Emmy Noms

[shipperx]

So the Emmy nominations are out. Reactions:

DRAMA
Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men
True Blood
The Good Wife

Reaction: True Blood? Seriously? Look, I enjoy True Blood but it is, at best, a guilty pleasure! It does not belong on this list. (Plus, it gets a nom but Buffy never did... even when BtVS was good. It's the HBO thing, isn't it?) Like that Lost got a nostalgia nod though. No way in hell will it win, but it was one of the better network shows.


OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit)
Glenn Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
January Jones (Mad Men)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

Reaction: Connie Britton got a nod! Finally! Yay! It's long over due. She won't win, but I'm damn happy she got a nod. Also, as much as I like Mariska Hargitay, I think her ongoing nomination is a sign as to how thin this category is. She's a fine actress and all, but SVU isn't really a great character showcase, and has anything really happened to her character in years?

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.)
Micheal C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)

Reaction: Kyle Chandler! Yay! And Hugh Laurie kind of goes into the Mariska Hargitay category. He's a good actor. Does a great job. But, frankly, his unending nomination for the same role has gotten a bit stale...as has the his show.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O’ Quinn (Lost)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne (Damages)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Beau Bridges (The Closer)
Ted Danson (Damages)
John Lithgow (Dexter)
Alan Cumming ( The Good Wife)
Dylan Baker (The Good Wife
Robert Morse (Mad Men)
Gregory Itzin (24)

Reaction: Why are Emmy's do darn slow? Itzin was awesome during the last truly awesome season of 24... which was not this final season. Or anything near this final season. That show ran itself into the ground ages ago.

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mary Kay Place (Big Love)
Sissy Spacek (Big Love)
Shirley Jones (The Cleaner)
Lily Tomlin (Damages)
Ann-Margret (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)

Reaction: Love Elizabeth Mitchell and Juliet. Love, love, love her. But she had, what? Ten minutes of airtime the entire season? Still, Suliet hug? That was awesome. (icon!)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Glee
Modern Family
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
The Office

Reaction: So "Glee" wasn't in "Musical" category because... why? And I have to say that I'm for a Dramedy category for things like Nurse Jackie (which is quite honestly far more drama than comedy) because it's an entirely different beast than the other shows listed. And then we've got the fact that The Office and 30 Rock were not in their best seasons. I'm cheering Modern Family on, and wish some of these nominees had been displaced for funnier shows such as Community, Cougar Town, and The Big Bang Theory.


OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

Reaction: Parsons! Yay! Won't beat Baldwin, but still, yay.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

Reaction: Love NPH. He's awesome, but this season of HIMYM sucked and his character was one doing a LOT of the sucking!! Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrel love, though! My heart goes to Cam though, so I'm rooting for him.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Holland Taylor (Two and A Half Men)

Reaction: If Jane Lynch doesn't walk away with this, these awards are bogus.

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mike O’Malley (Glee) (mini-reaction: This is the problem with dramedy! He totally deserves to be recognized... for the drama! His character isn't even there for the funny. It's there in an entirely different capacity)
Neil Patrick Harris (Glee)
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Eli Wallach (Nurse Jackie)
Jon Hamm (30 Rock)
Will Arnett (30 Rock)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)
Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
Betty White (Saturday Night Live)
Elaine Stritch (30 Rock)
Jane Lynch (Two and a Half Men)

Reaction: Jane Lynch was on Two and a Half Men? Is there a reason that show is still on... or still being nominated?

