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A list of the nominations can be found here in several formats:

http://www.emmys.com/awards/2007pt/nominations.php

Reactions:

Pleasant surprises-
Rainn Wilson and Jenna Fischer for "The Office"
Rachel Griffiths and Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters"
Michael Emerson & Terry O'Quinn for "LOST"

Not really surprises, but pleasant-
Steve Carrell and Alec Baldwin
Tina Fey and Mary-Louise Parker
30 Rock and The Office

Unpleasant surprises-
Keifer Sutherland somehow made it in for a dismal season of 24 over Michael C. Hall's brilliant portrayal of Dexter?!?
Jim w/o Pam (No nomination for John Krasinski?!?)

INCREDIBLY unpleasant surprises-
No LOST Best Drama, but Best Directing and Writing in a Drama (Yeah, that makes sense.)

And, perhaps the MOST pleasant surprise-
No Best Drama nomination for 24, in perhaps the worst season of television, ever. (And this is coming from someone COMPLETELY behind the 5th season Best Drama win.)

lotsofdvds

I was pleased to see Studio 60 get five noms.

I was not pleased to see the final episode of The Sopranos receive a Best Writing nom.

Lara Means

THE WIRE not getting nominations proves this award show is bullshit.

Red Dog

Heroes, Grey's Anatomy and Boston Legal for Best Drama but not Friday Night Lights or The Shield or Rescue Me or Deadwood or Rome or Lost.......?! Then no noms for Kyle Chandler nor Connie Britton?! You've got to be kidding me. The Emmys continue to be a total joke. Of course when you have it based on 1 episode out of a season, what should one expect.

Btwn the turnover in NBC mgmt, no major noms and the boomtown-like exile to Fridays, I really fear that FNL won't be with us much longer.

zekeburger1979

I was pleased to see the following happen:

Kevin Dillon for Entourage
Rainn Wilson for The Office

I was expecting Jenna to get nominated for The Office so that didn't surprise me. I was disappointed that John didn't get nominated.

Scrubs got 5 nominations, but no major ones. Boo!

Who exactly is watching Two and a Half Men? I've never seen a thread about it here, at Home Theater Forum or at Television With Out Pity. It can be funny, but I think it's pretty telling that the last new episode I watched, I changed it to watch a rerun of House instead!

I was surprised not to see Michael C. Hall nominated for Dexter.

I expect The Sopranos to take home Best Drama, thereby becoming the first drama series to take home the award after its' final episode aired.

Geofferson

to the Denis Leary nom. The rest is a joke, by and large.

aktick

I love how on Yahoo's front page, it says, "No love for Lost or 24." Is it even fair to compare the 2? 24 was so bad last season it was a joke, and they are making it sound like it got snubbed? I don't consider shitty shows not getting nominated a snub, I call it justice. Lost got snubbed.

Grey's Anatomy.
Heroes as best drama.
Charlie Sheen.
Emerson and Quinn.
No Rome, Deadwood, or Big Love?

conscience

Comedy side looks about right. Drama side is all messed up and extremely laughable - especially series. I could think of five shows that are much better than the ones listed. Thank God The Sopranos is over with. I'm tired of that show taking undeserved nominations (Bracco? Falco?). Especially in the writing category. One is fine. Three (almost) every year is not.

Red Dog

It was a mortal lock that Sopranos would get a lot of noms, so I resigned myself to that fact, but the continued nominations of Bracco who has a few lines each episode will never cease to perplex me.

lewisb73

Very suprised Dexter wasn't nominated...

Doughboy

They got some stuff right:

24's shutout in the Best Drama category. This isn't a shocker since Lost got shut out last year after a mediocre 2nd season following its Emmy-winning first season(they even poked fun at that in Conan's opening segment). And with 24 having an absolutely horrific 6th season, it had no business even sniffing a nomination.

Heroes' nomination for Best Drama. It had some weak acting performances and a lame finale, but overall it was one of last season's most exciting shows. And it's always a pleasant surprise when a genre series gets some love from Emmy voters(just ask Buffy or Battlestar Galactica fans).

Jenna Fischer for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy. Pam is a reserved, low key kind of character on a show known for having some pretty whacked out ones, so it's good to see Fischer wasn't overlooked for her performance. Either that or the Emmy voters just felt sorry for her after she broke her back.

