Blame Conan O'Brien. He put Julia Louis-Dreyfus up to it when she appeared on his show Tuesday night and he reminded her that, when Tina Fey beat Julia for best comedy actress at the Emmys, Tina gave Julia most of the credit. So this whole idea of swiping Tina's Emmy started kind of innocently, maybe even kind of like a practical joke . . . till . . . well . . . the inevitable plot complication.

There were many award milestones and records set at the recent Emmys. And in many cases, results just made for interesting trivia. Our forum posters have been busy compiling a rundown. Here's what they drafted, with credit given to each poster by nickname. To see the thread in our forums, CLICK HERE.

RICHT315: All 12 acting categories were taken by a different series ("Extras," "Ugly Betty," "Entourage," "My Name Is Earl," "Monk," "30 Rock," "Boston Legal," "Brothers & Sisters," "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," "Studio Sixty on the Sunset Strip" and "Law & Order: SVU").

RICHT315: All 4 drama acting awards came from the same network (ABC) but different shows ("Brothers & Sisters," "Boston Legal," "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy").

RICHT315 & BOOMER: Jane Krakowski ("Ally McBeal," "30 Rock") joins a very small group of people who have been regulars on more than one series for a season that won a comedy or drama series Emmy. Others are: Mary Tyler Moore ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show"), Edward Asner ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Lou Grant"), Betty White ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Golden Girls"), Kelsey Grammer ("Cheers," "Frasier"), Portia de Rossi ("Ally McBeal," "Arrested Development"), Steven Hill ("Mission: Impossible," "Law and Order"), Jimmy Smits ("L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue") and James Garner ("Maverick," "The Rockford Files").

GMJAMBEAR: Four performers won Emmys on their first nominations (America Ferrera, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Caron, Thomas Haden Church).

Ooops! I may not have been counting Emmy nominations carefully enough! Looking through the award database at IMDB.com, I tallied 20 past defeats for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," which would mean it's 5 losses shy of tying the record held by "Newhart" as Emmy's biggest loser. It's only got 4 bids this year. Assuming it loses all of them, that means "Late Night" would have to wait till next year to achieve that infamous distinction.

But maybe not. Last night I poked through the awards database at the website of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and noticed an additional old loss suffered by "Late Night." It was in a crafts category back in 2004 — for technical direction of camerawork or video — for its 10th anniversary special. Hmmmmm. Does that count?

This is where things get tricky among award experts who fuss ridiculously over nuance and petty distinctions. The gist: the anniversary special didn't air in "Late Night's" regular timeslot. It was a primetime special, so really it's a different show. But then, of course, it's not. Personally, I think we should count this additional loss since the special was comprised mostly of greatest hits clips from the series.

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