The 61st Annual Emmy Awards are LIVE on CBS tomorrow night at 8pm.(est). That is unless the NFL football game runs over....
Neil Patrick Harris is a HUGE plus after last year's disastrous "reality hosts" as emcees. Harris is also nominated for his own Emmy for his work on How I Met Your Mother. He said that he's ready to go & stopped eating 2 weeks ago to fit into his dress & his lip injections have stabilized.
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This year producers are promising a more streamlined event, with the planned changes in structure -- organizing awards by genres -- and the look of the set changing for each act, it will feel like five small, separate shows. Paired presenters will announe more than one nomination category, thus spending less time introducing said presenters & allowing more time for acceptance speeches & clips. The nominees have been warned in advance, that they will NOT be cut off for heart-felt speeches, but will get "the music" if they're speech becomes a 'thank you' list. I'm sure things will run smoothly & on time. Let's get to my picks.
Everyone knows I'm a huge TV fan. I try to watch everything out there at least once so I can pretend I'm knowledgeable enough to form a valid opinion. This is one of those times. I have my "favorites" & I do want them to win. That doesn't mean they will, they rarely do. So what you will see in bold print is what I want to win, not what I think will win. Once again, this year is dominated by cable shows that hardly anyone watches. They certainly aren't ratings winners. Of all the hugely popular dramas on network TV (CBS), the Academy only has two on their list, Lost & House. The fact that NCIS, the most popular TV show on both network & in cable reruns is nowhere to be seen on any list, makes me wonder who the fuck is making up these lists in the first place. (I don't watch the show, so what do I know. Maybe it's crap.) I'm just hoping some of my picks are winners.
Okay, here goes:
Best Drama:
This is the hardest category for me to pick a winner in. I watch every show, except Damages. The winner will probably be the "cerebral" Mad Men, which won last year. I know they are never going to give an Emmy to a serial killer, so Dexter won't win. LOST is too confusing to those who vote. Of course, Big Love goes against the country's moral standard. House has a foreigner as it's star. That leaves Breaking Bad, a show about a chemistry teacher making & selling meth. See what I mean, they are all so good!
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men
Best Actor, Drama:
Only one network show in this category & it's CBS' new (highly rated) The Mentalist's hunky Simon Baker. Bryan Cranston won last year for his role as Walt, the chemistry teacher, turned meth dealer on Breaking Bad. I would be happy if he won again this time, but I'm still pulling for Michael C. Hall, as our favorite serial killer in Dexter. I think that Jon Hamm will win, as the whoredog Don/Dick, from Mad Men. A win by Simon Baker would really be a shocking surprise though.
Bryan Cranston
Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall
Dexter
Hugh Laurie
House
Gabriel Byrne
In Treatment
Jon Hamm
Mad Men
Simon Baker
The Mentalist
Best Actress, Drama:
This is a tough category for me, because I must confess, I don't watch most of these shows. Glenn Close won last year. I find Elisabeth Moss from Mad Men the most intriguing character of all of these choices. Her struggles as a 1960's businesswoman just screams "women's lib" in her future. Burn that bra Peggy!
Sally Field
Brothers & Sisters
Glenn Close
Damages
Mariska Hargitay
Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter
Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick
The Closer
Elisabeth Moss
Mad Men
Best Comedy:
Family Guy??? Are you kidding me? That is the most obnoxiously, unfunny, juvenile, piece of crap I've ever watched & it gets more idiotically, stupid every season! What moron put this crap on the list? It'll probably win. I'm not a fan of any of these shows. I'm a Two & a Half Men lover & it's been ignored again this season. I'll have to go with our host's show, How I Met Your Mother. It's at least fun to watch.
30 Rock
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight Of The Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
Weeds
Comments (6)
You have awful, awful taste in comedy. Two and a Half Men? Yuck.
1 of 6 | Posted by yummy | Posted on September 19, 2009 4:00 PM
Does this mean you like "30 Rock" or is it "Family Guy"?
2 of 6 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on September 19, 2009 4:48 PM
Two and a Half Men is a great show! And obviously, Chooch and I aren't the only ones who think so or the shows ratings wouldn't always be so high. ;-)
3 of 6 | Posted by JustJesse | Posted on September 20, 2009 2:35 AM
Ew my post came across so bitchy...sorry about that lol I was grumpy at the time. I dislike Two and a Half Men immensely, but to each his own! And it's true, they do get the ratings...
Half of the "best comedy" noms are my favorite shows though! The Office, 30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, Weeds. So good. Family Guy is kind of ok I guess...I wouldn't seek it out specifically though.
4 of 6 | Posted by yummy | Posted on September 20, 2009 3:50 PM
Are they having them at the Staples Center? When I drove down to work this afternoon -- Figuerora was closed off at Olympic. I had to drive down Flower!
Anyway, as long as Neil Patrick Harris wins something I'll be happy and it will make up for my inconvenience.
5 of 6 | Posted by Mr Dangerous | Posted on September 20, 2009 4:56 PM
Mr. Dangerous, it was at the Nokia...so yes, right next to Staples. :-)
6 of 6 | Posted by Nads | Posted on September 21, 2009 1:12 AM