If you were an EMMY voter, what would be your nominations?
 

You - Planet member, person with keen taste in the Television medium, what shows and actors would you nominate if you were an Emmy voter this year?

My personal ballot would be as follows, winners in boldface:

Best Drama:
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Treme
Lost
Sons of Anarchy
Friday Night Lights

Best Comedy:
Community
Modern Family
Parks & Recreation
Glee
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Party Down

Lead Actor, Drama:
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
John Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Terry O'Quinn (Lost) (He was Lost's lead for its sixth season, and I give leeway for ensemble shows to nominate whoever)

Lead Actress, Drama:
January Jones (Mad Men)
Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)
Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
Melissa Leo (Treme)

Supporting Actor, Drama:
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Josh Holloway (Lost)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Dean Norris (Breaking Bad)
Chelcie Ross (Mad Men) (or if he only counts as "guest actor," then Andre Braugher from "Men of a Certain Age")

Supporting Actress, Drama:
Yunjin Kim (Lost)
Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Khandi Alexander (Treme)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Beth Reisgraf (Leverage)

Lead Actor, Comedy:
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Joel McHale (Community)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Adam Scott (Party Down)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

Lead Actress, Comedy:
Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation)
Lea Michelle (Glee)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Portia de Rossi (Better Off Ted)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)

Supporting Actor, Comedy:
Aziz Ansari (Parks & Recreation)
Nick Offerman (Parks & Recreation)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Dany Pudi (Community)
Donald Glover (Community)

Supporting Actress, Comedy:
Alison Brie (Community)
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Aubrey Plaza (Parks & Recreation)
Jenna Fischer (The Office)

Dont they get nominated for a single episode?

Yes. Though I'm basing my nominations off of a body of work throughout a whole season.

I don't watch enough TV to be able to really do this. I do, however, think O'Quinn deserves the award for Lead Actor - Drama. That guy just kills in S6.

Think i would give Breaking bad mostly everything, for comedy it would have to be Modern Family easy (great show)

And the guy who plays the fat gay character on Modern Family is a KSU Theatre Alum.

So... I'll root for any success that show can grab.

Bruce Campbell for best supporting actor: drama.
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Can the same actor be nominated twice for different episodes?

Only for different roles/different shows. A role can only be nominated in one category. One episode per role.

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You know those aren't the actual nominations, right? Those are my personal nominations. If you have some different nominations I'd love to see them.

I know those are your personal choices, but I doubt Yunjin Kim even gets nominated.

Good, except for the unwarranted P & R bias.

I know she won't. Emmy voters are ****ing dumb. The Wire, the best drama ever made, received exactly zero Emmy awards.

Since I know for a fact that you didn't watch season 2: watch season 2 and then get back to me.

Season 2 of P&R is one of the best goddamn seasons of comedy ever.

People here are having a hard time believing us. At least we know what's up.

And we shall celebrate with Ron ****ing Swanson .gifs:

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It's insane how many people skipped P&R every week but continued to watch the vastly inferior The Office.

(I'm still watching The Office, and it still shows flashes, but it is in distant 4th place on Thursday nights for sure)

That occurred to me when I got to Kim's nomination.

But I actually had assumed initially you just took who was nominated, which I believe are out.

P&R = awesome

But, Duke Silver > Ron Swanson, sorry.

I'd probably nominate the actor that plays Abed from Community in the supporting comedy role, though.

They'll be announced in July. I think July 8th? Something like that.

No, you don't know that for a fact. I got a few chuckles out of the funny Indian guy. That's about it.

You made a comment yesterday that the show was about dumb blond jokes and situations that dumb blonds get into. It was a description of a different show than Parks & Recreation; your description doesn't work. At all. I believed that you didn't watch the second season because, based on that comment, the only alternative to you not having seen it would be that you actually saw it but didn't understand it at all. And it isn't like P&R is a difficult show to understand. Basically, you either didn't watch it or you are mentally disabled. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Is Season 2 the one that just finished airing in May? Or was that S3?

Which Season had the episode with the gay penguin wedding? Because that was absurdly hilarious.

Duke Silver IS Ron Swanson. It is part of Ron ****ing Swanson's awesomeness.

I nominated him too. His name is Danny Pudi. @dannypudi on Twitter.

Season 2 is the one that recently ended. The episode you're thinking of was the season 2 premier.

:thumb:

Waaah! He doesn't like my favorite television sitcom! He must be a tard!

Your reduction/deflection doesn't work. It doesn't deter in any way from your perception of P&R as "a show about a dumb blonde and jokes about her being a dumb blonde and the zany situations dumb blondes get into" when the "dumb blonde" in question (Amy Poehler's character) isn't even dumb. The character is smart, in fact, and dedicated to a fault. She's socially awkward and has an innocence & naivety about her but she is not dumb. This is all readily apparent to people who watch season 2.