Masi Oka for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. This one isn't a shocker. Heroes was likely to get one token acting nod and it was either gonna be Oka or the dude who plays HRG. But it's still really cool to see him nominated.

Kevin Dillon for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. Jeremy "Droz" Piven was a lock for this category, but the heart of Entourage is Johnny Drama. Somehow I don't see him standing at podium accepting the Emmy while exclaiming "VICTORY!!!".

They also got some stuff way wrong:

Grey's Anatomy for Best Drama. I realize the networks only submit an episode or two to the voters for each series, but how can the Emmy folks be THIS out of touch. Grey's Anatomy might not have had the dramatic dropoff in quality last season that 24 did, but it wasn't far behind. The only good drama coming out of Seattle Grace lately is Isaiah Washington calling T.R. Knight the "f-word". And the worst part of this nomination is.....

Friday Night Lights and Lost shutout of Best Drama. Friday Night Lights was the best network drama last season. I can think of only 2 reasons it failed to get the nomination. First, its ratings were dismal. Unlike the Oscars, success matters to the Emmy crowd. And secondly, it's about high school football in a small West Texas town. If ever there was a show that was doomed with the blue state elitist snobs that make up the Emmy voting bloc, it's this one. Lost had a helluva comeback season. I've been one of the show's biggest critics, but even I have to acknowledge that. Unfortunately the Emmy folks felt otherwise.

Connie Britton shutout of Best Actress in a Drama. Not only should she have been nominated for Friday Night Lights, she should've been a shoo-in for the award itself. I dare anyone to name me a better lead actress on a network or cable drama from last season. She ain't out there.

T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl's Best Supporting acting nods. Considering they were paired up in one of the worst "romantic" subplots in recent memory, it's disheartening to see them rewarded for it. Knight's nomination could in part be due to sympathy from the voters due to the Washington "f-word" fallout. But what's their excuse for Heigl?

Tony Shalhoub for Best Actor in a Comedy. No, I have no problem with Shalhoub's work in Monk. But the voters seem obsessed with giving him the award, so this nomination likely means Steve Carell will go home empty-handed for the 2nd consecutive year.

Red Dog

Note: Big Love was not eligible - S1 was outside the Emmy calendar for 2006-2007. S1 was eligible for last year's Emmys.

MadMark

The fact that Two and A Half Men, Dancing With the Stars (which I enjoy, but 8 nominations?), and a season of 24 that almost everyone panned each got more nominations than Friday Night Lights says all you need to know about this year's awards.

The list for "Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics" makes me wish they did live performances on the telecast like they do on the Oscars:

Family Guy - "Peter's Two Dads"
MADtv - "1209"
SNL - "Dick in a Box"
Scrubs - "Everyting Comes Down to Poo"
Scrubs - "Guy Love"

conscience

Oh I gotta say that the best thing about the Drama Categories is Minnie Driver is in for The Riches. I usually cannot stand her as an actress, but I loved her on that show. The worst thing about the drama categories is no Michael C. Hall. That category would have been awesome if he and Eddie Izzard were there.

Charlie Goose

I notice that there are some categories that have split

Best Reality
Best Reality-Competition

Best Makeup, Non-Prosthetic
Best Makeup, Prosthetic

Is this new?

JPRaup

Full Nom's:

2007 Emmy Nominations

Outstanding Comedy Series
Nominees:

"Entourage" (2004)

"The Office" (2005)

"30 Rock" (2006)

"Two and a Half Men" (2003)

"Ugly Betty" (2006)
Outstanding Drama Series
Nominees:

"Boston Legal" (2004)

"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

"Heroes" (2006/II)

"House M.D." (2004)

"The Sopranos" (1999)
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Nominees:

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)

9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)

Longford (2006) (TV)

The Ron Clark Story (2006) (TV)

Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006) (TV)
Outstanding Miniseries
Nominees:

Broken Trail (2006) (TV)

Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV)

"The Starter Wife" (2007) (mini)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

Ricky Gervais for "Extras" (2005)

Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Nominees:

James Gandolfini for "The Sopranos" (1999)

Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Denis Leary for "Rescue Me" (2004)

James Spader for "Boston Legal" (2004)

Kiefer Sutherland for "24" (2001)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Nominees:

Jim Broadbent for Longford (2006) (TV)

Robert Duvall for Broken Trail (2006) (TV)

William H. Macy for "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" (2006) (mini)

Matthew Perry for The Ron Clark Story (2006) (TV)

