Emmy nominees were revealed this morning, and I'll have detailed commentary for every category up later today, but for the moment I'd like to offer some brief reactions to the nominees. While there were some exciting surprises, there were just as many horrific omissions. Quick summary below:
Wonderfully snubbed: Rose Byrne for "Damages"
Shockingly snubbed: Peter O'Toole for "The Tudors"
Inexplicably snubbed: "Pushing Daisies" for Best Comedy Series, Blair Underwood of "In Treatment"
Horribly snubbed: John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and Amy Ryan of "The Office", David Duchovny of "Californication", Keith Carradine of "Dexter"
Wonderfully included: "Dexter" for Best Drama Series, also "Lost", "Flight of the Conchords" for Best Writing and Directing, "Battlestar Galactica" for Best Writing, Kristin Chenoweth of "Pushing Daisies"
Surprisingly included: Amy Poehler of "SNL", Zeljko Ivanek of "Damages"
Unnecessarily included: Kevin Dillon of "Entourage"
Wrongfully included: Rip Torn, Tim Conway, and Steve Buscemi (much as I love him) for "30 Rock" over more deserving guest stars like Matthew Broderick, Jerry Seinfeld, David Schwimmer, and Dean Winters
They cheated (6 nominees): "Boston Legal" along with my predicted five for Best Drama Series, both Bryan Cranston and Gabriel Byrne for Best Actor, also both Best Guest Actress (comedy) and Guest Actor (drama)
5/5: Best Actress in a Comedy Series (two years running, making up for 0/5 two years ago), Best Reality Program, and Best Writing for a Miniseries/Made-for-TV movie (go figure)
Much more to come later!
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