2010 Emmy Nominations Announced Today

[TGC]

A fair bit of surprises here, such as House not getting a Best Drama nod. Unsurprisingly Hugh Laurie got one though. Seeing as I think the 2 hour 2010 premiere was stellar in every way, I am not surprised at all. Also go Dexter, go Micahel C Hall, go John Lithgow, and go Jane Lynch.

Here they are.

DRAMA SERIES

"Breaking Bad" (AMC)

"Dexter" (Showtime)

"The Good Wife" (CBS)

"Lost" (ABC)

"Mad Men" (AMC)

"True Blood" (HBO)

COMEDY SERIES

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO)

"Glee" (Fox)

"Modern Family" (ABC)

"Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)

"The Office" (NBC)

"30 Rock" (NBC)

MINISERIES

"The Pacific" (HBO)

"Return To Cranford" (PBS)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Jim Parsons - "Big Bang Theory"

Larry David - "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Matthew Morrison - "Glee"

Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

Steve Carell - "The Office"

Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"

ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bryan Cranston - "Breaking Bad"

Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"

Kyle Chandler - "Friday Night Lights"

Hugh Laurie - "House"

Matthew Fox - "Lost"

Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Lea Michele - "Glee"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "The New Adventures Of Old Christine"

Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"

Amy Poehler - "Parks And Recreation"

Tina Fey - "30 Rock"

Toni Collette - "United States Of Tara"

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

Glenn Close - "Damages"

Connie Britton - "Friday Night Lights"

Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"

Mariska Hargitay - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

January Jones - "Mad Men"

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE

"Endgame" (PBS)

"Georgia O'Keeffe" (Lifetime)

"Moonshot" (History)

"The Special Relationship" (HBO)

"Temple Grandin" (HBO)

"You Don't Know Jack" (HBO)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Jeff Bridges - "A Dog Year"

Ian McKellen - "The Prisoner"

Michael Sheen - "The Special Relationship"

Dennis Quaid - "The Special Relationship"

Al Pacino - "You Don't Know Jack"

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Maggie Smith - "Capturing Mary"

Joan Allen - "Georgia O'Keeffe"Dame Judi Dench - "Return To Cranford"

Hope Davis - "The Special Relationship"

Claire Danes - "Temple Grandin"

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Chris Colfer - "Glee"

Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother"

Jesse Tyler Ferguson - "Modern Family"

Eric Stonestreet - "Modern Family"

Ty Burrell - "Modern Family"

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Aaron Paul - "Breaking Bad"

Martin Short - "Damages"

Terry O'Quinn - "Lost"

Michael Emerson - "Lost"

John Slattery - "Mad Men"

Andre Braugher - "Men Of A Certain Age"

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Michael Gambon - "Emma"

Patrick Stewart - "Hamlet"

Jonathan Pryce - "Return To Cranford"

David Strathairn - "Temple Grandin"

John Goodman - "You Don't Know Jack"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Jane Lynch - "Glee"

Julie Bowen - "Modern Family"

Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family"

Kristen Wiig - "Saturday Night Live"

Jane Krakowski - "30 Rock"

Holland Taylor - "Two And A Half Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Sharon Gless - "Burn Notice"

Rose Byrne - "Damages"

Archie Panjabi - "The Good Wife"

Christine Baranski - "The Good Wife"

Christina Hendricks - "Mad Men"

Elisabeth Moss - "Mad Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Kathy Bates - "Alice"

Julia Ormond - "Temple Grandin"

Catherine O'Hara - "Temple Grandin"

Brenda Vaccaro - "You Don't Know Jack"

Susan Sarandon - "You Don't Know Jack"

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Mike O'Malley - "Glee"

Neil Patrick Harris - "Glee"

Fred Willard - "Modern Family"

Eli Wallach - "Nurse Jackie"

Jon Hamm - "30 Rock"

Will Arnett - "30 Rock"

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

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"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

