The Emmy Noms: 2011 Edition
Okay, here are some thoughts on the Emmy noms that came out today (I’d have written this sooner, but I was too busy watching Harry Potter 7.5 before you were). Let’s go!
Drama series: -boot Boardwalk Empire and Dexter, bring in Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy
-why is Dexter still being nominated? the show has gotten….not as good
-Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, and Mad Men all deserve their noms, though
Actress in a Drama: boot Kathy Bates, bring in Anna Gunn from Breaking Bad (it really is that good of a show, I promise)
Actor in a Drama: boot Hugh Laurie (House has just gotten so old and boring/predictable/soapy/boring) and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), bring in Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy)
-actually I just realized that Breaking Bad isn’t Emmy eligible this year. Oh well, they should be nominated again based on just how fucking good season 3 was.
-Michael C. Hall (Dexter) deserved his nom for making the most out of a not-awesome season of Dexter. Let’s swing for the fences in season six, eh, champ?
Supporting Actor in a Drama: I…holy shit I agree with all of them. Nice.
-GO PETER DINKLAGE/JOSH CHARLES/WALTON GOGGINS/JOHN SLATTERY!
Supporting Actress in a Drama: I like everyone on here except for Kelly McDonald from Boardwalk Empire, and that’s only because I haven’t seen the show. I’d love it if Christine Baranski (Good Wife), Margo Martindale (Justified), Michelle Forbes (The Killing and 24 season two) or Christina Hendricks (the most intense—in all the right ways—part of Mad Men) won
Guest Actor in a Drama: Jeremy Davies (Justified) or Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife) should win. No. Scratch that. Michael J. Fox should win.
Guest Actress in a Drama: Cara Buono (one of the most interesting characters on Mad Men) should win, hands down. No one else deserves it.
Comedy series: THE BIG BANG THEORY? SERIOUSLY? AND GLEE? god, fuck the Emmys.
-OMG PARKS AND REC! I LOVE THE EMMYS!
-Boot Big Bang and Glee, bring in Community and either Archer or Louie (both deserve the hell out of an Emmy—Archer has some of the deepest references in their jokes; Louie has some of the deepest ideas ever used to build a show like that; and both shows are essentially one man productions [especially writing wise] which shows just how brilliantly different a comedy show can be when it’s left entirely to the auteur, and not to the network to decide
-seriously, what the hell are Big Bang Theory and Glee doing in this category? This just annoys the hell out of me.
-YAY 30 Rock! I MISS YOU SO GODDAMN MUCH
Actress in a Comedy: Tina wins. Next question. (although I would also be happy if Amy won)
Actor in a Comedy: BOOT THOSE BIG BANG MOTHERFUCKERS OUT. Alec should win on principle, but I would love it if Steve won for his emotionally beautiful last episode. I’d also love it if Louis CK won for Louie, which, seriously, you guys should watch (after your Breaking Bad marathon). Replace the two BBT guys with RON FUCKING SWANSON and Joel McHale from that community college with the butt flag
Supporting Actor in a Comedy: Jeez, Modern Family really dominated this scategory, eh? It didn’t even have that great of a second season (I mean, it was coming off of a near-perfect first season, but still), so what gives? I hate when any show dominates a category. It’s just stupid.
-If someone from Modern Family has to win, I’d go with Ty Burrell or Eric Stonestreet. If not, then Jon Cryer (but only for the bits he did on the late night circuit post-Charlie Sheen meltdown and definitely not for Two and a Half Men)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy: Betty White needs to stop. Julie Bowen or the criminally underutilized and overcrazied Jane Krakowski should win.
Guest Actor in a Comedy: Will Arnett, hands down. Nowhere else can you see GOB sell the G from GE to Samsung (“They’re Samesung, now!”)
Guest Actress in a Comedy: MY HOMEGIRL TINAAAAAAAAAA (we were friends on facebook once, I swear)
Reality host: pass. no wait, Cat Deeley, because, even though I don’t watch So You Think You Can Dance, she was awesome when she was on Conan
Reality series: my p and your ass should be connected. PASS.
Late night show: all the usual suspects were nominated! Seriously, every single one. I love that this never changes (it’s always Conan, Jon, Stephen, Bill, SNL, and whoever’s hosting Late Night). My money’s on Jon, my hopes are on Stephen, my dreams are on Conan, and my childish glee is on Jimmy. And (thankfully), NO LENO! fuckyeah.jpg
Miniseries: Too Big to Fail, because that’s the only one that sounded super interesting to me, and didn’t already flop.
I’ll see you again in August, Miss Emmy. You cold hearted bitch.