Tom Selleck for Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007) (TV)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominees:

America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Felicity Huffman for "Desperate Housewives" (2004)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)

Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Nominees:

Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005)

Minnie Driver for "The Riches" (2007)

Edie Falco for "The Sopranos" (1999)

Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Nominees:

Queen Latifah for Life Support (2007)

Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2007) (mini)

Helen Mirren for Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV)

Mary-Louise Parker for The Robber Bride (2007) (TV)

Gena Rowlands for What If God Were the Sun? (2007) (TV)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominees:

Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Kevin Dillon for "Entourage" (2004)

Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Rainn Wilson for "The Office" (2005)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominees:

Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)

Michael Imperioli for "The Sopranos" (1999)

T.R. Knight for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Masi Oka for "Heroes" (2006/II)

Terry O'Quinn for "Lost" (2004)

William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Nominees:

Edward Asner for The Christmas Card (2006) (TV)

Thomas Haden Church for Broken Trail (2006) (TV)

Joe Mantegna for "The Starter Wife" (2007) (mini)

Aidan Quinn for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)

August Schellenberg for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominees:

Conchata Ferrell for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Jenna Fischer for "The Office" (2005)

Elizabeth Perkins for "Weeds" (2005)

Jaime Pressly for "My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Holland Taylor for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Vanessa Williams for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nominees:

Lorraine Bracco for "The Sopranos" (1999)

Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Katherine Heigl for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Sandra Oh for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Aida Turturro for "The Sopranos" (1999)

Chandra Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Nominees:

Toni Collette for Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV)

Judy Davis for "The Starter Wife" (2007) (mini)

Samantha Morton for Longford (2006) (TV)

Anna Paquin for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)

Greta Scacchi for Broken Trail (2006) (TV)
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Nominees:

"The Colbert Report" (2005)

"The Daily Show" (1996)

"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)

"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)

"Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003)
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Nominees:

"The Amazing Race" (2001)

"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)

"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)

"Project Runway" (2005)

"Top Chef" (2006)
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
Nominees:

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (2006) (TV)

Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2006) (TV)

Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed (2006) (TV)

Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006) (TV)

A Tribute to James Taylor

Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired (2006) (TV)
Outstanding Reality Program
Nominees:

"Antiques Roadshow" (1997)

"The Dog Whisperer" (2004)

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (2003)

"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (2005)

"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" (2003)
Outstanding Animated Program
Nominees:

"Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2005)

"Robot Chicken" (2005)

"The Simpsons" (1989)

"South Park" (1997)

"SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999)

bigjim25

Glad to see The Starter Wife getting some love. I loved that miniseries.

Doc Moonlight

I was hoping against hope that VERONICA MARS would get some recognition on its way out the door, but no, not one single nomination.

Daryl

someone enlighten me: was season 4 of The Wire not eligible or something?

JPRaup

I bolded what I want to win. The others I would be happy to see win.

Outstanding Comedy Series:
"The Office" (2005)
"Entourage" (2004)
"30 Rock" (2006)

Outstanding Drama Series
Dexter should have been. I don't really care about the rest.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Ricky Gervais for "Extras" (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Michael C. Hall for Dexter should have been. Don't really care about the rest.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Kevin Dillon for "Entourage" (2004)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Rainn Wilson for "The Office" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jenna Fischer for "The Office" (2005)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
"The Colbert Report" (2005)
"The Daily Show" (1996)
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed (2006) (TV)

Outstanding Animated Program
"Robot Chicken" (2005)

conscience

It was fully eligible. And one of the five shows that, IMO, are better than the five nominated...

C.S.I. (was really good this year!)
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
The Shield
The Wire

I am not caught up with BG so I didn't consider it.

RichC2

Heroes got nominated for best drama? Well, what little regard I had left for the Emmys is officially gone.

Septemberbaby

NO FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS?
It was completely SHUTOUT! NOT ONE FRICKIN nomination.
Not even a nod for the kid who plays Matt.


This show is too good for Television.

Keifer Sutherland? Are you kidding me? He performance was an exact repeat from the season before. He did nothing different. Grrrrrr.



I'm also ticked that Michael C. Hall was left out.

conscience

I haven't checked the obscure tech categories, but it got a directing nod for the pilot which was definitely deserved.

Thank you very much for saying that about Sutherland. You are exactly right. The writing didn't help, though.

JPRaup

I love that Dick in a Box is nominated for an Emmy