Thursday, July 17, 2008

emmy nominations

here is a list of ones i love ( in no special order ):

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Office

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Will Arnett as Devin Banks

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Pushing Daisies • Lee Pace as Ned
The Office • Steve Carell as Michael Scott


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale • Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
An American Crime • Showtime • Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
The Office • Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies • Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
Saturday Night Live • Amy Poehler, Performer

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale • Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs

Outstanding Made For Television Movie
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale •

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
Flight Of The Conchords • Song: 'The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)' • Bret McKenzie, Composer and Lyricist Jemaine Clement, Composer and Lyricist

Flight Of The Conchords • Song: 'Inner City Pressure' • Bret McKenzie, Composer and Lyricist Jemaine Clement, Composer and Lyricist James Bobin, Lyricist

Jimmy Kimmel Live • Song: 'I'm F***ing Matt Damon' • Sarah Silverman, Writer/Composer Tony Baubirei, Writer/ComposerWayne McClaucey, Writer/ComposerSal Lacono, Writer/ComposerDan Warner, Writer/Composer

Outstanding Nonfiction Series
This American Life • Showtime

Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
80th Annual Academy Awards • Jon Stewart, Host
Late Show With David Letterman • David Letterman, Host
Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey, Host/Performer
The Colbert Report • Stephen Colbert, Host


Outstanding Picture Editing Of Clip Packages For Talk, Performance, Award Or Reality Competition Programs
Jimmy Kimmel Live • After The Academy Awards (I'm F***ing Ben Affleck) • Jason Bielski, Editor

Jimmy Kimmel Live • 5th Year Anniversary Show (I'm F***ing Matt Damon) • James Crowe, Editor

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
30 Rock • Rosemary's Baby • Jack Burditt, Written By
30 Rock • Cooter • Tina Fey, Written By
Flight Of The Conchords • James Bobin, Written ByJemaine Clement, Written By Bret McKenzie, Written By
Pushing Daisies • Pie-Lette • Bryan Fuller, Written By
The Office • Dinner Party • Lee Eisenberg, Written By Gene Stupnitsky, Written By


Outstanding Reality Program
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List

Outstanding Choreography
So You Think You Can Dance • Routine: Hummingbird and Flower / 'The Chairman's Waltz' • Wade Robson, Choreographer

So You Think You Can Dance • Routine: Transformers / 'Fuego' • Shane Sparks, Choreographer

So You Think You Can Dance • Routine: Table / 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' • Mandy Moore, Choreographer

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Late Show With David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

and i'm pissed about:
no pushing daisies for best comedy
no chi mcbride on pushing daisies
no love for 'the wire' (so i haven't watched them all yet, but i love what i've seen)
entourage. yawn. i'm so over it. bad writing and same shit over and over. yuck.
dexter. not that great of a show
monk. OK! we get it! he's won 3 times. enough!
Two and a Half Men. Really? Seriously?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I see you left off "Weeds." You should really check out that show if you haven't already.