captivating, and my favorites to win. (We'll see how that works out for me...)

Without re-reading the predictions we made in July when the nominees were first announced, I'm going to make my picks and wish/rant/threaten a little here (watch your back, Charlie Sheen).