Emmy nominations

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Another year, another odd list. In what sense are 'Weeds', 'Monk' or 'Entourage' comedies and not dramas?? What kind of world are we living in where 'The Wire' and 'Batlestar Galactica' are not automatic shoe-ins for best drama? And the contined love for 'Two And Half Men' continues to confuse and frighten me.

Oh, well.

(For any Whedon fanatics who spent most of the week obsessed with 'Dr. Horrible'; at least Neil Patrick Harris got a best supporting nomination for 'How I Met Yor Mother')

BEST COMEDY:
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
Two And A Half Men
The Office

BEST DRAMA:
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

BEST VARIETY:
The Jon Stewart Show
The Colbert Report
Late Night w/ David Letterman
Real Time w/ Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

BEST COMEDY WRITING:
Flight Of The Conchords (Bobin, Clement. McKenzie)
30 Rock (Burditt)
30 Rock (Fey)
Pushing Daisies (Fuller)
The Office (Stupinsky, Eisenberg)

BEST DRAMA WRITING:
Battlestar Galactica (Angeli)
Mad Men (Veith, Wiener)
Mad Men (Weiner)
The Wire (Simon)
Damages (Kessler, Kessler, Zelman)

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY:
Alec Baldwin
Steve Carell
Tony Shaloub
Charlie Sheen
Lee Pace

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY:
Christina Applegate
Tina Fey
Mary-Louise Parker
Julia Louis-Dreyfess
America Ferrera

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA:
Gabriel Byrne
Bryan Cranston
Michael C. Hall
James Spader
Jon Hamm
Hugh Laurie

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA:
Sally Field
Kyra Sedgwick
Holly Hunter
Glenn Close
Mariska Hartigay

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And the contined love for 'Two And Half Men' continues to confuse and frighten me.
Maybe the Academy of TV A&S feels they need throw a bone to the demographic that still thinks it's not funny if there's no laugh track.

I'm baffled by Boston Legal. I liked that show a while back, but lost interest. I watched it recently when my folks were visiting and wow... except for Spader I think every main cast member is a senior citizen.

[Squealy]

Another year, another odd list. In what sense are 'Weeds', 'Monk' or 'Entourage' comedies and not dramas??
"Weeds" is most assuredly a comedy series. "Entourage" is as much or more a comedy as "Sex and the City" was -- the tone of the show is largely humorous, if not exactly "comic." A show doesn't have to be a sitcom to be a comedy. "Desperate Housewives" and "Ugly Betty" have been nominated in the category too, and they're more of a stretch (I would describe them more as "campy soap operas").

The continued omission of "The Wire" is a puzzle. "Battlestar Galactica," on the other hand, hasn't deserved a nomination since season one, IMO.

[CellPhoneFred]

I know he's not "hip" or "trendy" like Colbert or Stewart, but Letterman should really win for Best Variety Show. Have you watched him lately? He is absolutely nuts! It is like he knows that since he can't beat Leno then he simply does not give a damn what other folks ("middle America") may think. His show hasn't been this wacky or sharp since the mid 80's.

[davenav]

Yay for Tina Fey!!!

[Marty Milton]

I, too, am baffled as to how The Wire was consistently snubbed for even Emmy consideration all five years of its run. To add to my confusion is the love they are showing for Mad Men. I think Mad Men is a good show, but I think The Wire should have been nominated over MM, considering this is the last opportunity for The Wire.

[Squealy]

I, too, am baffled as to how The Wire was consistently snubbed for even Emmy consideration all five years of its run.
The LA Times has recently been running stories about the voting process, which involves a panel who view particular episodes. There was mention made of the poor reaction The Wire's season finale (their submitted show) got in the screenings; I guess the problem is that the show's density, lack of melodrama, and detail-oriented storytelling make the episodes difficult to appreciate out of context. Certainly I can understand the difficulty of following a Wire episode without watching the series; however, you'd think the same problem would affect Lost and other serialized shows. (Also, you'd think at least some percentage of people in the TV industry would be familiar enough with the show to vote for it automatically). It did make the shortlist of ten.

A show like Mad Men is greatly helped in its first season by being able to submit the pilot, which introduces all the characters. (The same was true of Lost in the season where it won the Emmy.) The Wire didn't get off to such a strong start as those two shows; the first episode was confusing and a bit overwhelming and you had to watch a few episodes before you really began to realize how good it was.

[Dan C]

I know he's not "hip" or "trendy" like Colbert or Stewart, but Letterman should really win for Best Variety Show. Have you watched him lately? He is absolutely nuts! It is like he knows that since he can't beat Leno then he simply does not give a damn what other folks ("middle America") may think. His show hasn't been this wacky or sharp since the mid 80's.

Really? I gotta start watching Dave's show again. He goes through ups and downs, but when he's hot he's awesome. :thumbsup:

I'm really happy to see 30 Rock getting so much love. Last season that show went from smart to absolutely brilliant. The Gladys Knight episode in particular deserves an award of its own IMHO!

dan c

[Marty Milton]

I know he's not "hip" or "trendy" like Colbert or Stewart, but Letterman should really win for Best Variety Show. Have you watched him lately? He is absolutely nuts! It is like he knows that since he can't beat Leno then he simply does not give a damn what other folks ("middle America") may think. His show hasn't been this wacky or sharp since the mid 80's.