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"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Mary Kay Place - "Big Love"

Sissy Spacek - "Big Love"

Shirley Jones - "The Cleaner"

Lily Tomlin - "Damages"

Ann-Margre - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Elizabeth Mitchell - "Lost"

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY

Ryan Murphy - "Glee" ("Pilot")

Paris Barclay - "Glee" ("Wheels")

Jason Winer - "Modern Family" ("Pilot")

Allen Coulter - "Nurse Jackie" ("Pilot")

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA

Michelle MacLaren - "Breaking Bad" ("One Minute")

Steve Shill - "Dexter" ("The Getaway")

Jack Bender - "Lost" ("The End")

Lesli Linka Glatter - "Mad Men" ("Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency")

Agnieszka Holland - "Treme" ("Do You Know What It Means")

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

Ron de Moraes - "In Performance At The White House: A Celebration Of Music From The Civil Rights Movement"

Louis J. Horvitz - "The Kennedy Center Honors"

Glenn Weiss - "63rd Annual Tony Awards"

Joel Gallen - "The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert"

Bucky Gunts - "Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony"

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

James Hoskinson - "The Colbert Report" (#5076)

Chuck O'Neil - "The Daily Show" (#15054)

Jerry Foley - "The Late Show" (#3289)

Don Roy King - "Saturday Night Live" (Host: Betty White)

Allan Kartun - "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (#146)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Bob Balaban - "Georgia O'Keeffe"

David Nutter, Jeremy Podeswa - "The Pacific" ("Part Eight")

Tim Van Patten - "The Pacific" ("Part Nine")

Mick Jackson - "Temple Grandin"

Barry Levinson - "You Don't Know Jack"

DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING

Bertram van Munster - "The Amazing Race" ("I Think We're Fighting The Germans, Right?")

Amy Rice, Alicia Sams - "By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama"

Bill Jones, Ben Timlett - "Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)"

Barak Goodman - "My Lai"

Dan Reed - "Terror In Mumbai"

ANIMATED PROGRAM

"Alien Earths" (NGC)

"Disney Prep & Landing" (ABC)"The Ricky Gervais Show" - "Knob At Night"(HBO)

"The Simpsons" - "Once Upon A Time In Springfield" (Fox)

"South Park" - "200/201" (Comedy Central)

SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM

"Adventure Time" - "My Two Favorite People" (Cartoon Network)

"Chowder" - "The Toots" (Cartoon Network)

"Disney Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil" - "Racing The Schoolbus" (Disney)

"The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack" - "Tee Hee Tummy Tums" (Cartoon Network)

"Robot Chicken" - "Full-Assed Christmas Special" (Cartoon Network)

"Uncle Grandpa" (cartoonnetwork.com)

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)

"Real Time With Bill Maher" (HBO)

"Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

"The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (NBC)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAMS

"ABC's LOST Presents: Mysteries Of The Universe" - "The Dharma Initiative" (abc.com/lost)

"iCarly" - (Nickelodeon)

"Jonas" (Disney Channel)

"Wizards Of Waverly Place" (Disney Channel)

"Wizards Of Waverly Place: The Movie" (Disney Channel)

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

"Hannah Montana" (Disney Channel)

"iCarly" (Nickelodeon)

"Jonas" (Disney Channel)

"Wizards of Waverly Place" (Disney Channel)

"Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie" (Disney Channel)

CHILDREN'S NONFICTION PROGRAM

"Nick News with Linda Ellerbee - The Face of Courage: Kids Living With Cancer" (Nickelodeon)

"When Families Grieve" (PBS)

NONFICTION SPECIAL

"Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story" (Epix)

"By The People: The Election of Barack Obama" (HBO)

"Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me" (TCM)

"Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again" (NBC)

"The Simpsons: 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice!" (FOX

"Teddy: In His Own Words" (HBO)

NONFICTION SERIES

"American Experience" (PBS)

"American Masters"

