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Oprah doesnt think any Emmy nominee should get left behind.

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Its impossible to win one almost, Oprah begins her secondary-school riddle.

There are 8 billion people on this planet but only 25 Emmys to be given out tonight.

Quick, everyone, this is the back-of-the-napkin calculation that Mr. Allen warned you about!

Is 8 billion at the top of the fraction or the bottom?

So your chances of winning: 300 million to one, she says, kindly giving us the answer.

And then Michael Keaton won his one-in-300-million Emmy.

Use the commercial to relearn y=mx+b real quick Oprah might ask to calculate slope next.

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