(I will grant that the character was written as sort of dumb in season 1. Season 1 was a show that didn't know where its voice was or what its character really were. Your description sort of fits season 1; another reason why I thought - still do think, despite your protestations - that you hadn't watched season 2.)

She's basically playing a female Michael Scott, so yeah, she's a ditzy blonde.

Another comment that serves as criticism of the first season of the show and not the superb second season. The Leslie Knope character doesn't come off as being like Michael Scott at all in the second season.

Jeez, i must spend too much time watching sports 'cause i haven't seen most of these shows.

Thus the basis of the comment . . . . . . . .

[QUOTE=Reaper16;6849726]You - Planet member, person with keen taste in the Television medium, what shows and actors would you nominate if you were an Emmy voter this year?

My personal ballot would be as follows, winners in boldface:

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I wouldn't even know what 3/4 of those shows are. Do you REALLY watch that much TV?

Yes. I do. And I watch a shit-ton of movies. And I read a lot.

Wow.

I know, right? Consuming media. How odd.

So you definitely have not seen season 2, then.

Mad Men and Breaking Bad's new seasons haven't even aired.

I'd take any of the Modern Family writers and actors over anyone in their respective categories.

I don't think that Alec Baldwin would lose to anyone. He's universally loved.

And IMO, you've way overrated Parks & Rec. It's a good show, certainly better in season two than season one, but I don't think it's a "great" show just yet.

:spock:

So, you're basing this on actual Emmy Season?

If so, there's no way that Parks & Rec should even be listed because the show started in October and didn't really pick up until 2010. Well, at least IMO.

I'm basing this on post-last year's Emmy's 'til when nomination ballots were required to be turned in. So, August '09-June '10.

Well, if you're going by the Emmy season, it's actually 6/1/2009 through 5/31/2010.

I just have a hard time believing that Parks & Rec and especially Party Down get many nominations, let alone wins.

And I can't believe you left off The Big Bang Theory from your list. The actors are excellent and the writing is very good and consistent. I'll be surprised if Jim Parsons isn't nominated.

Oh, and people in Hollywood LOVE Ty Burrell, so he could be a dark horse winner.

I'm not predicting nominations and winners, I'm giving my personal opinions as to who should be nominated and who should win. I don't see Parks & Rec or Party Down actually getting nominations or wins either.

Big Bang Theory is surely going to get some nominations. But I don't care for the show or the performances on it, so it wouldn't get any nominations from me.

Really? Wow.

I think the show and actors are top notch. My wife (who was a math major at UCLA - 3.98) LOVES the show because she's been around geeks like that her entire life. It's Must See TV for her.

I'm just getting into Party Down and while I like it (and the "inside" nonsense), I'm not at all shocked the ratings were dismal. I just can't see it connecting with folks outside of the 'Wood.

I would hardly be surprised if I may have missed some things by not having been around the Hollywood acting environment but it was still great. I figured the ratings were terrible because it was a small show on STARZ that didn't have all that much marketing appeal.

Oh, I wasn't implying that all of the viewers weren't hip to those moments, but that it probably turned off many of the viewers and made them disinterested. I think it's a funny, witty show but it's certainly not a "Hollywood" show like Entourage.

The show had absolutely brutally awful ratings, which is why it was canceled.

No offense intended.

Oh and Reaper, everytime I see Ron Swanson, I think of Phobia.

:D

Yeah I agree with your take there. The opposite of Entourage tone of the show was definitely a bit dark at times. I was not at all surprised it was canceled and am just happy it made it to the second season.

Shut up phag.

The real Emmy nominations are in:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS

Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper

Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO

Larry David as Himself

Glee • FOX
Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester

Monk • USA

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk

The Office • NBC

Steve Carell as Michael Scott

30 Rock • NBC

Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC

Bryan Cranston as Walter White

Dexter • Showtime

Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan

Friday Night Lights • DirecTV

Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor

House • FOX

Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House

Lost • ABC

Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard

Mad Men • AMC

Jon Hamm as Don Draper



Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee • FOX

Lea Michele as Rachel Berry

The New Adventures Of Old Christine • CBS

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell

Nurse Jackie • Showtime

Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton

Parks And Recreation • NBC

Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope

30 Rock • NBC

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

United States Of Tara • Showtime

Toni Collette as Tara Gregson


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
The Closer • TNT

Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson

Damages • FX Networks

Glenn Close as Patty Hewes

Friday Night Lights • DirecTV

Connie Britton as Tami Taylor

The Good Wife • CBS

Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC

Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson

Mad Men • AMC

January Jones as Betty Draper




Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee • FOX

Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel

How I Met Your Mother • CBS

Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson

Modern Family • ABC

Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell

Modern Family • ABC

Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker

Modern Family • ABC

Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy

Two And A Half Men • CBS

Jon Cryer as Alan Harper



Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC

Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman

Damages • FX Networks

Martin Short as Leonard Winstone

Lost • ABC

Terry O'Quinn as John Locke

Lost • ABC

Michael Emerson as Ben Linus

Mad Men • AMC

John Slattery as Roger Sterling

Men Of A Certain Age • TNT

Andre Braugher as Owen


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee • FOX
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester

