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The Official 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Pre-Thread

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Memles

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Guzim said:
Glad to see that this was the episode that they submitted for Entourage. It's one of the best, if not the best episode of the entire series.
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I just wrote about that today! Coincidence? I think not.

From this article:

Episode Selection: “One Day in the Valley” (Aired June 18th, 2006)

It may have aired over a year ago, but this second episode of the third season was the show’s real season premiere after the fairly weak “Aquamom” that preceded it. With Aquaman’s release pending, the box office record of Spider-Man looms large. As Vince and Co. head out to watch the film amongst the masses, a heat wave hits California and the result is rolling blackouts. And this is not good news for Vince and the gang.

With Ari frantically watching the box office results from the East Coast and with the gang trying to find a way to occupy their time, they end up at a high school party helping out some nerds. As Vince stands on the roof addressing the kids, Ari shows up with the news: Aquaman has broken Spider-Man’s record (Which was then shattered by Dead Man’s Chest a month late in reality).

The episode isn’t my favourite from the season, but I think that it’s the best submission because it is very easy to understand. Movie star is in hit movie, he wants hit movie to be a success, and he agonizes over it. Its conflict is resolved at the end of the episode, Ari has plenty of screen time (And conflict with Mrs. Ari, always good), and it feels like it captures those parts of Entourage that votes will latch onto. It has the Hollywood appeal, the personal charms, and is quite a good point for a first-time viewer to enter the series.

While fans of the series might not feel the episode indicates all of its best qualities, I think that Emmy panelists will like this episode far more than any others.

YouTube - “One Day in the Valley”
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So yeah, I concur.

Aren't they using Company Man for acting for both actor and actress catagories?
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Jack Coleman (Mr. Bennet), Hayden Panettiere (Claire) and Greg Grunberg (Parkman) are all submitting it for consideration...but if they don't make the Top 10, people won't see it. And since panels are different for acting and series categories, chances are that people won't see the episode if they're judging just the series nominations.

In other words, they're going to see the pilot. The biggest problem with this is that the pilot doesn't resolve anything, or tell a complete story (Like, say, the Lost pilot does). It's all setup with absolutely no story to it other than "Here's a random eclipse, look at the magic powers it gives people!"
 
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ari

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wtf....

the shield, nip tuck, the riches,the wire and others should be mentioned.....FX and showtime always have terrific shows that get shifted at the emmys. "over there" was a show that should never been cancel.... "its always sunny in philly" should always be mention in a comedy ballot.

heroes should never be there....NEVER....that show is a rip off of the 4400. how the **** did that god awful show make it anyway. 24 this season shouldn't even be in the top 20, hell, that ripoff of metal gear solid 2 story was funny bad. (but cool) :D
 
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DeathbyVolcano

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heroes should never be there....NEVER....that show is a rip off of the 4400. how the **** did that god awful show make it anyway. 24 this season shouldn't even be in the top 20, hell, that ripoff of metal gear solid 2 story was funny bad. (but cool)
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Erm, I'm sorry that you have a problem with Heroes being, you know, some of the best dramatic television made in recent history. Not to mention one of the best sci-fi shows made.
 
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Memles

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If it makes you feel any better, a host of FX performers were announced to have made their respective Top 10s including Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver, CCH Pounder, and Denis Leary.
 
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Memles

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From the Gold Derby Forums, here's the leaked acting finalists:

DRAMA:

DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS (5 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
Patricia Arquette (Medium)
Minnie Driver (The Riches)
Edie Falco (The Sopranos)
Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)
Kyra Segwick (The Closer)

DRAMA LEAD ACTOR (6 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
James Gandolfini (The Sopranos)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Eddie Izzard (The Riches)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Denis Leary (Rescue Me)
Kiefer Sutherland (24)

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS (4 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy)
Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy)
CCH Pounder (The Shield)
Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy)

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR (2 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos)
Masi Oka (Heroes)

COMEDY:

COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS (6 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives)
Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine)
Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)

COMEDY LEAD ACTOR (6 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Ricky Gervais (Extras)
Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS (3 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds)
Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl)
Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR (5 OUT OF 10 CONFIRMED):
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)
Kevin Dillon (Entourage)
John Krasinski (The Office)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Rainn Wilson (The Office)
 
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phfresno

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Top 10 Dramas
Boston Legal
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
House
Lost
Rome
The Sopranos
24

Top 10 Comedies
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Extras
My Name is Earl
The Office
Scrubs
Thirty Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Weeds

I would like to see those 5 from each catagory be the nominees, but I know its not going to happen. :(

and how The Wire doesn't make the drama list is ridiculous.
 