I have always been a David Letterman fan over Jay Leno. To me he has always been funnier than Jay Leno. Leno tried to "sanitize" his act so it would be more appealing to a wider audience. I think David Letterman is the best interviewer of kids. He never talks down to them.

Speaking of kids David Letterman seems "warmer" and more open after the birth of his son, Harry. He is unabashably proud of his son and tells stories about him all the time.

[JohnG]

I'm baffled by Boston Legal. I liked that show a while back, but lost interest. I watched it recently when my folks were visiting and wow... except for Spader I think every main cast member is a senior citizen.

I always think of Boston Legal as a comedy.

[Scott Wheeler]

Nice to see Brian Fuller get an Emmy nomination. I worked with him for several years at Star Trek Voyager. Great guy and a creative force.

[I Am The Lolrus]

you guys seen dexter? Season 1 was great!!

[rjp]

would love to see both spader and shatner win.

renny

[Jay F]

My favorites:

BEST COMEDY:
Entourage

BEST DRAMA:
Mad Men

BEST VARIETY:
The Colbert Report

BEST COMEDY WRITING:
The Office (Stupinsky, Eisenberg)

BEST DRAMA WRITING:
Mad Men (Veith, Wiener)
Mad Men (Weiner)
The Wire (Simon)
I don't know which eps are up, but I love both of these shows.

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY:
Steve Carell

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY:
I haven't watched enough of them. I love Mary Louise Parker, but I've never seen WEEDS.

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA:
James Spader

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA:
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[Jay F]

you guys seen dexter? Season 1 was great!!
I couldn't get into the first ep, so I stopped watching.

[Jay F]

I, too, am baffled as to how The Wire was consistently snubbed for even Emmy consideration all five years of its run.Homicide: Life on the Streets was ignored throughout its run, even though IMO it was the best show on TV for nearly a decade. I used to read that it didn't get Emmy noms because it was written (NY) and produced (Baltimore) outside the LA TV universe. The Wire is the even more intense stepchild of HLOTS, so I'm not surprised it is ignored the same way.

[Jack White]

I would like to see Vincent D'Onofrio get a nomination for 'Best Actor' in a dramatic series (L&O:CI). He is a brilliant actor and deserves some recognition.


Is anyone else tired of "House"? I see Hugh Laurie got a 'Best Actor' nomination, but nothing for the series, itself. I think that Laurie's portrayal is actually kind of hammy, although I suppose the soap-opera plots don't help.

[Jay F]

I would like to see Vincent D'Onofrio get a nomination for 'Best Actor' in a dramatic series (L&O:CI). He is a brilliant actor and deserves some recognition.I only recognize him as a big, fat, scenery-chewing ham of an actor. I can't stand watching him go through all of those tics he does. I stopped watching CI at some point, not picking it up again until Chris Noth joined. JMO, of course.

Is anyone else tired of "House"? I see Hugh Laurie got a 'Best Actor' nomination, but nothing for the series, itself. I think that Laurie's portrayal is actually kind of hammy, although I suppose the soap-opera plots don't help.I don't watch it since they brought on the new cast.

[Jack White]

I only recognize him as a big, fat, scenery-chewing ham of an actor. I can't stand watching him go through all of those tics he does. I stopped watching CI at some point, not picking it up again until Chris Noth joined. JMO, of course.

I don't watch it since they brought on the new cast.

I think that those mannerisms (such as bending down to get a closer look at a suspect during an interrogation - in one episode someone describes him as "the man with the crooked neck") is really the quirky personality traits of the character he is portraying. The show (often, much to its detriment, IMO) has built a complex, psychological back story about the Detective Goren character and I think that those "tics" which annoy you are D'Onofrio's expression of the inner life of his character. The character is suppose to be 'odd' and slightly annoying.

About a year ago, I started to almost obsessively watch re-runs from past seasons. The acting on that show, from all of the perfomers, is excellent. I started to notice that there is much in the performances and the interplay between actors, that I missed the first time around, especially from D'Onofrio, He is a very skilled and subtle actor.

BTW, Noth is leaving the show after the current series is done and is being replaced by Jeff Goldblum. I hate to think what your opinion of his annoting mannerisms and tics is? :)

[Jay F]

BTW, Noth is leaving the show after the current series is done and is being replaced by Jeff Goldblum. I hate to think what your opinion of his annoting mannerisms and tics is? :)I don't have much of an opinion of JG, but I liked the show he did last year on NBC that was shot in Venice Beach and Santa Monica. It might have been the locale I liked, though.

[Marty Milton]

would love to see both spader and shatner win.renny

No, I wouldn't. IMO the show has gotten more than their share of Emmies.

[Jack White]

I don't have much of an opinion of JG, but I liked the show he did last year on NBC that was shot in Venice Beach and Santa Monica. It might have been the locale I liked, though.

"Raines" - that was a very good show. It was shame that it cancelled after only about six or seven episodes.