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List
Mythbusters
Undercover Boss

Reaction: Honestly, shouldn't Deadliest Catch be on there? Scripted dramas don't have as much drama as that show. How many reality shows make you cry... a lot? Rescues at sea. The deckhand with the missing father? The captain discovering his son/deckhand is a drug addict... followed by the Captain having a stroke... followed by his older son (not the drug addict) agonizing over whether to go with his father to the hospital or stay with the boat because it was all falling on his shoulders and he didn't want to fail his dad, the heartwrenching speech from another deckhand about how his own father had died last year while he was at sea and that if the son didn't go with his father that he'd regret it the rest of his life. The two sons at their father's side and the visiting captain promising the dying man that he'd look out for his sons? The younger son lapsing back into drug addiction. The older son confronting him, accusing him of letting his father down while the younger son can't understand why the older son ever considered staying with the ship. And watching it all with the audience knowing that the father is going do die because he did so, months before any of this aired. Guh! That show is serious drama.

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien

Reaction: So, again, Glee wasn't in this category... why?

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE
Endgame (PBS)
Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Moonshot (History)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Reaction: Wasn't Moonshot the movie that JM was in?

Comments

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Reaction: If Jane Lynch doesn't walk away with this, these awards are bogus.

Truer words have never been spoken. And I'd love to see Kristin Chenoweth win for her Glee guest spot (the first time, not so much the second).

I've watched exactly two of the shows with nominations: Glee & Lost. And this is why I don't watch the Emmys.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yes, JM was in Moonshot. It was excellent, and so was he. Even so, I doubt he will win, but a nice nod for him!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Glee and Modern Family were opposite one another for a substantial portion of the season. But it did turn into a sweet but not treacly comedy.

Fizbo Moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXyzl2AJZSw

Computer Moment (she thought the kid had been looking at p0rn): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGzDRC9bXi8&feature=related

Phil and Claire Role Play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6--ce2OEcI


Mad Men is good but can be slow. Same goes for Friday Night Lights

[powerofthebook.livejournal.com]

I tend to think the Emmys (Emmies?) wait over a year to recognize awesome work on a series. Which is (I'm hoping) the reason that Community didn't run away with the nominations - then again, Glee, also a freshman, doesn't seem to have had any problems running away with nods. Perhaps if they'd take House off the list for a year, the show's producers would take the hint.

And I've been sobbing through the last few episodes of Deadliest Catch. My heart both hurts and sings for those guys.

[next_to_normal]

Shows and actors submit themselves and choose their own categories, don't they? So Glee was in comedy rather than music because that's how they submitted themselves. Probably because the comedy category is more prestigious than the musical/variety category.

YAY for FNL finally getting some recognition. Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler are outstanding.

[sourisvho.livejournal.com]

I squealed out loud when I saw that Kyle and Connie had FINALLY gotten nominations! It's about time. And yay! The show should have been nominated for drama instead of True Blue. Agree with the WTFery of that. Was glad to see the Good Wife trio of actresses get noms, too.

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Reaction: If Jane Lynch doesn't walk away with this, these awards are bogus.


WORD. And she is the ONLY reason Glee is categorized as a comedy. Well, maybe Chris Colfer just an eensy bit there.

Curb Your Enthusiasm, I feel, will pick up all its awards across the board, as it should, cause their last season kicked ass. But they usually do.

I think Breaking Bad will win all their stuff (and I've never seen their show) but they seem to be on a streak. Though I do think that Michael Emerson will walk away with his award for his wonky eyes....and I think he should. Yep.

And why the crap wasn't Psych nominated for comedy? I mean seriously, in what world does that make less sense than Glee?

And why is Chris Meloni never nominated?

[molly_may]

Wasn't Moonshot the movie that JM was in?

Hey, it was! I missed that nomination completely when I was reading through the list. Sweet. I'm sure it has no chance of winning against the HBO movies, but at least it gives me something to root for.

[miss-tress.livejournal.com]

Jane Lynch was on Two and a Half Men?
She's actually been on the show before this season. She plays Charlie's therapist.

Don't ask me why I know that.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Seriously, as much as I love Glee (and sadly, I really do), I really don't think that any of these belong here but Jane Lynch (and possibly Chris Colfer)--who should be the runaway winner, WORD. I would guess that it's counted as "comedy" rather than musical/variety/etc. because the latter category tends to go to, well, variety shows; and despite the music, it IS a hour-long comedy.

