Zeke,

gonna quote you in first post. Thanks!

FINALLY Dennis Leary getting some love, but how Rescue Me isn't up for Best Drama i'll never understand. Rediculous.

I can't believe Lost was denied in Drama...Comedy noms look about right...I hope either Geena Davis or Allison Janney win for Drama Actress.

Interesting that Shatner got his third nomination as Denny Crane, but last year's Best Actor winner (James Spader) did not.

mikeporter's To Do List

1. See Conroy's submission "Everyone's Waiting"

i cant believe no shield, entourage, or deadwood.....

this is dumb....

the office better win it all

I'll be the __th to point out that The Shield should've been included. Not that I really gave that much of a shit about the Emmys before, but it's impossible to give them even an ounce of merit when they neglect one of the greatest dramatic television seasons ever produced.

For the millionth time, Deadwood was not elgible this year. The 2nd season aired before the start of the elgibilty period. The 3rd season started after the elgibility period ended.

I already have...Six Feet Under is great...my previous choices were in regard to my political belief.

Could The Shield have been "punished" for having 2 seasons during the 1 Emmy nomination timeframe?

Very surpirised that Lost won't be defending its crown

Also somewhat surprised that Gandalfini and Falco didn't get their usual nominations

Amen to that. Where most shows are steadily going downhill by season 5, The Shield had its best season ever. I think the biggest travesty is that Forrest Whitaker was not given a best supporting actor nomination.

While I love 24, this was not a great season. It had its moments, but the plotlines become more and more unbelievable every season.

Of course the only way for The Shield to get more attention would be if it were on Fox and not F/X, but then it'd get censored all to hell and wouldn't be as great.

Glad to see Itzin and Smart from 24 in there. And I liked the nods for Pressley and for The Office. But mostly this was an odd selection. Alfre Woodard gets the lone Desparate Housewives nod? Her storyline was generally one of the least-liked elements of the season. She's also nominated for a tv movie... maybe they figured they could save seats that way.

And Jane Kaczmarek gets a sixth straight nomination even though the show has lost its buzz a long time ago. This is not to say she hasn't done good work on the show in later years, but come on... That category is also notable in that 4/5 of the shows are finished. Perhaps they stocked the pack weakly so they could justify FINALLY giving Jane the award.

Here are the nominees I would like to see win:

Nominations 9
Lost
Six Feet Under

Nominations 8
Rome

Nominations 7
The Sopranos

Nominations 6
The West Wing

Nominations 5
My Name Is Earl
The Office

Nominations 4
Arrested Development
Extras

Nominations 3
Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar galactica needs to be on there, so does veronica mars, and Lost. Glad to see scrubs and the office, and very happy to see no desperate housewifes up there

Hopefully, that means the Lauren Graham can finally get a nomination. Although, since it'll be the last season and the first under new showrunners, who the hell knows?

I also think it has a lot to do with the supporting categories still being popular vote. If she had to submit a tape I wouldn't have bet on her being on the short list. I think the main Housewives lose, because they are heavily "ensembleized" (can't think of another word - so I made one up) with one another. I would have only nominated Cross if at least one of them would have gotten in.

Family Guy got nominated for the episode where they mock the FCC. Awesome!

I'm shocked that Lost isn't there. Can't explain that one in the least.

Glad about :
George Itzen "24"
Will Arnett "Arrested Development" - Finally! (though I'd vote for Piven this year)
Jamie Presley "Earl"
Writng "Everybody's Waiting" - an obvious choice, but still nice to see it there.
Writing "Extras" "Kate Winslet" - The show wasn't great, but that episode certainly was.

The show's "tape" was the premiere. It was possibly too confusing for the panel. You would agree I'm sure that Lost isn't a show that can be helped with just one tape.

Last year it got in top five because it was insanely popular and didn't have to be judged based on one tape to get there.

BTW : How the hell does the show House get nominated but not Hugh Laurie? I've seen that show a few times and gotta say : It's pretty much a one-man show.

I was really happy to see Kevin James get nominated, even though the show has lost most of it's charm for me. No idea why Jason Lee got screwed.

One of the many reasons the Emmys are full of shit: all these awards are based on a limited sampling of material viewed by people who may or may not know their context. At least with the Oscars, the voters see a film in its entirety (even if not all of the candidate films). In context, "Severed Dreams" is one of the great television episodes of all time. On its own, it's largely meaningless. So many shows have story arcs now that this isolated episodic process gets worse with each passing year.

I'm not sure which is more hilarious, that The Shield got shutout in a season that was as good, if not better, than all the others ... or those Best Actress in a Comedy noms.

das

24 + The Office + Arrested Development =

Couldn't have picked better nominees in my opinion.

I suppose that I could be distressed that Lost, Veronica Mars, and Entourage got snubbed, more or less, in the major categories, but it won't affect how much I enjoy watching the shows. A few nominations could buy Veronica Mars a full third, and a fourth season.

I am also surprised about the lack of nominations for The Office actors and Hugh Laurie. Also surprised that Will and Grace, The Sopranos, and The West Wing held on to their spots - all had critically panned seasons.

cheers,

-the Jesus