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Memles

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Solo said:
No Losties? Boo!
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Give it time. These are leaking slowly, and in groups, based on speaking to networks and agents who are willing to subvert the ATAS and their idiotic secrecy.
 
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Memles

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More Confirmed Top 10s, from here:

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Conchata Ferrell, “Two and a Half Men”
Jenna Fischer, “The Office”
Ashley Jensen, “Extras”
Kathryn Joosten, “Desperate Housewives”
Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock”
Becki Newton, “Ugly Betty”
Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds”
Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl”
Holland Taylor, “Two and a Half Men”
Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty”

My Thoughts: Yay for Becki Newton and Jenna Fischer, who will duel in the battle of the receptionists. The only real suprise is Kathryn Joosten, who is always an Emmy favourite but is only credited as a guest star on DH. Very interesting, Emmy voters.

Lead Actor in a Dramatic Role

Kyle Chandler, “Friday Night Lights”
Patrick Dempsey, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Matthew Fox, “Lost”
James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Eddie Izzard, “The Riches”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
Denis Leary, “Rescue Me”
James Spader, “Boston Legal”
Kiefer Sutherland, “24″

My Thoughts: Good to see Matthew Fox make it in, and there really aren’t any huge snubs here other than Michael Chiklis for The Shield.

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Lorraine Bracco, “The Sopranos”
S. Epatha Merkerson, “Law & Order”
Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters”
Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy”
CCH Pounder, “The Shield”
Aida Turturro, “The Sopranos”
Kay Walsh, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Patricia Wettig, “Brothers & Sisters”
Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy”

My Thoughts: Where the hell is Elizabeth Mitchell, damnit?

Nominations are on Thursday, folks.
 
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Stoney Mason

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http://www.emmys.tv/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php

LOS ANGELES - “The Sopranos,” the mob series that went to its grave with a shockingly inconclusive finale, found a happy ending Thursday with 15 Emmy nominations including best drama.

The made-for-TV movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” led all nominees with 17 bids.

James Gandolfini, who played the emotionally conflicted mob boss on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” and Edie Falco, who played his wife, both received top acting nominations.
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The other best-drama series were “Boston Legal,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House” and freshman sci-fi sensation “Heroes.”

“The Sopranos” emerged with the most nominations for a series, followed by “Ugly Betty” with 11 and, with 10 each, sexy medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” and critical favorite “30 Rock.”

“Grey’s Anatomy,” which came through a difficult year in which star Isaiah Washington was fired after twice using an anti-gay slur, wasn’t hurt when it came to Emmy bids. Besides best drama series, there were nominations for four supporting cast members and two guest actors.

The miniseries “The Starter Wife” also was a top nominee with 10 bids.

The freshman hit, “Ugly Betty,” based on a Colombian telenovela, made it into the ranks of best comedy series nominees. It’s joined by “Entourage,” “30 Rock,” “Two and a Half Men” and last year’s winner in the category, “The Office.”

“Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera was recognized with a nod for her starring role.

Joining Gandolfini among lead drama series actor nominees were Hugh Laurie of “House,” Denis Leary of “Rescue Me,” James Spader of “Boston Legal” and last year’s winner Kiefer Sutherland of “24.” Last year’s drama series winner was “24” but it was snubbed this time.

Falco will compete with Patricia Arquette of “Medium,” Minnie Driver of “The Riches,” Sally Field of “Brothers & Sisters,” Kyra Sedgwick of “The Closer” and last year’s winner, Mariska Hargitay of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Sedgwick got the news immediately. She helped announce bids for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in a brief ceremony at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre.

“Friday Night Lights,” the critically acclaimed but low-rated high school football drama that needed an Emmy boost, failed to gain major nominations.