Modern Family • ABC

Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy

Modern Family • ABC

Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

Saturday Night Live • NBC

Kristen Wiig as Various Characters

30 Rock • NBC

Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney

Two And A Half Men • CBS

Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Burn Notice • USA

Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen

Damages • FX Networks

Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons

The Good Wife • CBS

Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma

The Good Wife • CBS

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart

Mad Men • AMC

Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

Mad Men • AMC

Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson



Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee • Wheels • FOX

Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel

Glee • Dream On • FOX

Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan

Modern Family • Travels With Scout • ABC

Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy

Nurse Jackie • Chicken Soup • Showtime

Eli Wallach as Bernard Zimberg

30 Rock • Emmanuelle Goes To Dinosaur Land • NBC

Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird

30 Rock • Into The Crevasse • NBC

Will Arnett as Devin Banks



Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
The Closer • Make Over • TNT

Beau Bridges as Detective George Andrews

Damages • The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat • FX Networks

Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher

Dexter • Road Kill • Showtime

John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell

The Good Wife • Fleas • CBS

Alan Cumming as Eli Gold


The Good Wife • Bad • CBS

Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney

Mad Men • Shut The Door. Have A Seat. • AMC

Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper

24 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM • FOX

Gregory Itzin as President Charles Logan



Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • The Maternal Congruence • CBS

Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter

Desperate Housewives • The Chase • ABC

Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey

Glee • The Rhodes Not Taken • FOX

Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes

Saturday Night Live • Host: Tina Fey • NBC

Tina Fey as Host

Saturday Night Live • Host: Betty White • NBC

Betty White as Host

30 Rock • The Moms • NBC •

Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

Two And A Half Men • 818-JKLPUZO • CBS

Jane Lynch as Dr. Linda Freeman



Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Big Love • The Might And The Strong • HBO

Mary Kay Place as Adaleen Grant

Big Love • End Of Days • HBO

Sissy Spacek as Marilyn Densham

The Cleaner • Does Everybody Have A Drink? • A&E

Shirley Jones as Lola Zellman

Damages • Your Secrets Are Safe • FX Networks

Lily Tomlin as Marilyn Tobin

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Bedtime • NBC

Ann-Margret as Rita Wills

Lost • The End • ABC

Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO

Glee • FOX
Modern Family • ABC

Nurse Jackie

The Office • NBC

30 Rock • NBC


Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad• AMC
Dexter • SHO

The Good Wife • CBS
Lost • ABC

Mad Men • AMC

True Blood • HBO

While I was surprised and pleased to see Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton get nominations for FNL, the list as a whole is atrocious. As usual, the Emmy nominations make an embarrassment of the entire medium.

Really?

There are some surprising ones but I think, aside from the populism nods (majority of Glee noms) they're pretty decent. Hell, Best Actor in a Drama is effing stacked.

Now that I've watched FNL it's shocking both Coach and Mrs. Coach haven't been nominated before because they're spectacular. Might be the best on screen marriage I've seen. More on my FNL thoughts later.

Mike O'Malley for guest star, for sure. He wins easily, for me, anyway.

The one glee nomination I completely agree with (non-guest star, obviously) is Chris Colfer. I'm glad they recognized him as easily the best character and performance on that show.

The Pacific should win credit sequence but FNL should have been nominated.

I also have to agree with this tweet:

Breaking Bad walks with Cinematography or I kill some people.

I'll be lending all my good vibes in support of Foxy, O'Quinn, Mitchell and LOST for victory in their respective catagories.

And this past season of The Office was, hands down, it's most uneven thus far. I was actually surprised to read it landed a nod.

The actors from Lost can eat a dick. They weren't convincing, at all. Their final season was a joke, from start to end.

Jon Hamm was ****ing EPIC. His performance was head and shoulders above Matthew Fox, who basically played the same character for six seasons, outside a few lines (that weren't even convincing, IMO).

As for Supporting Actor, I don't really have a dog in this hunt but I'd take John Slattery. His performance was sublime. Emerson and O'Quinn reiterated the same performances over the past 3 season and didn't bring ANYTHING new.

I saw the Ann-Margaret episode and of course, the Eli Mitchell "Lost". No comparison. Eli Mitchell is predictable and lame, hence her "V" performances.

