Cinerant

Emmy Reactions

• No nomination for Shoreh Agdashloo--I mean, she should've won this hands down for her job on 24 and Emmy voters do love their Oscar nominees, but I guess she died and they forgot about her.
• Jill Clayburgh--not Vanessa Redgrave got nominated for a guest turn on Nip/Tuck
• Out of all the supporting actors on Arrested Development, Jeffrey Tambor is the one nominated. He's good, but there are a lot of actors on the show that had better years.
• Scrubs and Zach Braff get nominated, but John C. McGinley doesn't? Explain that one to me.
• No Allison Janey! WOAH! I felt my first earthquake--and the richter scale didn't even pick it up.
• "Three Stories" from House got nominated for Best Writing, but not Directing. That makes no sense in my book.
• Will & Grace got almost all the guest nods? Huh? And how did Sharon Stone not then?
• Huff got 7 times the nods of Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, and Dominic Monaghan combined? Don't get it.

Some things, that people said were surprises (Sandra Oh), weren't. But then, there were some that were--like CCH Pounder's nod. And the lack of Six Feet Under and Sometimes in April love. And though I think Blythe Danner is great, was she really so great to be nominated in three categories? (Supporting Actress in a Drama, Guest Actress in a Comedy, and Lead Actress in a TV Movie).

Emmy rules are different. You have to submit episodes to be judged on for actors and series wins are only judged on specific episodes, so prognosticating at this point is ridiculous--but it ain't gonna stop me.

So, as of today, here is who I think could become the likely winners. (And these opinions will change.)

BEST COMEDY Arrested Development (Housewives has too much heat and not enough funny)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Jason Bateman Arrested Development
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Marcia Cross Desperate Housewives (I know Hatcher's got the heat, but she's got the chops and a brilliant final episode to submit)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY Jeremy Piven Entourage (Hug it out Academy--I know Peter Boyle is the only one from Raymond not to ever win, but sentimentality doesn't really go over with this crew)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Jessica Walter Arrested Development
BEST COMEDY WRITING "Finale" Everybody Loves Raymond (Because it was perfect)
BEST COMEDY DIRECTING "Pilot" Desperate Housewives
BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Fred Williard Everybody Loves Raymond
BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Blythe Danner Will & Grace (cause I'm guessing she's gonna win something)

BEST DRAMA 24
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA Ian McShane Deadwood
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Glenn Close The Shield
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA Terry O'Quinn Lost (It could go Alda cause they love him, but O'Quinn just was one of the most buzzed about characters this season and he took it to the bank. However, if Shatner submits the right episodes, he could walk away with it.)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Sandra Oh Grey's Anatomy (Balloon effect off of Sideways)
BEST DRAMA WRITING "Walkabout" Lost (Though frankly, the "Three Stories" episode of House was brilliantly clever.)
BEST DRAMA DIRECTING "Pilot" Lost (This could go Tarantino, but Abrams put together a pilot that is much better than most movies, including either Kill Bill)
BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA Ray Liotta ER (This one's the easiest to predict out of everything)
BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Angela Lanesbury Law & Order SVU (Her recent fall at the Hollywood Bowl will only help. She's never won an Emmy and none of the competition is so strong to demand to be recognized. It could finally happen.)

posted by cinegod @ 9:39 PM