"Deadliest Catch" (Discovery)

"Life" (Discovery)

"Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)" (IFC)

"The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (PBS)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan - "Glee" - "Pilot" (Fox)

Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd - "Modern Family" - "Pilot" (ABC)

Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling - "The Office" - "Niagra" (NBC)

Matt Hubbard - "30 Rock" - "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (NBC)

Tina Fey, Kay Cannon - "30 Rock" - "Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter" (NBC)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA

Rolin Jones - "Friday Night Lights" - "The Son" (DirecTV)

Michelle King, Robert King - "The Good Wife" - "Pilot" (CBS)

Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse - "Lost" - "The End" (ABC)

Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner - "Mad Men" - "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency" (AMC)

Matthew Weiner, Erin Levy - "Mad Men" - "Shut The Door. Have A Seat." (AMC)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM

Barry Julien (head writer), Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Tom Purcell, Rich Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Opus Moreschi, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner, Eric Drysdale

"The Colbert Report" (#5076) (Comedy Central)

Steve Bodow (head writer), Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, JR Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart,

"The Daily Show" (#15040) (Comedy Central)

Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Jonathan Schmock, Danny Vermont, Scott Carter

"Real Time With Bill Maher" (721) (HBO)

Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jillian Bell, Hannibal Buress, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Jessi Klein, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Paula Pell, Ryan Perez, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker

"Saturday Night Live" (Host: Betty White)

Conan O'Brien, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres Du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Matt O'Brien, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg

"The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (#146) (NBC)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

Jon Macks, Bruce Vilanch, Steve Martin, Beth Armogida, Dave Barry, David Feldman, Carol Leifer, Jeff Richman, Marc Shaiman, Colleen Werthmann, Scott Wittman - "82nd Annual Academy Awards" (ABC)

Bill Maher - "...But I'm Not Wrong" (HBO)

George Stevens, Michael Stevens, Sara Lukinson, Lewis Friedman - "The Kennedy Center Honors" (CBS)

Dave Boone - "63rd Annual Tony Awards" (CBS)

Wanda Sykes - "I'ma Be Me" (HBO)

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIALMichelle Ashford, Robert Schenkkan, - "The Pacific" (Part Eight) (HBO)

Bruce C. McKenna, Robert Schenkkan - "The Pacific" (Part Ten) (HBO)

Peter Morgan - "The Special Relationship" (HBO)

Christopher Monger, William Merritt Johnson - "Temple Grandin" (HBO)

Adam Mazer - "You Don't Know Jack" (HBO)

WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING

Jenny Ash, Ed Fields - "America The Story Of Us" (History)

Anthony Bourdain - "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" - "Prague" (Travel Channel)

David Grubin - "The Buddha" (PBS)

Paul Spillenger - "Life" (Discovery Channel)

Dayton Duncan - "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" - "The Last Refuge" (PBS)

[TGC]

I ran out of room. and left the non acting, writing, or directing stuff out.

[livid]

Guess the Internet campaign to get Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights") didn't work out quite as well as the similar campaign to get Betty White on as host of SNL. Shame too since Gilford is a really good actor and deserves some of the publicity (he doesn't get a whole lot of work for some reason). And wow, did the entire cast of Modern Family get nominated?

I am quite disappointed in the lack of love for Community though.

[GoGo Yubari]

Kinda boring list. Disappointed by the fact that Burrell, Stonestreet, and Ferguson got nominated for Best Supporting Actor because whilst all three deserve it, it leaves off so many great actors from other shows in what is easily the most competitive category. I think my Best Supporting category would have been Harris, Burrell, Colfer, Nick Offerman for Parks and Recreation, and Ed Helms for The Office (but really, there are a billion guys who could fit that fifth slot; Stonestreet, Ferguson, Ed O'Neill for Modern Family, Tracy Morgan for 30 Rock, Donald Glover, Chevy Chase, or Danny Pudi for Community, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, or Martin Starr for Party Down, Rainn Wilson for The Office, Aziz Ansari for Parks & Rec, etc. etc. etc.).

