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There have been boring and listless Emmy broadcasts before, but Sunday’s airing of the 60th Annual Awards show, was worse than anyone could imagine. All was doomed from the start, when its five co-emcees, YES, FIVE — Heidi Klum (“Project Runway“), Tom Bergeron (“Dancing With the Stars“), Howie Mandel (“Deal or No Deal“), Jeff Probst (“Survivor”) and Ryan Seacrest (“American Idol“) — arrived on stage, all dressed in tuxedoes. They, of course, were also the five nominees in the brand-new reality host category, which Probst won.

As if these drab five aren’t bad enough on their own crappy shows, they shared no chemistry, and seemed at a loss for anything clever to say from the outset. To say they were unwatchable would be too kind.

Some of the overlong three-hour broadcast was jolted back to life by the appearance of some funny and likeable people. An early presenter, Ricky Gervais, displayed how he’s one of the drollest performers on the planet as he recalled his absence last year, when he won a comedy Emmy for his series “Extras.”

“I couldn’t come last year. Which is a shame. But I STILL won. Do you remember?”

Another presenter, Steve Martin, introduced himself by saying “I’m Steve Martin and I’ll be out here in just a minute” — a 40-year-old quip from his standup days that was still fresher than most of the broadcast’s material.

Politics, and the presidential race, was discussed in a exchange between Jon Stewart and his co-presenter, Stephen Colbert. While Stewart tried to list the best miniseries nominees, Colbert began munching from a bagful of prunes, allowing for some funny banter.

Josh Grobin‘s medley of popular TV Theme Songs was definitely the evening’s highlight, and one of the few saving graces of the evening.