Emmy Roll Call

Emmy nominations out this morning... as expected, a lot of new faces thanks to the departure of such Emmy regulars as Frasier, Friends, and Sex and The City... and the lack of qualifying season for The Sopranos. 

So my thoughts on the major categories (shows we watch are in blue)

Comedy Series
Arrested Development
Desperate Housewives
Everybody Loves Raymond
Scrubs
Will & Grace
Pretty pleased here... W&G is just a shadow of what it used to be... though it says something about the sad state of sitcoms that I can't think of a replacement for it.  Hurray, for Scrubs first ever nomination in this category!  Though I suspect Raymond (in its final year) will probably win most of the comedy categories.

Drama Series
Deadwood
Lost
Six Feet Under
24
The West Wing
Again, not too much to quibble with...

Lead Actor - Comedy Series
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development)
Zach Braff (Scrubs)
Eric McCormack (Will & Grace)
Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Tony Shaloub (Monk)
Hurray for Zach Braff... first time nominee...

Lead Actor - Drama Series
Hank Azaria - Huff
James Spader - The Practice
Hugh Laurie - House
Kiefer Sutherland - 24
Ian McShane - Deadwood
Well can't provide too much input here... my notably missing are Matthew Fox (Lost), Martin Sheen (West Wing), Peter Krause & Michael C Hall (SFU).

Lead Actress - Comedy Series
Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives
Patricia Heaton - Everybody Loves Raymond
Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
Jane Kaczmarek - Malcom in the Middle
As suspected the Desperate Housewives dominate... and Sex and The City syndrome as Eva Langoria begins what I suspect will be a repeated journey of being the the lone non-nominee (ala SatC's Kristen Davis).  Although she is just adorable, personally I think Teri Hatcher is a bit over-rated (is she a better actress than her Lois Lane days?). Debra Messing is bumped and, once again, is the only W&G cast member not to receive a nomination.

Lead Actress - Drama Series
Jennifer Garner - Alias
Patricia Arquette - Medium
Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order: SVU
Glenn Close - The Shield
Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under
Like the actor category, not a whole lot for me to comment on here... is this the first year that WW's Allison Janney has not been nominated?  Granted she would have been the biggest of dark horses... but I would have liked Christine Lahti in here for the ill-fated Jack & Bobby.

Supporting Actor - Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development
Brad Garrett - Everybody Loves Raymond
Peter Boyle - Everybody Loves Raymond
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Sean Hayes - Will & Grace
A pretty crowded category here, with a lot of omissions... guess we'll have to wait until next year when the Raymond supporting duo drops out of the running.  But where or where is John C. McGinley, Dr. Cox on Scrubs?!?!  I think I would put him ahead of even Zach Braff as a more deserving nominee!  Also missing... any of the Arrested Development guys (even before Tambor IMHO)... Will Arnett (Gob), David Cross (Tobias), Michael Cera (George Michael), and Tony Hale (Buster)... also no Desperate Housewives men make the cut (granted their roles are less comedic).

Supporting Actor - Drama Series
William Shatner - Boston Legal
Terry O'Quinn - Lost
Naveen Andrews - Lost
Oliver Platt - Huff
Alan Alda - The West Wing
Glad to see some of the Lost guys here (and probably the two most worthy nominees)... notable absentees... Alda gets here on his rep, but what about the regulars from West Wing... or heck, even the much more seen Jimmy Smits?

Supporting Actress - Comedy Series
Doris Roberts - Everybody Loves Raymond
Jessica Walter - Arrrested Development
Holland Taylor - Two and a Half Men
Conchata Ferrell - Two and a Half Men
Megan Mullally - Will & Grace
Kind of strange than none of acting noms from Two and Half Men are men... but anyhow.  Jessica Walter was the name I was looking for on this list... so, for that, I am pleased.  Sadly no Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) other gals from Arrested Development Portia de Rossi (Lindsay) or Alia Shawkat (Maeby)... or even Nicolette Sheridan from DH.

Supporting Actress - Drama Series
Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy
Tyne Daly - Judging Amy
Blythe Danner - Huff
CCH Pounder - The Shield
Stockard Channing - The West Wing
Not too familiar with the noms here... and, though I love her, probably would not have included Stockard.  My notable absentees... Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) and Yunjin Kim (Sun from Lost)... and heck why not Mary Lynn Rasjkub (Chloe from 24).

So who are you glad to see on the list? Any of your favorites not make it?

Comments

[Jon]

Shohreh Agadashloo from 24 got a total undeserved snub. She rocked 24 with her acting.

[tLM]

Cool. I get to be a TV critic!

House isn't a Best Drama nominee, but The West Wing, Deadwood, and Lost are? Nice to see Hugh Laurie get a nom, but the series itself got robbed.

Maura Tierney (ER) gets my vote for Best Actress (Supporting?) since she has single-handedly made that show watchable over the past few seasons. The actor categories were predictably lame, as always. Lots of overhyped media favorites giving average performances (Oh, Close, Huffman, Alda), and undeserving regulars (Mullally, Garner).

Nice to see both Conchata Ferrell and Holland Taylor get recognized for their wonderful work (on a very stupid show, unfortunately.)

And, yes, I agree with you 100%... Lahti got screwed. As did the guy who played Jack. (I didn't see the Guest Actor nominees yet, but I hope Tom Cavanagh got one. He was brilliant playing the brother on that show.)