Anyway, fun-time hilariously hypothetical and uninformed picks behind the spoiler tag.

DRAMA SERIES

"Breaking Bad" (AMC)

"Dexter" (Showtime)

"The Good Wife" (CBS)

"Lost" (ABC)

"Mad Men" (AMC)

"True Blood" (HBO)

COMEDY SERIES

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO)

"Glee" (Fox)

"Modern Family" (ABC)

"Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)

"The Office" (NBC)

"30 Rock" (NBC)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Jim Parsons - "Big Bang Theory"

Larry David - "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Matthew Morrison - "Glee"

Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

Steve Carell - "The Office"

Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"

ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bryan Cranston - "Breaking Bad"

Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"

Kyle Chandler - "Friday Night Lights"

Hugh Laurie - "House"

Matthew Fox - "Lost"

Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Lea Michele - "Glee"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "The New Adventures Of Old Christine"

Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"

Amy Poehler - "Parks And Recreation"

Tina Fey - "30 Rock"

Toni Collette - "United States Of Tara"

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

Glenn Close - "Damages"

Connie Britton - "Friday Night Lights"

Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"

Mariska Hargitay - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

January Jones - "Mad Men"

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Chris Colfer - "Glee"

Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother"

Jesse Tyler Ferguson - "Modern Family"

Eric Stonestreet - "Modern Family"

Ty Burrell - "Modern Family"

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Aaron Paul - "Breaking Bad"

Martin Short - "Damages"

Terry O'Quinn - "Lost"

Michael Emerson - "Lost"

John Slattery - "Mad Men"

Andre Braugher - "Men Of A Certain Age"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Jane Lynch - "Glee"

Julie Bowen - "Modern Family"

Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family"

Kristen Wiig - "Saturday Night Live" -- god, fuck off, Emmys

Jane Krakowski - "30 Rock"

Holland Taylor - "Two And A Half Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Sharon Gless - "Burn Notice"

Rose Byrne - "Damages"

Archie Panjabi - "The Good Wife"

Christine Baranski - "The Good Wife"

Christina Hendricks - "Mad Men"

Elisabeth Moss - "Mad Men" -- hey, kids, guess what the one of the only dramas from the past year nominated a lot that I've really been watching is!

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Mike O'Malley - "Glee" -- seriously, if anyone is watching all these shows and judging by talent displayed and the impact of those guest roles is as opposed to fame, Mike O'Malley should crush this category. Instead, Neil Patrick Harris will probably take it.

Neil Patrick Harris - "Glee"

Fred Willard - "Modern Family"

Eli Wallach - "Nurse Jackie"

Jon Hamm - "30 Rock"

Will Arnett - "30 Rock"

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

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"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

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"

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY

Ryan Murphy - "Glee" ("Pilot")

Paris Barclay - "Glee" ("Wheels")

Jason Winer - "Modern Family" ("Pilot")

Allen Coulter - "Nurse Jackie" ("Pilot")

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA

Michelle MacLaren - "Breaking Bad" ("One Minute")

Steve Shill - "Dexter" ("The Getaway")

Jack Bender - "Lost" ("The End")

Lesli Linka Glatter - "Mad Men" ("Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency")

Agnieszka Holland - "Treme" ("Do You Know What It Means")

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

James Hoskinson - "The Colbert Report" (#5076)

Chuck O'Neil - "The Daily Show" (#15054)

Jerry Foley - "The Late Show" (#3289)

Don Roy King - "Saturday Night Live" (Host: Betty White)

Allan Kartun - "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (#146)

DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING

Bertram van Munster - "The Amazing Race" ("I Think We're Fighting The Germans, Right?")

