Sunday, July 22, 2007

Emmy Nominees: Best Directing in a Drama Series


My predictions: 3/7, missing "Battlestar Galactica", "Boston Legal" and "Heroes" as well as choosing the wrong "Sopranos" episode.
My ballot: 1/6, the brilliant "Through the Looking Glass"

You think there are enough nominees here? This is the second year running that there have been 7 nominees in this category. As I said with the writing category, Battlestar Galactica fans rejoice over "Exodus, Part 2" being nominated. Boston Legal and its episode "Son of the Defender" I am sure are not that good, but I will try to find it somewhere to be able to watch it. The pilots of Friday Night Lights and Studio 60 were expected, but their omissions in the writing category and virtually everywhere else are not good signs, especially for fledgling renewed FNL. I am excited about the Lost finale, "Through the Looking Glass". The Sopranos episode picked at first surprised me. I correctly predicted the absence of the series finale in this category, perhaps a representation of the anger and frustration over the episode's closing moments. I thought "Soprano Home Movies" had to get in here, but "Kennedy and Heidi" is very well-crafted, especially with the drug scenes with James Gandolfini and Sarah Shahi.

Who will win? I hope it is the "Lost" finale, though I have a funny inkling it may be the "Studio 60" pilot. I would say vote-split and it goes to "Kennedy and Heidi".

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