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2009 Emmy Nominations

Just the barebones list:

Drama Series
1. Big Love
2. Breaking Bad
3. Damages
4. Dexter
5. House
6. Lost
7. Mad Men

Comedy Series
1. Entourage
2. Family Guy
3. Flight of the Conchords
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. The Office
6. 30 Rock
7. Weeds

Lead Actor, Drama
1. Simon Baker, The Mentalist
2. Gabriel Bryne, In Treatment
3. Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
4. Michael C. Hall, Dexter
5. Hugh Laurie, House
6. Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Lead Actress, Drama
1. Glenn Close, Damages
2. Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
3. Mariska Hargitay, Law&Order:SVU
4. Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
5. Elizabeth Moss, Mad Men
6. Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Lead Actor, Comedy
1. Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
2. Steve Carell, The Office
3. Jermaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
4. Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory
5. Tony Shalhoub, Monk
6. Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Lead Actress, Comedy
1. Christina Applegate, Samantha Who
2. Toni Collette, United States of Tara
3. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
4. Tina Fey, 30 Rock
5. Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
6. Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

Supporting Actor, Drama
1. Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
2. Michael Emerson, Lost
3. William Hurt, Damages
4. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
5. William Shatner, Boston Legal
6. John Slattery, Mad Men

Supporting Actress, Drama
1. Rose Byrne, Damages
2. Hope Davis, In Treatment
3. Cherry Jones, 24
4. Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
5. Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
6. Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy

Supporting Actor, Comedy
1. Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
2. Kevin Dillon, Entourage
3. Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
4. Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
5. Tracey Morgan, 30 Rock
6. Rainn Wilson, The Office

Supporting Actress, Comedy
1. Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
2. Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
3. Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
4. Amy Poehler, SNL
5. Kristin Wigg, SNL
6. Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty


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Random thoughts:


Super excited for Breaking Bad, Cranston and Aaron Paul. In a perfect world, all three will win.

Damages being in Drama Series is all kinds of wrong. As a whole the show was just a mess this season. House shouldn't be in either...what a crap season. The Shield should be in over both.

Family Guy? Sure...

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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

I thought Damages was fantastic until the final episode, which was just ... way to clean. And since these aren't based on full seasons, it isn't that big of a surprise.

Glad to see Lost up there. Family Guy deserves one, but that nomination is about 5 seasons late.

I don't like them opening up these fields this much, it just seems wrong.

but to 30 Rock, The Office, Damages, Lost, Flight of the Conchords, and How I Met Your Mother (this season of Weeds has been ehh.)

Big for no CBS procedurals making the Best Drama list.
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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

I think Hell just froze over....no nomination for Boston Legal in Best Drama and no nomination for James Spader.
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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

Since when is Rose Byrne a supporting character in Damages? She's the lead!
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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

Once again no love for Friday Night Lights or it's stellar cast.
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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

Originally Posted by Groucho
Since when is Rose Byrne a supporting character in Damages? She's the lead!
Because Glenn Close can act circles around her, and so the producers put her in the category with the best shot. And while she is the lead, everything revolves around Patty.

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I think Hell just froze over....no nomination for Boston Legal in Best Drama and no nomination for James Spader.
Weak final season. Though, I already miss the show
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Best reality competition
1).The Amazing Race
2).American Idol
3). Dancing with the Stars
4). Project Runway
5). Top Chef

Best variety, music or comedy series
1). The Colbert Report
2). The Daily Show
3). The Late Show with David Letterman
4). Real Time with Bill Maher
5). Saturday Night Live

Hopefully, Amazing Race can keep its streak alive. Last season was pretty good and the couple of the final episodes and the finale was great for Luke's meltdown. It's fantastic that Survivor didn't get a nomination after all the complaining and pleading that Jeff Probst did on his blog. I hope he doesn't get nominated because he is an asshat.
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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

The only omission complaints I really have are:

Californication (assuming that the last season took place in the window, which I think it did). It deserved nominations for best comedy, Actor, and Supporting Actor.

The Shield for best drama and some acting nods.