Amy Rice, Alicia Sams - "By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama"

Bill Jones, Ben Timlett - "Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)"

Barak Goodman - "My Lai"

Dan Reed - "Terror In Mumbai"

ANIMATED PROGRAM

"Alien Earths" (NGC)

"Disney Prep & Landing" (ABC)"The Ricky Gervais Show" - "Knob At Night"(HBO)

"The Simpsons" - "Once Upon A Time In Springfield" (Fox)

"South Park" - "200/201" (Comedy Central)

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)

"Real Time With Bill Maher" (HBO)

"Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

"The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (NBC)

NONFICTION SERIES

"American Experience" (PBS)

"American Masters"

"Deadliest Catch" (Discovery)

"Life" (Discovery)

"Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)" (IFC)

"The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (PBS)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan - "Glee" - "Pilot" (Fox)

Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd - "Modern Family" - "Pilot" (ABC)

Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling - "The Office" - "Niagra" (NBC)

Matt Hubbard - "30 Rock" - "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (NBC)

Tina Fey, Kay Cannon - "30 Rock" - "Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter" (NBC)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA

Rolin Jones - "Friday Night Lights" - "The Son" (DirecTV)

Michelle King, Robert King - "The Good Wife" - "Pilot" (CBS)

Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse - "Lost" - "The End" (ABC)

Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner - "Mad Men" - "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency" (AMC)

Matthew Weiner, Erin Levy - "Mad Men" - "Shut The Door. Have A Seat." (AMC)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM

Barry Julien (head writer), Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Tom Purcell, Rich Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Opus Moreschi, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner, Eric Drysdale

"The Colbert Report" (#5076) (Comedy Central)

Steve Bodow (head writer), Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, JR Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart,

"The Daily Show" (#15040) (Comedy Central)

Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Jonathan Schmock, Danny Vermont, Scott Carter

"Real Time With Bill Maher" (721) (HBO)

Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jillian Bell, Hannibal Buress, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Jessi Klein, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Paula Pell, Ryan Perez, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker

"Saturday Night Live" (Host: Betty White)

Conan O'Brien, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres Du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Matt O'Brien, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg

"The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" (#146) (NBC)

[TGC]

I just really want Conan to clean up. I think the potential acceptance speeches will be fun.

[GoGo Yubari]

Yeah, it has the potential to be shades of the time The Ben Stiller Show won one of those awards way back when.

[Josh]

Seriously, fuck Glee getting nominated over Parks & Rec or Community. And House should be in the Best Drama Series category, as well as Best Directing for a Drama Series and Best Writing for a Drama Series for "Broken."

[Katsuya]

As much as I'd love Glee to sweep as much as possible, I really, *really* hope that Jane Lynch wins Best Supporting Actress more than any other. Well, that's a lie, because as GoGo quite right pointed out, if Mike O'Malley doesn't win the Guest Actor award then it's an absolute travesty. Also, yay for Chris Colfer getting a nomination, because him and O'Malley pretty much dominated the acting on Glee in the second half of the season. It'll be interesting to see which episodes they put up, actually. I imagine Colfer'll go with "Laryngitis" and O'Malley will go with "Theatricality" but they're both pretty good episodes for both of them.

Gleek-ness over, I think it's a pretty good list of nominations for a change. Here's hoping that Nurse Jackie wins something, Christian Hendricks wins her award, Elizabeth Mitchell wins the guest actress award (if only for her scenes in the LOST finale) and TAR *doesn't* win the best Reality TV award, if only because it's possibly the only thing that'll make the producers realise that the past 2 seasons have been utter snoozefests.

[zero]

Pretty strong list. Way too much Glee, even though I enjoy the show, but giving it a nomination over Community and Parks & Rec is ridiculous. And Matthew Morrison getting a Best Actor nod is flat-out laughable.

The glaring omission for me is no nod for Nestor Carbonell for the Richard Alpert episode of LOST. That was probably one of the top five episodes in the history of the show.