“The Sopranos,” which premiered in January 1999 and had an on-and-off cable run, capped its final episode this year with an ambiguous ending that left fans in the dark about the fate of lead character Tony Soprano, last seen sitting in a diner with his wife and children. A suddenly black screen suggested sudden violence — or not.

The series’ other nominees included Michael Imperioli, who received a bid for best supporting dramatic actor for his role as the ill-fated Christopher. Aida Turturro, who played Tony’s tough sister Janice, and Lorraine Bracco, who co-starred as his conflicted psychiatrist Dr. Melfi, were nominated for supporting actress.

Along with Ferrera in the lead comedy actress category were Felicity Huffman of “Desperate Housewives,” Tina Fey of “30 Rock,” Mary-Louise Parker of “Weeds” and last year’s winner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”

Their actor counterparts included last year’s winner, Tony Shalhoub of “Monk,” Ricky Gervais of “Extras,” Steve Carell of “The Office,” Charlie Sheen of “Two and a Half Men” and Alec Baldwin of “30 Rock.”

Like “Grey’s” Washington, Baldwin drew unflattering attention this year, in his case because of a leaked recording of an angry telephone call to his daughter, who is caught in a legal dispute with ex-wife Kim Basinger.

In June, judges screening potential nominees for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences made their picks from a list of 10 top contenders for the best drama and best comedy series categories.

The top 10 lists given to the judges were based on polling of the general academy membership. Five nominees in each category ultimately were to be chosen, based on a combination of the panelists’ votes and the general polling.

The three-hour Emmy Awards ceremony will be broadcast Sept. 16 by Fox from the Shrine Auditorium.

Other Emmy honors, including those for technical achievement and guest actors and actresses in series, will be given at the creative arts ceremony on Sept. 8.
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Ugh at the complete lack of noms for Friday Night Lights. These awards are so pointless, but i was at least hoping it could get some attention that could result in a rise in viewers. Well, at least i can take pleasure in Lost deservedly being ignored again. Hehe.
 
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EMBee99

all that he wants is another baby
Weeds should have nominations in every friggin' category. Dexter as well.

Oh, and yay for Hiro Nakamura! YATTA!
 
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EMBee99

all that he wants is another baby
kottila said:
The Wire has only one nomination ever, and none this year, despite being one of the most critically acclaimed tv-shows ever (best I have ever seen)?!

A shame.
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That's because the Emmy's are bullshit. Gilded gold bullshit, but still bullshit.

still watching them, though
 
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BenjaminBirdie

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Solo said:
WTF at all the Lost snubs?
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HEROES.

BEST DRAMA SERIES.

NOT ENOUGH.

LOLS.

At least Bender got the nod for directing...our final, tragic look...at the mutha****in' Looking Glass...

"Dick In A Box" gets nod for best original song. Awesome.

GIACCHINO GETS SNUBBED? NOT. ENOUGH. LOLS. AGAIN.

TERRY O'QUINN!!

MICHAEL EMERSON!!

VINDICATION!!!

Writing nod for Looking Glass. Nice.

Sopranos is going to run the table to punish America for being so "stupid" and hating the finale. Guaranteed.

And that has been, My Emmy Nom Liveblog.
 
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Stoney Mason

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kottila said:
The Wire has only one nomination ever, and none this year, despite being one of the most critically acclaimed tv-shows ever (best I have ever seen)?!

A shame.
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It's pretty much a joke at this point. It's like not giving grammy's to the Beatles or Dylan. It is what it is.

When The wire finishes it will still go down with the Sopranos as the best Tv show ever by a wide margin. Those two piece of television were way beyond anything. Of course I wish The Wire had received the accolades that the Sopranos did.
 
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krypt0nian

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BOSTON LEGALSSSSS!!!!!

Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)!!!!!!!!!!

William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Coop

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How the hell does the Wire not get nominated for Best Drama? And Heroes getting it over Lost? :lol

Nice to see BSG get a couple of emmy nominations though..
 
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Spotless Mind

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Coop said:
Nice to see BSG get a couple of emmy nominations though..
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Wait, BSG got major nominations?

