Sarah Silverman: best comedy actress?
As the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tries to whittle the submissions down to actual nominees, it’s interesting to take a look at who has made it to the semifinals. It’s not a nomination, but it’s one step away. Today comes word of the finalists for best comedy actress and best supporting drama actor. There are some surprises.
Chief among those for me is Sarah Silverman. I honestly hadn’t even considered her in the running. I’m not much of a fan, but I do like that she is being considered for the simple fact that the base the nominees are drawn from can always use some expansion. And if she is the most surprising inclusion, the most surprising snub just might be Teri Hatcher. Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, and Felicity Huffman all made the cut, but not Hatcher. Ouch. The rest of the finalists, and the supporting actors from a drama, after the jump.
The complete list of finalists for comedy actress:
- Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
- Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
- America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
- Tina Fey - 30 Rock
- Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies
- Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
- Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - New Adventures Of Old Christine
- Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
- Sarah Silverman - The Sarah Silverman Program
If I can only pick one, it would be Anna Friel. The list of supporting actors in a drama doesn’t look quite as controversial, but with so few spots somebody is going to get overlooked. Lost scores two of the coveted spots, and probably the most surprising name missing from the list. Naveen Andrews and Michael Emerson are great, but I’d take Terry O’Quinn over both of them every time. Not so with the academy. The biggest surprise for me here is Bruce Dern on Big Love. The finalists:
- Naveen Andrews - Lost
- Bruce Dern - Big Love
- Christian Clemenson - Boston Legal
- Ted Danson - Damages
- Michael Emerson - Lost
- Zeljko Ivanek - Damages
- T.R. Knight - Grey’s Anatomy
- William Shatner - Boston Legal
- John Slattery - Mad Men
- Blair Underwood - In Treatment
- Jake Weber - Medium
I could have gone for Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad, but I’ll take Christian Clemenson for the win, and consider it a long overdue nod to Briscoe County Jr. Members will now watch the submitted episodes for all of the finalists and rank them from 1 to 10 before the two groups are knocked down to a final list of nominees. What do you think? Who doesn’t belong on the list? Who was overlooked?
Emmy Nominations: Here We Go Again
It's time again for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and things that make you go, "Hmmm…" According to Kyra Sedgwick and Jon Cryer, who are doing the announcements, these are your 2007 nominees:
Best Drama: Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, The Sopranos
Best Comedy: 30 Rock, Entourage, The Office, Two and a Half Men, Ugly Betty
Best Actress, Drama: Patricia Arquette (Medium), Minnie Driver (The Riches), Edie Falco (The Sopranos), Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
Best Actor, Drama: James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Hugh Laurie (House), Denis Leary (Rescue Me), James Spader (Boston Legal), Kiefer Sutherland (24)
Best Reality Show: The Amazing Race, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, Top Chef
Best Actor, Comedy: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Steve Carell (The Office), Ricky Gervais (Extras), Tony Shalhoub (Monk), Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)
Best Actress, Comedy: America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)
Congrats to all the nominees! Hugh, America, Project Runway…it's good to see their faces in the crowd.
Still, it's sad not to find any evidence of How I Met Your Mother (in the best comedy category), not to mention the absence of Kristen Bell or Michael C. Hall, and I know Korbi's gonna go ballistic when she sees that Friday Night Lights was dissed. Lost and Battlestar Galactica were robbed in the drama category, but happily both shows got best writing nominations! Woo!
Other exciting news:
- Supporting actor nominations for Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson on Lost and Masi Oka on Heroes!
- Guest star nods for Elizabeth Reaser and Kate Burton for Grey's, Judith Light for Betty and Martin Landau for Entourage. Is that something you'd be interested in? Yes, indeedy!
How are you guys feeling? Rage against the machine in the comments below, and we'll try to make the Tater Tops noms a little more gratifying when they come around…