The Emmy nominations were released this morning, and as a TV blogger I’m obliged to make it sound like I care. Not surprisingly, AMC’s “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” both got outstanding Drama Series nominations, along with “Big Love,” “Damages,” “Dexter,” “House,” and “Lost.” Can’t say I really have a beef with that list.
Things take a curious turn at Outstanding Comedy Series, however. “Entourage” and “Weeds” both picked up noms (NOM NOM NOM), which is strange because I thought comedy series were designed to make people laugh.
I was going to put the full list after the jump, but there are like 800,000 different awards for best cinematography for a single camera show about pandas, so I limited the list below to awards you might potentially care about. Full list here if it really matters to you.
Outstanding Drama Series
Big Love • HBO
Breaking Bad • AMC
Damages • FX Networks
Dexter • Showtime
House • FOX
Lost • ABC
Mad Men • AMC
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO
Family Guy • FOX
Flight Of The Conchords • HBO
How I Met Your Mother • CBS
The Office • NBC
30 Rock • NBC
Weeds • Showtime
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Flight Of The Conchords • HBO
Jemaine Clement as Jemaine
Monk • USA
Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office • NBC
Steve Carell as Michael Scott
30 Rock • NBC
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Two And A Half Men
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC
Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Dexter • Showtime
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
House • FOX
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
In Treatment • HBO
Gabriel Byrne as Paul
Mad Men • AMC
Jon Hamm as Don Draper
The Mentalist • CBS
Simon Baker as Patrick Jane
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The New Adventures Of Old Christine • CBS
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine
Samantha Who? • ABC
Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
The Sarah Silverman Program • Comedy Centra
Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman
30 Rock • NBC
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
United States Of Tara • Showtime
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson
Weeds • Showtime
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters • ABC
Sally Field as Nora Walker
The Closer • TNT
Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson
Damages • FX Networks
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC
Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
Mad Men • AMC
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Saving Grace • TNT
Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
American Masters • Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About • PBS
Ron Rifkin, Narrator
Family Guy • I Dream of Jesus • FOX
Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II • Cartoon Network
Seth Green as Robot Chicken Nerd, Bob Goldstein, Ponda Baba, Anakin Skywalker, Imperial Officer
The Simpsons • Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe • FOX
Hank Azaria as Moe Syzlak
The Simpsons • The Burns And The Bees • FOX
Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns, Smithers, Kent Brockman, Lenny
The Simpsons • Father Knows Worst • FOX
Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson
Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour)
American Dad • Sixteen-Hundred Candles • FOX
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II • Cartoon Network
The Simpsons • Gone Maggie Gone • FOX
South Park • Margaritaville • Comedy Central
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The Shield is the new Wire. Fucking awesome series that continually gets forgotten about in lieu of shit shows like Damages (this season was awful) and Big Love.
I have yet to meet one single person who watches Monk. One. Does anyone here watch it? Is it worth Tony Shishkabob winning every year?
The inclusion of some legit shows (Lost, Madmen, 30 Rock) does nothing to make up for the fact that the Emmy’s are a complete abortion. I think nominations of shows like Saving Grace, The Closer, Monk, Samantha Who just proves that fat housewives from flyover states ultimately dictate 90% of the television programing.
What the fuck is Family Guy doing nominated for best comedy series?
Really?
That’s what they nominated over East Bound & Down?
That’s just … depressing. Then again, these are the Emmys which year after year give you reasons to wish harm upon the American public.
If you win for Outstanding Voice Over Performance, I think you should have to accept in character. I would pay to see Hank Azaria berate the Hollywood audience for thinking they’re so high and mighty because they’ve never been caught driving without pants.
Yeah, “Entourage” is way funnier than “It’s Always Sunny…”
@Vodka: we haven’t actually met, but I used to watch Monk. If you liked Zero Effect, you’ll probably find that Monk is derivative and a waste of your time. If you hated Zero Effect, you’ll hate Monk even more. If you’ve never seen Zero Effect you’ll have no idea what I’m talking about.
I actually liked Zero Effect. Nice pull, man.
Get it? “Pull man”? Bill Pullman?
I’ll get back to work now.
Oh you bloggers and your lists…
Well I think Entourage is pretty good
Man, most of this shit doesn’t deserve the nomination. Let me speak for Nerds everywhere when I say there are an obscene amount of canceled shows that, if they weren’t canceled, would have wiped the floor with most of the nominees.
“Monk” is a comedy?!?!?
Slim pickings for “Lead Actress in a comedy series”. John Belushi was right – chicks ain’t funny.
I hope I hope I HOPE that when they read the least of best actress nominees, the clip they use for Sarah Silverman is the one of her licking her dog’s butthole.
That’s the kind of subtle, nuanced performance you never see from Dame Judy Densch.
Was the 5th Season of The Wire eligible for the emmys this year? Because if so, then once again I hope everyone who is even the slightest bit associated with nominations to contract syphilis and die.
In order to express my dissapointment that Its Always Sunny in Philidelphia getting robbed, i’ll draw a sketch of the Green Man clutching a bloody chainsaw with the cast of Entourage’s shredded corpses on the ground.