Writing and Directing? Colour me shocked. I had written off the emmy's even giving the slightest bit of recognition to it. I'm annoyed at the whole snubbing of Friday Night Lights, but this pleases me at least.
 
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The 4th season of The Wire was one of the best pieces of television I have ever seen in my life and I have seen every season of The Sopranos. For shows like Grey's Anatomy and Boston Legal to be nominated over it is ludacris. Season 4 of The Wire was better than that last season of the Sopranos by a mile.

The Emmys are a joke.
 
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thekad

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Heroes :lol :lol :lol

How does a show without any nominations in Acting, Writing, or Directing get nominated for Best Drama?
 
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Memles

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thekad said:
Heroes :lol :lol :lol

How does a show without any nominations in Acting, Writing, or Directing get nominated for Best Drama?
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Masi Oka was nominated, so this is an untrue statement...but yeah, no kidding. It's clear that the panelled process (Which picks series/actors) is very different than the people who bother voting on writing/directing.

I'll be updating the main post this evening, sorry for the delay.
 
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DeathbyVolcano

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A lot of wtfs, but that's the same story every year.

Outstanding main title theme music...and no nod to the Office in that catagory? Pfft, whatever. Oh an, I'm sorry, Krasinski deserves the Supporting Actor nod way mroe than Wilson.

In fact, a lot of thse are bullshit. :lol
 
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Rabid Wolverine

Member
No Shield, No Wire, No Dexter.

I watch Boston Legal,t o me its gone downhill and doesnt deserve a nomination in Drama compared to the top 3 shows.
 
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Stoney Mason

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By Devin Gordon
Newsweek
Updated: 8:35 p.m. ET July 19, 2007
July 19, 2007 - The two most-talked-about television events of the past year were "The Sopranos" series finale, in which Tony Soprano either did or didn't die in the final seconds, and the season finale of "Lost," which blew its audience's collective mind with (spoiler coming, sorry) a pre-crash, pre-island flashback that was actually—gotcha!—a post-crash, post-rescue flash-forward. Whether you loved those episodes or hated them, those were two nights when television was king. When the 2007 Emmy nominations were announced at 5:30 a.m. in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, one of these shows was rewarded lavishly by the television academy, earning more nominations—15—than any other series. The other show got snubbed, big time. The reasons why this happened reveal a lot about how the Emmys work, and a lot more about how they don't.

The Emmys have always had a soft spot for nominating programs in their swan-song season, so no one was surprised when "The Sopranos" came up the big winner in the nominations game this year, earning nods for best drama series, best lead actor (James Gandolfini), best lead actress (Edie Falco) and a trio of nominations in the supporting-actor categories (Aida Turturro, Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli). "The Sopranos" also nearly swept the writing category, taking three of the five nominations handed out. Of course, this wasn't just a nostalgia prize. "The Sopranos" is a history-making television drama.

But the Emmys are a peculiar beast. When a show is nominated for best in its category, it isn't really the entire show that's getting nominated—it's just one episode. There's way too much television for Emmy nominators to watch everything, so producers submit a single episode of their show, the one they deem representative of the program's overall quality. Then they cross their fingers and pray they've chosen wisely. Sometimes they don't. Many people in the TV industry believe that this wrinkle in the award process cost "Lost" a best-drama nomination in 2006: its producers submitted a mediocre episode, and the academy turned up its nose.

For the 2007 Emmys, "The Sopranos" submitted its series finale, titled "Soprano Home Movies." It was the natural choice, but a risky one, considering a certain five seconds at the very end of the episode managed to infuriate half the country. But whatever you think of how "The Sopranos" ended—and personally, I can't make up my mind—there's no disputing that the episode was one for the ages. It was almost unbearably tense. Watching it, I kept taking deep breaths, sure I was going to have a heart attack at any moment. But like all great "Sopranos" episodes, it was also darn funny. Even the most famous detail in that controversial final scene—Tony's jukebox choice, "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey—was a deliciously sly joke. Tony's always had a soft spot for cheesy '80s rock.