I think it's good that they increased the nom number in each category. The 5 noms/category is a relic from the 3-network days.
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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

Originally Posted by ericmylad
Once again no love for Friday Night Lights or it's stellar cast.
That too. Kyle and Connie really deserve some recognition for their work on that show.
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I like Byrne on the show and this season was more focused on Patty than Ellen, really. Close had such 'noteworthy' storylines such as bickering with her son about his older girlfriend...ugh.
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Originally Posted by chowderhead
Hopefully, Amazing Race can keep its streak alive.
I'm happy as long as Amazing Race or Top Chef win out. Odds are on Amazing Race, though.

Since Family Guy is nominated for Best Comedy, it is not nominated for best animated series. Those noms are:

American Dad • Sixteen-Hundred Candles • FOX • 20th Century Fox / Underdog / Fuzzy Door
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II • Cartoon Network • ShadowMachine
South Park • Margaritaville • Comedy Central • Central Productions
The Simpsons • Gone Maggie Gone • FOX • Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television

3 of the 6 nominations for "Best Directing - Comedy" are for 30 Rock (Apollo, Apollo - Reunion - Generalissimo), 4 of the 5 writing nominations for Comedy are for 30 Rock (the 5th went to Flight of the Conchords). Similarly, 4 of the 5 writing nominations for Drama are for Mad Men (the 5th went to Lost).

BSG got a nom for Best Directing - Drama (Daybreak Pt. 2)

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Originally Posted by RichC2
I'm happy as long as Amazing Race or Top Chef win out. Odds are on Amazing Race, though.
I also noticed that Chef Tom and Padma were nominated in that Reality Host category. I hope they win. Love them and the show.
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Yeah the only thing I"m really pulling for is for Aaron Paul to win. No need to worry about Cranston, they should just give him the statue right now.
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Aaron Paul, Rose Byrne for supporting; all noms for 30 Rock, Tina Fey as Palin, Breaking Bad, Damages (but Supporting for William Hurt is too much)

No love for True Blood S1 ...should win though for "Main Title Design" (props to Digital Kitchen)

House over 24's comeback season? Sarah Silverman??? Kiefer only for Redemption??

Are the Emmys serious about keeping the Outstanding Reality Host category?

Originally Posted by Groucho
Since when is Rose Byrne a supporting character in Damages? She's the lead!
Putting her in supporting is appropriate for this past season. Byrne should have been Lead last year considering she had more screen time than Close and the storyline focused around Byrne's Hewes & Assoc. newcomer in the first season.

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Re: 2009 Emmy Nominations

So glad that Big Love finally gets recognized. It's third season was one of the best beginning-to-end season runs of any show on TV in years.
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Breaking Brad recognition
no FNL
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No Jeremy Piven?

He had his best season on Entourage and was way better then Kevin Dillon
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Originally Posted by RichC2
(this season of Weeds has been ehh.)
I could be wrong but I think S4 is what is being considered for an Emmy, no? S5 didn't premier until June 2009 so that would be up NEXT year.
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This is official and expanded categories? Weak. That's why I don't really pay attention these things - they are a meaningless waste.
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Originally Posted by ericmylad
Once again no love for Friday Night Lights or it's stellar cast.
the nominating committee is soooo frickin' clueless.
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I just finished the last season of "Weeds" - it doesn't belong on that list. However, Justin Kirk should have been nominated.
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Looks the path has been cleared for Michael Emerson to bring one home.
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Originally Posted by Giles
the nominating committee is soooo frickin' clueless.
I heard Ausiello say on The Early Show this morning, that for the first time the noms were selected by us, the viewers. I heard nothing about this.


Shameful that once again FNL gets left behind.

I am super happy to hear that Aaron Paul got a nod. Bravo to him!
Cranston too!
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Originally Posted by chowderhead

Best variety, music or comedy series
1). The Colbert Report
2). The Daily Show
3). The Late Show with David Letterman
4). Real Time with Bill Maher
5). Saturday Night Live
The Soup is better than all of those. How does SNL keep getting nominated when it has a continued streak of shittiness that has been going on for years.
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
The Soup is better than all of those. How does SNL keep getting nominated when it has a continued streak of shittiness that has been going on for years.
Sarah Palin.

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