Thursday, September 10, 2009

2009 Emmy Awards, Part I

It’s Emmy Time again. Doin’ the same thing I’ve done for previous years. Part I = my dream nominations. Part II = actual predictions. Part III = results and wrap up. Also, I pick five people I want to win for Creative Arts Emmy. Here are the five this year: Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog for Outstanding Special Class Media, SNL’s Motherlover for Original Music & Lyrics, Picture Editing for a Comedy Series should go to How I Met Your Mother – Naked Man for all their naked man poses alone, the filmtastic storyboard elements of Storymakers should win Outstanding Title Design (although United States of Tara’s pop-up theme is fun) and for Best Commercial, I’m going for Alec in Huluwood, the concept works for me (Sprint Nextel’s Wedding spot is pretty funny too). Here are the nominess I would have picked in some of the bigger categories:

4 My Picks for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Battlestar Galactica Edward James Olmos as William Adama / Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston as Walter White / Friday Night Lights Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor / House Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House / Lost Josh Holloway as James ‘Sawyer’ Ford / Mad Men Jon Hamm as Don Draper
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston as Walt White / Dexter Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan / House Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House / In Treatment Gabriel Byrne as Paul / Mad Men Jon Hamm as Don Draper / The Mentalist Simon Baker as Patrick Jane

4 My Picks for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Battlestar Galactica Katee Sackhoff as Kara ‘Starbuck’ Thrace / Damages Glenn Close as Patty Hewes / Dexter Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan / Friday Night Lights Connie Britton as Tami Taylor / Mad Men Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson / Mad Men January Jones as Betty Draper
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters Sally Field as Nora Walker / The Closer Kyra Sedjwick as Brenda Johnson / Damages Glenn Close as Patty Hewes / Law & Order: SVU Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson / Mad Men Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson / Saving Grace Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko

4 My Picks for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper / Chuck Zachary Levi as Chuck Bartowski / Flight of the Conchords Jermaine Clement as Jermaine / The Office John Kransinsi as Jim Halpert / Pushing Daisies Lee Pace as Ned / 30 Rock Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper / Flight of the Conchords Jermaine Clement as Jermaine / Monk Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk / The Office Steve Carell as Michael Scott / 30 Rock Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy / Two and A Half Men Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper

4 My Picks for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
How I Met Your Mother Colbie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky / The Office Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly / Samantha Who? Chistina Applegate as Samantha Newly / Scrubs Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reed / 30 Rock Tina Fey as Liz Lemon / United States of Tara Toni Collette as Tara Gregson
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
The New Adventures of Old Christine Julia Louise Dreyfus as Christine Campell / Samantha Who? Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly / The Sarah Silverman Program Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman / 30 Rock Tina Fey as Liz Lemon / United States of Tara Toni Collette as Tara Gregson / Weeds Mary Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

4 My Picks for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman / Dollhouse Fran Kranz as Topher Brink / Fringe John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop / Lost Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus / Mad Men John Slattery as Roger Sterling / Mad Men Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campell
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Boston Legal William Shatner as Denny Crane / Boston Legal Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson / Breaking Bad Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman / Damages William Hurt as Daniel Purcell / Lost Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus / Mad Men John Slattery as Roger Sterling

4 My Picks for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Battlestar Galactica Grace Park as Sharon ‘Athena’ Agathorn / Battlestar Galactica Tricia Helfer as Number Six / Damages Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons / Dexter Julie Benz as Rita Bennett/ Dollhouse Amy Acker as Dr. Claire Saunders / Mad Men Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Damages Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons / Grey’s Anatomy Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey / Grey’s Anatomy Sandra Oh as Christina Yang / In Treatment Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll / In Treatment Hope Davis as Mia / 24 Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor

4 My Picks for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Chuck Adam Baldwin as John Casey / How I Met Your Mother Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson / Pushing Daisies Chi McBride as Emerson Cod / 30 Rock Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell / 30 Rock Tracey Morgan as Tracey Jordan / Two and a Half Men Angus T Jones as Jake Harper
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Entourage Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama / How I Met Your Mother Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson / The Office Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute / 30 Rock Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell / 30 Rock Tracey Morgan as Tracey Jordan / Two and a Half Men Jon Cryer as Alan Harper



4 My Picks for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuocco as Penny / Chuck Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker / Pushing Daisies Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook / SNL Amy Poehler as Performer / SNL Kristin Wiig as Performer / 30 Rock Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook / SNL Amy Poehler as Performer / SNL Kristin Wiig as Performer / 30 Rock Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney / Ugly Betty Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater / Weeds Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes

4 My Picks for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Battlestar GalacticaThe Oath/Blood on the Scales – A riveting mutiny with tragic results / Breaking Bad4 Days Out – Beautifully shot episode with loads of meth making in the desert/ DamagesTrust Me – Great season finale where nothing is what it seemed / HouseLocked In – The episode is taken almost completely from a patients POV who can’t talk / Lost316 – The Oceanic 6 get back on the plane and await their fate / Mad MenThe Gold Violin – Betty finds out about Don, Ken had dinner at Sal’s, very dramatic episode
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
LostThe Incident / Mad MenA Night to Remember / Mad MenSix Month Leave / Mad MenThe Jet Set / Mad MenMeditations in an Emergency


4 My Picks for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Big Bang TheoryThe Bath Item Gift Hypothesis – Sheldon’s outpouring of gratitude at the end of episode is hilarious/ ChuckChuck Vs Tom Sawyer – The fate of the world hinges on Chuck getting to a videogame kill screen / How I Met Your MotherMurtaugh – Barney does Ted’s list that says he’s too old for activities / The OfficeCustomer Survey – Jim, Dwight and Michael doing a phone manner demo is priceless / Pushing DaisiesComfort Food – Ned and Olive working together at a bake sale is sweet fun/ 30 RockBelieve in the Stars – Liz sees Oprah on a plane, Jenna tries to be black which Tracey tries to be a woman
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Flight of the ConchordsPrime Minister / 30 RockRenuion / 30 RockApollo, Apollo / 30 RockMamma Mia / 30 RockKidney Now!


4 My Picks for Outstanding Drama Series
Battlestar Galactica / Breaking Bad / Damages / House / Lost / Mad Men
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Drama Series
Big Love / Breaking Bad / Damages / Dexter / House / Lost / Mad Men

4 My Picks for Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory / Flight of the Conchords / How I Met Your Mother / The Office / Pushing Daisies / 30 Rock
4 Actual Nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage / Family Guy / Flight of the Conchords / How I Met Your Mother / The Office / 30 Rock / Weeds

My predictions will be in the next blog. Stay tuned.

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