Hello, everybody. At the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, it was deja vu for "30 Rock" and "Mad Men" as both shows repeated their respective Comedy and Drama Series wins.

But in the case of individuals...Alec Baldwin repeated his crown, but not Tina Fey; Toni Collette ("United States of Tara") took Outstanding Actress-Comedy. On the drama side, Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") and Glenn Close ("Damages") were both repeaters.

Other winners include: Jon Cryer (Supporting Actor-Comedy, "Two and a Half Men"), Kristin Chenoweth (Supporting Actress-Comedy, "Pushing Daisies"; she suffered a migraine and was later attended to paramedics but is doing fine), Michael Emerson (Supp. Actor-Drama, "Lost"), Cherry Jones (Supp. Actress-Drama, "24"), Jessica Lange (Actress-Miniseries/Movie, "Grey Gardens"; it also took Miniseries/Movie honors), Jeff Probst for the second straight time (Reality-Competiton Host, "Survivor"); and for the seventh straight time in a row...both "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (Variety, Music, or Comedy Series) and "The Amazing Race" (Reality-Competition Program).

Things were hot both temperature-wise (100 degrees under the shade) and fashion-wise prior to host Neil Patrick Harris kicking off the festivities inside the very air-conditioned Nokia Theatre. On the red carpet, we saw Debra Messing ravishing in Michael Kors red, Jennifer Love Hewitt feeling like sunshine in Max Azaria, curvy Kim Kardashian in Ini Soltani, Jamie-Lynn Sigler drizzling in Donna Karan, Carolina Herrera dressing Mariska Hargitay pretty well, and Chenoweth being the only leggy delight.

So, who were the standouts? Have to be Drew Barrymore (Monique Lhullier), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Vera Wang), and an extremely pregnant Heidi Klum (Marchesa). And even if we had wildfires that threatened Los Angeles a month ago, I hope somebody set Kyra Sedgwick's, Kristen Wiig's, Phoebe Price's and Sarah Silverman's gowns on fire so that they won't be worn again!

In a span of a week, we have went from one award show headlined by Kanye West's verbal lashing on Taylor Swift to another headlined by the usual suspects winning and then some. But I have a feeling that even though they were snubbed this time around, next year "True Blood" may "Damage" those "Mad Men."

Now that television's best have been handed out Emmys, on Wednesday we'll find out how much free money Alaskans will be handed out as Gov. Sean Parnell will announce the amount of this year's Permanent Fund Dividend. Last year's check was a record $2,069 (minus the one-time $1,200 bonus); but with the wounded economy, it may be expected to go back to around $1,300-$1,400.

My guess will be $1,372.04, but we won't know the official number until Wednesday evening at around 5:00 Alaska Time (9:00 Eastern/6:00 Pacific). And yes...I will have it on Twitter (twitter.com/jonathanallen) the second it's announced with full details on the blog shortly thereafter!

And last but not least...A full-page ad in the "Washington Post" put out by Fox News Channel about the lack of other news outlets not covering the tea party rally in Washington the other week has been drawing fire from...those other news outlets who claim they covered it!

CNN's Rick Sanchez fired the opening shot on Friday, not only showing the ad, but visual proof of their rally coverage from CNN themselves. He then went on a tirade about Fox News and even going Joe Wilson on them. (By the way, C-SPAN had top-to-bottom coverage of the rally)

With Glenn Beck on their channel and as this generation's Rush Limbaugh, and their continuing bogus claims that they've had higher ratings than CNN and others (actually, it's CNN that has the advantage if you read the fine print in their promos), it's safe to say that Fox News has always taken the "Sleazy Route" of cable news. CNN of course, has remained in the "Safe Route" for almost 30 years. And with that...so long and stay strong!