Choreography award during a commercial break?

When i think of the history of musical theater and the vast contributions given to this art form by choreographers, I was a disappointed to see the choreography award presented as a snippet after a commercial break. Wow! Brilliant choreographers ( Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Michael Bennett, etc... ) are legends and have contributed so much. I found it insulting to see this award not embraced, but given 2nd class treatment.

Agreed. If they didn't have the in-between skits and whatever they could have time to do those awards.

No. Cutting a comedy bit would not have made room for the unaired awards. CBS did not want to air all of the awards, they'd rather include comedy/music bits they think will appeal to a wider audience. Cutting one comedy bit would only have caused them to add in a different comedy/musical bit to replace it, not one of the unaired awards.

This is why they need to go back to airing the first hour (with all of the awards CBS deems unimportant) on PBS, then switching to CBS for the regular ceremony.

Or better yet, move the entire ceremony to PBS.

If anyone missed Sergio Trujillo's acceptance speech for winning Best Choreography, you must see it. So joyous and moving and inspirational. And it definitely belonged on the Tonycast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KcAYA0lVk

Wasn't there a year where best score was during the commercial break?