They Would Kill For An Emmy

Newsweek, September, 2008 by Joshua Alston And Marc Peyser

Well, one of them would. The others sell ads, paper—or drugs. We should watch the company we keep.

When we made the guest list for this year’s Emmy roundtable, we knew it wouldn’t be too hard to break the ice. Three of our nominees, Rachel Griffiths (“Brothers and Sisters”), Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”) and Rainn Wilson (“The Office”), starred together on “Six Feet Under.” Mary-Louise Parker (“Weeds”) and John Slattery (“Mad Men”) have been watching each other for years on Broadway. Besides being nominees, our quintet shares a fondness for morally ambiguous characters. Among our motley crew: a serial killer, a debauched executive and a drug baroness. Still, they were all charming and candid, even when the talk turned to drinking, drugs and nudity—and the shiny awards they...