The Emmy voters apparently didn't mind the head-scratching end of "The Sopranos." More likely, they didn't care. There was no way they weren't nominating a TV giant for its final bow. That said, it'll be interesting to see if antipathy for that abrupt ending costs "The Sopranos" an Emmy night victory in September. All of the other nominees in the category, especially ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," Fox's "House" and NBC's "Heroes," are popular network dramas, which the Emmys historically tend to favor. Remember, in its six seasons, the mighty "Sopranos" has only won this award once. So don't rule out an upset.

After winning the best-drama Emmy for its first season in 2005, "Lost" has now been shut out of the category two years in a row. But this time around, "Lost" didn't lose because its producers submitted the wrong episode. The show's third season was bumpy to say the least. About halfway through, many fans came close to writing it off entirely. But "Lost" recovered with a thrilling run of episodes at the end of the season, culminating with its instant-classic finale, titled "Through the Looking Glass." This was the episode that "Lost"'s producers submitted for Emmy consideration.

So what happened? You got me. The Emmys' odd, single-episode nominating process does put serialized dramas such as "Lost" in a tricky spot. It's impossible to appreciate an episode like "Through the Looking Glass" if you missed everything that led up to it. That's why so-called "procedurals"—programs with self-contained story lines that wrap up in an hour, such as "Law & Order," "CSI" and, more recently, "House"—have tended to fare well during Emmy nominations. But the process's natural bias against serialized shows didn't hurt "The Sopranos," or "Grey's Anatomy."

And here's the weird thing about this year's Emmys: it didn't exactly hurt "Lost," either. "Through the Looking Glass" earned well-deserved nominations in both the writing and the directing categories, but the show still failed to earn a nomination for best drama series. In other words, the academy decided that "Lost" was beautifully written and directed, but other than that, they weren't impressed. "Boston Legal" and "Heroes," meanwhile, earned only a directing nomination. And "House" was shut out of both writing and directing honors. Yet all three were nominated for best drama.

Of course, the Emmys have always been filled with bizarre quirks and egregious slights. Once again, HBO's stunning Baltimore crime drama "The Wire"—which so many critics, including this one, have praised so relentlessly that we're becoming insufferable—failed to earn a single nomination. Zero. Nada. Meanwhile, HBO's original movie about crimes against Native Americans in the late 1800s, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," which was so earnest and respectful that it put me to sleep in 20 minutes flat, collected more nominations than any other program—animal, mineral or vegetable—on television with 17 total. The Emmys also have such an endless laundry list of categories that it's often hard to tell one from the other. Spike Lee's magisterial, heartbreaking Katrina documentary for HBO, "When the Levees Broke," was nominated for "Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking," a new award created in 2005 to honor programs with "profound social impact"—but it was overlooked in the "Outstanding Nonfiction Series" category. Voters evidently preferred "Inside the Actors Studio."

I'll spare everyone my grumbling that "Heroes" was nominated for best drama over NBC's far-superior freshman program "Friday Night Lights," if only because the presence of "Heroes" in this group shows that Emmy voters are slowly correcting their longstanding bias against newcomers. (Remember when "Frasier" seemed to win best comedy every single year?) Three brand-new shows will compete for the top prizes this year: "Heroes" in the drama category, plus NBC's "30 Rock" and ABC's "Ugly Betty" in the comedy category. And voters proved they're actually paying attention to the ups and downs of old favorites. Last year's winner in the drama category, "24," was rightly ignored after a terrible season this time around. We'll have a new winner when the awards are handed out on Sept. 16, and my prediction is that "The Sopranos" will get the ending it deserves. But watch out for "House." In the comedy category, look for "Ugly Betty" to knock off NBC's defending champ, "The Office." The Emmys haven't gotten smart, but they are slowly getting hip.
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QVT

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White Man said:
Booo at no Dexter love.
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And I was just about to post that

I don't get how they're supposed to retain any guise of being useful at all if they even nominate people for doing a job so inferior to michael c hall that they ought to be fired and replaced with clones of him.
 
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dabig2

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I can't believe Lost got snubbed. I'm just....I love heroes like the next guy. But it just doesn't compare to Lost. Lost's production values, characters, plot, emotion, etc were just that much better.

No Shield or Wire just did it for me as well.
 
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