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"Seth Meyers poked fun at The Big Bang Theory cast&amp;#039;s widely-reported new deals during his opening monologue at the Emmys. The comedian opened the awards by highlighting that the ceremony was going out live on a Monday night for the first time in over three decades.      &amp;quot;This year we&amp;#039;re doing the Emmys on a Monday night in August, which if I understand television, means the Emmys are about to be canceled,&amp;quot; Meyers said, teasing the decision to avoid clashing with the MTV Video Music Awards. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s right, MTV still has an awards show for music videos, even though they no longer show music videos,&amp;quot; he quipped. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s like network TV holding an awards show and giving all of the trophies to cable and Netflix. That would be crazy. Why would they do that?&amp;quot;  Mocking the controversy around the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, Meyers joked that viewers had not expected the final episode to be more depressing than that of Dexter or Breaking Bad: &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s right, kids. Jesse Pinkman lived. Dexter lived, but your mother didn&amp;#039;t make it. Sleep tight.&amp;quot; Highlighting the recent contract negotiations that have reportedly seen the Big Bang Theory cast secure large new deals, Meyers praised Game of Thrones for killing off Sean Bean&amp;#039;s Ned Stark in its first season, adding: &amp;quot;Otherwise, before you know it, you&amp;#039;re paying Sheldon $1 million per episode.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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