Gregoire's absolutely right about the writing categories, they always have the highest concentration of television's best shows.
I'm glad for Creature Comforts. A very original series concept and often very humorous. Last year's most unappreciated & overlooked gem.
Dramas isn't a bad crop. Boston Legal is obviously the old people contingent having their say while House is a shitty procedural with a great lead actor. I could be happy with the other four winning, even the mediocre LOST because at least it improved this past season and had a few great episodes.
1. Mad Men or Dexter or Mad Men or Dexter or...
3. Damages
4. LOST
5. Boston Legal
6. House
Comedies was exactly as I expected. Well, except for Pushing Daisies being snubbed for the oh-so-over-the-hill Curb Your Enthusiasm. The one really unfortunate bit of business is the nomination of Two & A Half Men which was inevitable given the format. When you have ten shows on the short list and you aren't ranking them for the next round but instead voting for your favorites, the laugh-track guild could throw all of their weight behind Sheen's series. Obviously, the majority was nominating, say, 30 Rock and would surely rank 2 1/2 as one of the worst of the bunch but it's able to skate into the nominations round with slightly more support than the five that missed the cut.
1. 30 Rock
2. The Office - slight decline
3. Entourage - major decline
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm - lost the funny in Season 5, hasn't fully recovered
5. Two and a Half Men
The reality category snubbed Survivor but at least Probst has a strong shot at the statue. TAR will surely repeat given the amount of nominations and the other shows having a weaker season than normal and plenty of haters (Idol/Stars) or are cable series that far less see (Chef/Runway).
1. The Amazing Race
2. Top Chef
3. Project Runway
4. American Idol
5. Dancing With The Stars
Animated Series:
1. King of the Hill (One of their best episodes in ages and it mined death for comedy in a way I had never seen before. Brilliant!)
2. The Simpsons
3. Creature Comforts
4. Robot Chicken: Star Wars
5. Spongebob Squarepants
Animated Special:
1. South Park: Imaginationland - alright
2. Justice League: The New Frontier - great from a technical standpoint
3. Family Guy: Blue Harvest - I would never watch this
Reality Non-Competition
1. Antiques Roadshow - still inherently fascinating
2. Dirty Jobs - mildly annoying
3. Intervention - pretty annoying
4. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - emotionally manipulative trash in giftwrap for Midwesterners
5. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List - a glorified VH1 celebreality show (or E! or Bravo or...), yet duller and a star more aurally irritating than most of the others
Variety Series:
1. Letterman - still the best
2. Colbert Report - overrated
3. Daily Show - extremely overrated
4. Bill Maher - annoying political rants with no substance
5. SNL - WHAT THE FUCK???????!!!!!!!
Edit: UGH! Did not initially notice that Daisies was snubbed and Curb was the fifth nominee.
I'm glad for Creature Comforts. A very original series concept and often very humorous. Last year's most unappreciated & overlooked gem.
Dramas isn't a bad crop. Boston Legal is obviously the old people contingent having their say while House is a shitty procedural with a great lead actor. I could be happy with the other four winning, even the mediocre LOST because at least it improved this past season and had a few great episodes.
1. Mad Men or Dexter or Mad Men or Dexter or...
3. Damages
4. LOST
5. Boston Legal
6. House
Comedies was exactly as I expected. Well, except for Pushing Daisies being snubbed for the oh-so-over-the-hill Curb Your Enthusiasm. The one really unfortunate bit of business is the nomination of Two & A Half Men which was inevitable given the format. When you have ten shows on the short list and you aren't ranking them for the next round but instead voting for your favorites, the laugh-track guild could throw all of their weight behind Sheen's series. Obviously, the majority was nominating, say, 30 Rock and would surely rank 2 1/2 as one of the worst of the bunch but it's able to skate into the nominations round with slightly more support than the five that missed the cut.
1. 30 Rock
2. The Office - slight decline
3. Entourage - major decline
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm - lost the funny in Season 5, hasn't fully recovered
5. Two and a Half Men
The reality category snubbed Survivor but at least Probst has a strong shot at the statue. TAR will surely repeat given the amount of nominations and the other shows having a weaker season than normal and plenty of haters (Idol/Stars) or are cable series that far less see (Chef/Runway).
1. The Amazing Race
2. Top Chef
3. Project Runway
4. American Idol
5. Dancing With The Stars
Animated Series:
1. King of the Hill (One of their best episodes in ages and it mined death for comedy in a way I had never seen before. Brilliant!)
2. The Simpsons
3. Creature Comforts
4. Robot Chicken: Star Wars
5. Spongebob Squarepants
Animated Special:
1. South Park: Imaginationland - alright
2. Justice League: The New Frontier - great from a technical standpoint
3. Family Guy: Blue Harvest - I would never watch this
Reality Non-Competition
1. Antiques Roadshow - still inherently fascinating
2. Dirty Jobs - mildly annoying
3. Intervention - pretty annoying
4. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - emotionally manipulative trash in giftwrap for Midwesterners
5. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List - a glorified VH1 celebreality show (or E! or Bravo or...), yet duller and a star more aurally irritating than most of the others
Variety Series:
1. Letterman - still the best
2. Colbert Report - overrated
3. Daily Show - extremely overrated
4. Bill Maher - annoying political rants with no substance
5. SNL - WHAT THE FUCK???????!!!!!!!
Edit: UGH! Did not initially notice that Daisies was snubbed and Curb was the fifth nominee.
