“The 2013 Emmys Had A Dance Number (please let me tell you everything about it)” Links and References

Further Reading and Watching

The full dance number

2013 Tonys opener Bigger!

Barenaked Ladies’ magnificent Snacktime

“Can Twitter Save TV? (And Can TV Save Twitter?)” from Forbes, 2013

Hollywood Reporter - quotes on the making of the dance number

Video References

Bee Lyrics dot net has my back

Emmys website nomination list

Warren Carlyle interview

Luck Be A Lady

Jack Cole inspiration

Mad Men

Mic.com - Mad Men theme origins

Derek Hough was in Harry Potter

Allison Holker on grief: People, People, Glamour

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones theme development: film.music.media interview, tech insider interview

Season 3 costume analysis

Travis Wall interviews: LA Magazine, Dance Magazine

Travis Wall allegations: The Star 1, The Star 2, The Wrap

AHS Alylum

TV Guide - Ryan Murphy forgets his show has aliens

AV Club - AHS theme development

Dance Magazine - Sonya Tayeh’s style

Boardwalk Empire

Hollywood Reporter - Boardwalk empire theme development


Breaking Bad

Wall Street Journal - Breaking Bad theme development

The D’umo’s 2009 Emmys dance number


Big Bang Theory

Big Band Theory theme development

BBT costumes in the Smithsonian

Tonys digression

EW interview about Bigger!


People hated it 

Hollywood Reporter: “Emmys 2013: Things Get Weird With TV-Themed Interpretive Dancing Segment”

US Magazine upset about “breakdancing”

Linda Holmes didn’t like it :(

Vulture “highs and lows”

Today.com is confused

Entertainment Weekly “best/worst moments”

Orange County Register has notes

Vanity Fair somehow doesn’t mention the dance

Ellen Pompeo’s thoughts: LA Times, E Online, Toronto Sun

Tweet roundup

Not listed: IMDb, Wikipedia pages, Instagram profiles, and personal websites for referenced works and artists