Emmy Nominations Up for Debate
What, James Spader didn't get nominated as best actor for the final season of "Boston Legal"? HBO's "True Blood" couldn't beat the vampire show jinx? What happened to Jeremy Piven's automatic nomination for HBO's "Entourage"? And did "Grey's Anatomy" give up (Denny's) ghost too late to get Emmy love?
Those are some of the things that will be debated after today's announcement of the Emmy Award nominations.
For now, it looks like the Sept. 20 telecast on CBS might be a rerun of last year's Emmys with 2008 comedy and drama winners, "30 Rock" and "Mad Men," leading the way in nominations.
There were a few minor surprises -- the absence of Spader and Piven from the list, Simon Baker's best acting nomination for "The Mentalist" and Jemaine Clement's best comedic acting nomination for HBO's "Flight of the Conchords" -- chief among.
But overall, the nominations were pretty predictable. Take a look at the list of nominees on the Buffalo News website and then speak out about what made you happy, what made you disappointed and what made you go beyond disappointment into anger.
-- Alan Pergament
I was FURIOUS when I saw my favorite TV show and actor were not nominated!!! Then I remembered that it would have absolutely no effect on my life whatsoever who won an Emmy. Back to the important stuff...
Posted by: Joe | July 16, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Joe, you have time to read, respond to and care about a TV blog about The Emmy's.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled important stuff.
Posted by: Bob | July 17, 2009 at 08:54 AM
Great point, Bob. The fact that you took the time to read, respond to and care about my post means a lot to me. I'm touched and you've really given me a lot to think about.
Posted by: Joe | July 17, 2009 at 01:30 PM