Host of the 63rd Emmy Awards, Jane Lynch, opened last night's ceremony with a musical number on the nature of television.
The Glee actress opened the TV awards by greeting a fictional President of Television, played by Leonard Nimoy: "Reporting for duty, Mr. President of Television.”
Nimoy went on to reveal that all TV shows live together in one building, leading the 51-year-old to launch into her tribute to the small screen with a song.
Nimoy responded with: "Jane, they hardly let you sing on Glee” to which she replied, “I’m lip-synching!”
Lynch moved through different scenes from various television shows, including Entourage, Grey's Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory.
Jane Lynch hosted last night's 63rd Emmy Awards
She then headed to the world of Mad Men, where she enlightened the cast of the AMC series to how much things have changed in the future.
"Does that mean women don't have to sleep with men anymore to make it to the top?" Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss asked.
Lynch responded: "No, you still have to do that!"
At the end of the pre-recorded opener, the actress came face-to-face with her Glee alter ego Sue Sylvester giving an anti-television speech to a crowd.
Lynch said as Sylvester: "TV is a vast wasteland where good ideas go to die."
The real Lynch then threw a slushie on Sylvester, kicking her off the stage and concluding: "TV is a vast wonderland...there's no place like TV."
Nimoy's part was reportedly due to be played by Alec Baldwin but the actor pulled out, claiming that a joke he made about the News Corporation phone-hacking scandal was cut by broadcasters Fox, also owned by Rupert Murdoch.
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