Because I Should…Emmy Reaction

Every year they come out and every year I muster up a little indignation and a whole lot of apathy. Yes folks it’s Emmy time. The nominations for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards were announced Thursday and surprise, surprise they’re mostly boring. Please don’t be fooled about the entire historic brew ha ha about the cable networks. The Emmy’s are still more wrong then right. However no matter how much I detest the Emmy's I still got a few cents to throw in on the nominations.

Comedy
Love that 30 Rock owns almost every category. I’m praying for Will Arnett and Carrie Fisher to walk away with the Guest Star cats. Also glad to see Lee Pace and Kristin Chenoweth get nods for Pushing Daisies (so ready for that to be back) but I struggle with them being in the comedy category. Then again if Emmy thinks that Betty and Housewives are comedies, let alone funny, that says a lot.

Drama
Where's Jorge Garcia? Where's Battlestar? Where are the stars of Friday Night Lights? Blah, blah, blah. Yeah that’s all I got. Glad Dexter got some attention, although I think the second season was lesser then the first. Hoping this is the year that Michael Emerson pulls a Ben Linus and steals an award. Why is Nip/Tuck a drama when Housewives isn’t?

Reality
Amazing Race always wins although I think Top Chef may be closing the gap. This year they’re giving out host awards and Probst better win based on his years of service. Where’s the supporting host category for Tim Gunn and guest host category for Anthony Bourdain? Hope Kathy Griffin repeats as last season was her best, especially in light of this season’s down turn.

Everything Else
Hope J Stew wins Variety show, and he’s got a good chance since it’s an election year. Carlin will win from beyond the grave not because he’s dead but because he’s funnier then everyone else in the category (especially James Taylor). I think it’s great that the Extras finale got Made for TV Movie nods but Recount will run those categories while John Adams will do the same in Mini-Series.

Maybe I’ll do a set of predictions as we get closer…then again maybe I’ll just stab my eye with a pencil repeatedly. Just about as much fun. Happy 60th Emmy!