The Emmys

The Emmy's are on on Sunday! What a way to kick off the new TV season. The show is being televised on NBC this year with Jimmy Fallon hosting. I have high hopes for his performance -- I remember his MTV movie award year being pretty good and I love his pop culture tilt. Maybe there will even be an appearance of an old SNL skit or two? Fingers are crossed for the Barry Gibb Talk Show or Robert is Bothered. It will be interesting to see how the Emmys writers/NBC non-address the whole late night debacle.

Here's the official Emmy nomination list, and here's an easier to read all-in-one list.

Here are my thoughts:

-DRAMA-

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Lost - will Lost win for its last season? I wasn't that impressed...
Breaking Bad - People love this show, but I've never seen it.
Dexter - This is a good show but I think that Michael C. Hall's nom for best actor covers this base.
(09) Mad Men - The Emmys love this show and so I do I. I hope it wins, again.
True Blood - It's crazy that this got nominated!
The Good Wife - Never seen it.

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (I don't really have a horse in this race.)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) - NSI.
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit) - I love her but I haven't seen the past few seasons.
(09) Glenn Close (Damages) - NSI.
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) - I feel like she wins for this every other year, but NSI.
January Jones (Mad Men) - I don't like her character or her acting.
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) - NSI.

I'm having a hard time thinking of someone who got shafted in this category...

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) - Winnah, winnah!
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) - I still think of Kyle Chandler as the guy from Early Edition. NSI.
(09) Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) - The dad from Malcom in the Middle apparently now plays a meth addict. NSI
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) - My husband doesn't need any more Emmys.
Michael C. Hall (Dexter) - This wouldn't be sad.
Matthew Fox (Lost) - Best crier in the biz.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men) - Silver fox of the year. See Terry O'Quinn.
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) - NSI.
Martin Short (Damages) - NSI.
Terry O’ Quinn (Lost) - Since this is his last year to be nominated, I hope he wins! Locke/Smokey was just about the best part of this last season.
(09) Michael Emerson (Lost) - Giving googley eyes a bad name since '04. This wouldn't be sad, I suppose. And I love the rumors that he and Terry O'Quinn are shopping for a show to co-star in.
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age) - NSI.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice) - NSI.
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) - NSI.
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) - second to Peggy.
Rose Byrne (Damages) - NSI.
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) - NSI.
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) - YES! Sidenote: I was very sad to hear about her and Fred Armisen's divorce.

-COMEDY-

OUTSTANDING COMEDY - My choices are ranked 1-5.
Glee - 3. (This has a good chance of winning, I think.)
Modern Family - 2. This show is incredible.
Nurse Jackie - NSI.
(09) 30 Rock - 1.
The Office - 4. Don't get me wrong, I love the Office, but I think it's past its prime.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - 5. I can't take this show in large doses.

Missing: Community and Parks & Rec could easily be nominated if the Office was.

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lea Michele (Glee) - 3.
Tina Fey (30 Rock) - 1. Recently overheard in a bar: after a USA! USA! chant, a small but devoted subset of TINA FEY! TINA FEY!
(09) Toni Collette (The United States of Tara) - NSI, though she's an incredible actress.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine) - NSI.
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) - NSI
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) - 2. She kills this role.

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Meh. he's not really acting.
(09) Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) -1.
Matthew Morrison (Glee) - 3.
Steve Carell (The Office) - 2.
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) - This show drives me up a wall.
Tony Shalhoub (Monk) - Thankfully, this is the last year of Monk's existence.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY - I can't decide about this category -- I would be happy if anyone OTHER THAN Jon Cryer wins. I'm sure he's a lovely person, but Two and a Half Men is maybe the worst show that ever existed.
Chris Colfer (Kurt, Glee) - I read someplace that when Chris Colfer auditioned for Glee, they wrote a role specially for him.
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) - I love NPH and Barney is often the best part of the show.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) - He is so damn funny in this show.
(09) Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men) - Bleh.
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) - "This can't be your first moon landing."
Ty Burrell (Modern Family) - My top choice of the Modern Fam contenders.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch (Glee) - 2. Jane Lynch WILL win an Emmy for this role... but give it to her next year.
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live) -1. Kristen Wiig is HYSTERICAL and super versatile. This would be highly unlikely, but my choice, nonetheless.
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) - 3. I don't love Jane Krakowski, but she does really well in the Jenna role.
Julie Bowen (Modern Family) - 5. Julie Bowen must have the best agent in television -- she's been in some of the best shows on TV (Lost, Weeds, Modern Family).
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) - 4. She is hilarious.
Holland Taylor (Two and A Half Men) - see Jon Cryer.

-REALITY- I am uninterested in this category.

-VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY-

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report - 2. Give it to Colbert, already! Stewart wins every year.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - 3.
Real Time With Bill Maher - NSI.
Saturday Night Live - 4. This past season was pretty solid, overall, but not as solid as Colbert or Stewart.
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien - 1. THIS WOULD BE SCANDALOUS.

-MINISERIES OR MOVIE - I hate the miniseries/tv movie categories because I have never seen any of them.

Let the best TV win! I may be so bold as to write a red carpet post tomorrow.