Emmy Nominations!
Posted by BRADY in Square EyesJuly 9th, 2010, 04:02 PM
Emmys! Emmys! Emmys!
The Emmy nominations are out! So you know what that means: time to stop speculating on what/who will be nominated and start speculating on what/who will win! The greatest moment out of the nomination announcements? Hearing that the NBC canceled The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien has been nominated for an Emmy, while both The Jay Leno Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno were ignored. That must feel good, huh Coco? If Conan wins and gets to give his acceptance speech at the Emmys (oh, which by the way, is on NBC) we could be in for something very memorable.
Now onto our premature, gut reaction picks for the major categories! You can read the full list of nominees (including all the boring categories from the “dull” pre-Emmys a few nights before) here.
Best Series, Drama:
‘Breaking Bad‘
‘Dexter‘
‘Lost‘
‘Mad Men‘
‘The Good Wife‘
‘True Blood‘
Our pick: I assume it really comes down to a battle between Breaking Bad and Mad Men (either way, AMC wins!), but Emmy darling Mad Men suffered a tiny bit of backlash from critics last season (simply saying it wasn’t as great as previous seasons is the worst criticism the show gets), while Breaking Bad continued to gain more and more praise, giving it the edge for the top prize this year.
Best Series, Comedy:
‘Nurse Jackie‘
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm‘
‘30 Rock‘
‘Glee‘
‘The Office‘
‘Modern Family‘
Our pick: First of all, the fact that both Community and Parks and Recreation were snubbed is ridiculous. 30 Rock and The Office have both given us years of fantastic entertainment, but this year it was that first hour of NBC Thursday night programming that gave me the most laughs. That being said, I assume Glee will win based on hype.
Best Actor, Drama:
Bryan Cranston ‘Breaking Bad‘
Michael C. Hall ‘Dexter‘
Hugh Laurie ‘House‘
Jon Hamm ‘Mad Men‘
Matthew Fox ‘Lost‘
Kyle Chandler ‘Friday Night Lights‘
Our pick: Bryan Cranston has a streak going, but with a season focused on his perfect Don Draper exterior crumbling it is finally time for Jon Hamm to get the trophy.
Best Actress, Drama:
Connie Britton ‘Friday Night Lights‘
Glenn Close ‘Damages‘
Mariska Hargitay ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit‘
Kyra Sedgwick ‘The Closer‘
January Jones ‘Mad Men‘
Julianna Margulies ‘The Good Wife‘
Our pick: It will be Glenn Close or Kyra Sedgwick, mostly because they’re both good but I always forget who is on which show.
Best Actor, Comedy:
Alec Baldwin ‘30 Rock‘
Tony Shalhoub ‘Monk‘
Jim Parsons ‘The Big Bang Theory‘
Steve Carell ‘The Office‘
Larry David ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm‘
Matthew Morrison ‘Glee‘
Our pick:We’re still a season away from giving Steve Carell a final goodbye Emmy, so it’s about time: give Larry David an Emmy for playing himself. He’s prreeetty, prreeetty good.
Best Actress, Comedy:
Tina Fey ‘30 Rock‘
Lea Michele ‘Glee‘
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine‘
Amy Poehler ‘Parks and Recreation‘
Toni Collette ‘United States of Tara‘
Edie Falco ‘Nurse Jackie‘
Our pick: I love you Tina Fey, but even you must be running out of funny things to say in acceptance speeches. Give her a year off to re-group and give the award to her Baby Mama co-star Amy Poehler, who defied expectations by creating a character for Parks and Recreation that isn’t just the female Michael Scott.
Oh, and of course Terry O’Quinn should win Best Supporting Actor for Lost, because playing one John Locke is awesome enough, but playing 3 dramatically different version in one season is just amazing.
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