The best line from the Emmy's on Sunday night was Stephen Colbert, replying to Jon Stewart's suggestion that award ceremonies might bewasteful and bad for the environment:
Colbert: Jon. If entertainers stop publicly congratulating each other, then the earth wins.
Of course, I didn't actually watch the entire Emmy Awards show, so I suppose someone else could have said something wittier. But I doubt it.
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There are few wittier than Colbert. Hitchens comes to mind, but I really doubt he would be at the Emmys!