YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE ME?
When she came backstage to speak with the press, it was unclear whether Sally Field, who won Best Actress in a Drama for her role on Brothers & Sisters, knew that the anti-war comment she made at the end of her speech — ''And let's face it, if the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place'' — had been omitted from the Fox broadcast. But she certainly was unapologetic: ''That's too bad. I wanted to say something about the mothers who wait for their military children to come home.... I don't care. I have no comment other than, 'Oh, well.' I said what I wanted to say. I honestly believe that if mothers ruled the world, we wouldn't be sending our children off to be slaughtered.... I probably shouldn't have said the 'God' in front of the 'damn.' I would've liked to have said more bleeped-out words, but that's life.''

HONING HIS ACT
The always reliable Jon Stewart (star of Best Variety Series The Daily Show) delivered some necessary irreverence after the show itself had ended, but before all the winners had made it backstage. So, Jon, any comment on all the censorship in the telecast? ''Did they [air] when I said 'cock'? I had a huge 'cock' bit.'' What are your plans for hosting the Oscars next year? ''I'll probably lay off the Brokeback Mountain stuff. It probably won't get nominated again.'' If you were to interview O.J. Simpson in jail, what would you ask? ''Wait, he's in jail? For the Vegas thing? [Pause] Is this how it goes down, Capone? You kill two people and they get you for knocking over a room in Vegas?''

SURPRISE, SURPRISE
If you were shocked by Boston Legal star James Spader's unexpected win for Best Actor in a Drama (he's actually won twice before), you're not the only one: ''I was really dazed and confused when I was up there,'' Spader told the press, ''because I really didn't think I was going to win tonight. I thought for some time that unless they invented a category of 'What the Hell Is This?' that we wouldn't be nominated for anything. I really thought anybody but myself [would win].''

HE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS FIRST TIME
Last year's Emmy host, Conan O'Brien, was typically self-deprecating about his first-ever Emmy win. ''I had a giant Emmy shelf built, capable of holding 500 Emmys,'' he quipped, ''so this one will sit there alone.'' O'Brien also praised the night's emcee, Ryan Seacrest, but worried that the American Idol host/E! News Daily anchor/drive-time radio jock/E! red carpet reporter maaaybe works a bit too hard: ''If he's still [hosting] it in the parking lot, that's going to be very sad.'' Oh, and, Conan, did you hear about O.J. Simpson going to jail? ''Yeah, I just heard. Mary Hart told me. And the guy from Extra who used to be in a band told me about prime mortgage interest rates collapsing. I haven't read a newspaper in 14 years. I just get my news from these guys.''

ARRIVEDERCI, SOPRANOS
''To get this award tonight, obviously it felt fantastic,'' said David Chase, creator of Best Drama winner The Sopranos, which (in case you hadn't heard) ended its acclaimed run earlier this year. ''The best part of it was the huge standing ovation our cast got [earlier in the show]. That was really fitting, I thought.'' Don't worry, though: Chase was not growing sentimental in the bittersweet afterglow of his show's final bow at television's big night. For one thing, all that Best Show Ever talk? ''I don't really believe it's influenced television that much,'' he said, flatly. ''I don't see it.'' And don't hold your breath for a Sopranos feature film, either; the only one seriously talking about it, reported Chase, was cast member Tony Sirico — who spoke for an absent James Gandolfini with regard to the Best Actor upset. ''I think it was a shame,'' said Sirico. ''He really deserved it. But we all won tonight.''