Ann-Margaret is a legend. The same of which can't be said for Eli Mitchell.

I didn't see the Ann-Margaret episode of the cartoon known as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She'd have to be awfully good to win over Elizabeth Mitchell in the Lost finale. Legend doesn't have anything to do with anything. Elizabeth Mitchell and Josh Holloway were so good that I actually stopped hating the flash-sideways during the scene where they reunited at the vending machine.

I agree that Lost's sixth season was a series-damaging joke, but that doesn't diminish some of the performances. Fox was actually good, for once. So good that I am not upset that he got nominated. He sold that conversion from Man of Science to Man of Faith and it seemed to spark something in his performance. I must disagree, strongly - like to the point of cursing -, with you about Emerson and O'Quinn. They both brought plenty new to their characters. Emerson portrayed Ben Linus as more humble on the island and more protective/fatherly in the flash-sideways, while O'Quinn was an entirely different character than in years previous.

I think Brian Cranston should win for the third straight year; his performance is an all-time great one. That said, if Jon Hamm submits the episode "The Gypsy and the Hobo" than he has a shot of upsetting Cranston. I'd like to see Hamm win it one year; he's been very good this whole time.

Guys, Reaper's right.

I saw what you did with that ellipses.

I'm sorry, what?

:D

If you want to argue they aren't worthy because they have given the performance before, that's a fair argument.

But saying they weren't convincing (those nominated) is rubbish. Their performances, by the way, should be independent of a writing failure - ie. religious bs.

Uhh...Lebron James!

Exactly.

And I'm sorry, but Matthew Fox has been earning Emmy nods for 6 years. Consistently. It's a shame it took him this long to be recognized.

But independent of how I feel about Foxy's work on LOST as a whole, he really did some nice work in S6. Does he deserve to beat out the other noms? I don't know. I haven't watched any of those other shows. But Matthew Fox at least deserves to be a part of the conversation.

That was my point about the cast and I said as much earlier.

Glad to see Friday Night Lights getting some respect...

Dude, come on.

You're asking a bunch of people that work full-time in television (and many of those same people work in film as well), to get home from a 10 hour day, then watch a shitload of television, some of it obscure and difficult to find?

I've never seen FNL or Breaking Bad or Glee or Sons of Anarchy or Damages or Dexter or Monk or the Good Wife or Nurse Jackie or Treme or True Blood (and the actress who played Maryanne lives 20 feet across the street from me) or The Cleaner and on and on and on. There just isn't enough time in the week (or year) to watch all of these shows.

Emmy voters vote for friends and actors that everyone recognizes. I'd bet money that the average Emmy voter hasn't even seen 25% of the shows and performances nominated - it's just too damn time consuming.

Sounds like we need a different organization with a different award to come to prominence so that we can properly acknowledge the work being done by cast and crew of the television medium. An organization whose voters aren't too busy to have an honest say.

I think the Golden Globes are better at recognizing excellent television than the Emmys.

Zach Gilford should have been nominated. Robbed.


Also, if Connie Britton doesn't win, Anna Gunn should.

Every smart person ever is in agreement that Gilford should have been nominated. A shame.

Katey Sagal was better than Anna Gunn, imo.

That's in my queue of shows.

I will say that I had trouble even recommending Gunn mostly because I don't think she's got the range. But compared to some of the nominees, I think she'd be a good fit as a nomination and a potential win.

It was a poor year for the category. There was Connie Britton (who has been, like, the best for four seasons now) and Katey Sagal and then... eh.

Can you actually give Britton a win without giving Chandler one?

Yes. See: the scene in season one, episode title "I Think We Should Have Sex," where Connie Britton gives an amazing mom speech to Julie.

Not that Kyle Chandler hasn't been incredible, but Brian Cranston, Jon Hamm and Hugh Laurie have been incredibler.

Yeah, I know, that category is stacked. I didn't actually think he was going to win but the two, to me, have been almost a pair.

And, yes, that talk is really, really good.


I do have to say that Aimee Teegarden doesn't get the respect she deserves for FNL. Girl can pull off the emotion scenes with ease and precision.

Bryan Cranston took a 3peat in a stacked category.

Also, Aaron Paul, FTMFW

Eric Stone street as Fizbo wins.

Mad Men wins dramatic writing award.

Jim Parsons for Big Bang - FINALLY!

Jane Lynch with an unsurprising and obvious win.

Damnit! I missed out on the beginning!

Looks like Cranston won for best actor in a Drama series and Paul for supporting actor in a Drama series. Hell yeah!

The Director of the dramatic Hank shootout scene lost. That's a damn shame but Aaron Paul overcoming voter reerunation makes up for it.

What scene did the Dexter guy win for? I didn't really follow that last one.