I have come to like Modern Family, but I still don't care for the "Big Brother"-esque talking to the camera "interview-style" BS, one of the main reasons I've never liked The Office...

But the Emmys have never really been a true indicator of what year they represent; and some actors keep winning "Best" years after they peaked until someone came along to knock them off.

And I'm 100% behind Lithgow for Dexter. God, he was creepy in that.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

It's the HBO thing, isn't it?

Nah, it's the popularity thing. If nominations were given out due to critical acclaim, HBO's The Wire, Deadwood and Rome would have had them in their time. TB is one of HBO's most popular shows EVER, and as with other Hollywood awards shows, with the Emmys, money talks.

I think Mike O'Malley totally deserves the nom. He was great as something rare on Glee: a well-written character who actually grows.

Totally pissed that the annoying Lea Michele and even MORE ANNOYING Claire Danes got nominated. I want to punch out both of them.

I don't get the Modern Love love at all, except for that for the gay characters. I've always loathed Ed O'Neill and I hate the woman playing his fake cuchi-cuchi wife (who did get an inexplicable nod) - they're both irritating and embarrassing. They're why I didn't make it beyond the first two episodes. Bleh.

Stoked about Jane Lynch, though - she's always been wildly underrated, and her dry-as-dust psychiatrist on Two and a Half Men has always been one of the very few good things about it (along with fellow nom Holland Taylor, whom I've loved since her Bosom Buddies days).

Jim Parsons totally deserves the Emmy this year. Time to retire Alec Baldwin's perpetual victories.

I wish January Jones would win (she was great on Mad Men but I know she hasn't a prayer.

In all, these nominations were equal parts vindication/annoyance. Par for the course.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm so excited about Betty White's nomination for SNL. She's a shoo-in to win, and deservedly so.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

They're why I didn't make it beyond the first two episodes. Bleh.

You should try some of the other episodes. Those really aren't the strongest episodes. The one with Fizbo episode is pretty funny. Cameron joining the Emo band was pretty funny too. And the relationship of Phil with his little boy Luke is usually pretty great. Frankly, the weak links on the show are the women. And I really hate to say that.

On the other hand Cougar Town improved through the season and it actually has several women on that show. It kind of sucked at first, but it evolved into a pretty decent show.

As far as Ed O'Neil goes, I give credit for his Modern Family character not being his "Married with Children" character. This character usually tries to do the right thing, such as taking Manny to Disneyland or putting up with his wife dragging the entire family on their second honeymoon. It's interesting that they've set up all the central family --Ed O'Neil's character and his two adult children as the uptight ones who all became attracted to these effusive, extroverted people. The show has made note of that fact, but I wonder what they think was the source of it.

But, yeah, the gay couple are the best part of the show.

I doubt January Jones will win because it's such a strange character. I think it actually takes watching the show to really get her ice-queen character and I doubt Emmy voters bother with that. They usually just watch the submitted episode and that's it.

I love Mike O'Malley's role and he totally deserves to be recognized, but I think that they really need to change the Emmy categories for Dramedies. His character is beautiful drama, but it's different than say, Jane Lynch on a guest spot in Two and a Half Men. What they're aiming for is different.

And, yeah, I figured at least part of True Blood's nomination was an effort to get people to watch the Emmy show.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I definitely want Betty White to win for best guest.

I want Lynch to win for Best Supporting actress (and honestly, looking at who she's up against she should win. She really, really should.)

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

And why is Chris Meloni never nominated?

Because he was naked all the time on Oz. Seriously, I really believe that. Also, he's much too "New York" (rather like Denis Leary, even though he's from Boston).

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Oz--

*ducks tomatoes*

But I LOVE Stabler. He should at least have a nod :/

*tear*

[berric.livejournal.com]

I have hated the Emmy's since The X Files lost to Law and Order. I am bitter.

Josh Holloway should have been nominated for Lost.