While I love Friday Night Lights, I really didn't get the Zach Gilford campaign. He does a damn good job on the show, but if anyone from Friday Night Lights deserves a nomination it's Kyle Chandler, so they definitely got it right there. Connie Britton getting a nomination is a good call as well.

And Conan needs to win every award he's nominated for just on general principle.

[livid]

Well, I was more hoping that Gilford would get a Supporting Actor nomination. Kyle Chandler is absolutely awesome in FNL though, for sure.

[Pesci]

I really hope Ty Burrell gets the Supporting Actor nod. The man's absolutely hilarious. Honestly, I hope Modern Family wins everything it's nominated for. Except Best Supporting Actress. Jane Lynch obviously deserves that, however much I've fallen out of love with Glee.

[GoGo Yubari]

Yeah, Matthew Morrison getting nominated is insane. Jane Lynch obviously deserves her nomination and her inevitable win, and Lea Michelle and Chris Colfer are both talented performers both as singers and as actors (Colfer especially deserves praise for being at the level he's at for both when I don't think he's had any serious formal training in either) and they deserve the "it's an honor to have been nominated" thing. Matthew Morrison isn't talentless or anything, certainly not, but he's really the worst part of a lot of episodes, especially in the back nine. Him being nominated means there's no spots for, say, Joel McHale for Community, Thomas Jane for Hung (sort of a middling show but his performance is a big part of why it works), or Zachary Levi for Chuck, and any of those would have been a million times better and more rewarding of talent over trend.

Of course, it was bound to happen. Glee is a force of pop culture right now and the Emmys are going to bow to that.

[TKz]

I love McHale in Community, but he's not really even the funniest part of the show a lot of the time. Abed, Troy and Pierce usually take that crown. But yeah, over Matthew Morrison I'd pick him. Levi has been great but nothing really ground breaking, he hasn't had any particular episode were I was like wowed by his performance. And Thomas Jane is good in Hung, but I think he'll be held back by the fact that the show just all around isn't that great.

I'm expecting the usual suspects to pick up the wins to be honest along with Glee. Which is a shame, because Lost was brilliant this last season and it'll probably lose out to Mad Men, which is easily the most boring and overhyped television show I've ever seen.

I'd like to see Jim Parsons finally pick up an award, but considering his competiton and the fact that the last series of Big Bang Theory wasn't anywhere near as good as the previous means he'll probably miss out. Same goes for NPH.

[GoGo Yubari]

Also in a minor "are you people even paying attention" complaint, nominating Jon Hamm and Will Arnett for 30 Rock over Michael Sheen (assuming he was submitted, I guess) is dumb. The former appeared in essentially brief cameos, I can't even remember what the latter did anymore but odds are it involved showing up and being Will Arnett.

[Pesci]

I'm glad to see Matthew Fox finally get a Best Actor nod as well. I don't think he deserves to win, but definitely nominated, because some of his work on LOST has been insane. I haven't always been the biggest fan of his character but he puts so much emotion into it that it's nice to see him being rewarded along with O'Quinn and Emerson.

[TKz]

Also in a minor "are you people even paying attention" complaint, nominating Jon Hamm and Will Arnett for 30 Rock over Michael Sheen (assuming he was submitted, I guess) is dumb. The former appeared in essentially brief cameos, I can't even remember what the latter did anymore but odds are it involved showing up and being Will Arnett.

Yeah. I do like Arnett and he's pretty awful when he's playing a character that isn't Will Arnett, but Sheen did some great stuff as Wesley in 30 Rock and was one of the few highlights of this last series. It even made me enjoy episodes which were LOL LIZ LEMON IS 40 AND SINGLE. Which I don't usually, because about 80% of episodes now focus on just that.

[Guest JukeboxHero]

Conan had this to say on Twitter:

"Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan."

And hopefully Hugh Laurie will get his Emmy this time.

[Jimmy]

I really, really hope Terry O'Quinn gets an emmy. I'm only on the third season of Lost, but my God, is that man terrific.