And Now For Something Completely Different

Finally a non 90210 related post!

So the Emmy's are this Sunday, it is the 60th Anniversary. Hopefully they will have some of those tv classic filled montages I so love.

Since a young age I was obsessed with award shows. It all started at the 1997 Academy Awards, I was sick and watching coverage all day, and once the show started Billy Crystal singing about the nominees and Cuba Gooding Jr.'s infectious acceptance speech had me hooked. I used to write down the winners of all the major award shows in a little notebook I still have at home, along with my predictions. My uncle later told me this gave him further insight into his theory I'm a straight girl trapped in a gay man's body, since he did this also at that age.

Anyway, as I've gotten older, I don't pay that much attention to the trivial awards like Billboard Music Awards, Teen Choice, and the now defunct Blockbuster Awards. Even though the glory days of the VMA and MTV Movie awards are over, I think I have about ten more years till I retire them.

The big five still remain important. (That's Grammy's, Golden Globes, SAG, Emmy's and the Super Bowl of award shows-Oscars). So this Sunday is the Emmy's and below are my pics. I hope to be wrong about a lot and look stupid on Monday.

Best Drama
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

Who Should Win: Mad Men was the most innovative, engrossing, stimulating, and cinematically beautiful show to come around in a long time. Not since The Sopranos has something been so bold and brilliant.
Who Will Win: Mad Men, industry peeps love it, media loves it, actors love it.

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

Who Will Win: Tough category, there may be a Mad Men sweep leading to Hamm winning, however Hall has impressed many actors with his mesmerizing performance. Dark horse is Hugh Laurie who despite a SAG and 2 Globes has yet to win an Emmy.
Who Should Win: All the men are exceptional, I only regurally watch Mad Men, so my bias goes to Hamm. But from my viewing of the first season of Dexter, for which Hall was snubbed last year, he was my pick to win before nominations were even announced so I think he is beyond deserving.

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Who Will Win: My bet is Glenn Close, she was the favorite two years ago for her stint on The Shield, and many felt she got robbed. She is better (if that's even possible) on Damages.
Who Should Win: Glenn Close. I love Kyra Sedwick and think she is long due for her role as Brenda Johnsone, but I think she should be collecting next year for the season that just finished airing last week, and not for last season.

COMEDY SERIES
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men

Who Should Win: 30 Rock. The show has just gotten better with every episode, the writing, acting, production all flow perfectly.
Who Will Win: 30 Rock.

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Who Should Win: Anyone but Tony Shalhoub. Now, I like him and he's a fine actor. But he's won enough and he was better on Wings anyway. Seriously, Baldwin deserves this even though I long for Steve Carrell to walk away with it.
Who Will Win: I think with the answering message out of the voters mind, they will reward their Baldwin darling.

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Who Should Win: Tina Fey, without a doubt. If the show wins again and she doesn't, I will be very pissed. This woman just should get her own stamp, I love her that much, and she's funny.
Who Will Win: It better be Tina Fey, or I'm throwing a hissy, the only acceptable replacement would be Mary-Louise Parker, but still, I need Tina Fey to win.

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Rainn Wilson, The Office

Who Should Win: Neil Patrick Harris. I caught a episode of this during the second season and actually laughed at a sitcom, to my horror. He was the reason I watched old episodes and kept DVR'ing future ones. The man is a comedic genius. And pretty sexy. (Totally irrelevant, but I'm shallow).
Who Will Win: Admittedly, I love all these men. So I'm cool with any, but Emmy's usually go with repeat winners, so Jeremy Piven.


SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES:
Kristin Chenoweth, "Pushing Daisies"
Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live"
Jean Smart, "Samantha Who?"
Holland Taylor, "Two and a Half Men"
Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"

Who Should Win: I love Amy Poehler, but aren't SNL stars supposed to be in the Variety Host category? Anyway, she deserves it.
Who Will Win: Poehler has a good shot, with upset being Vanessa Williams.

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES:
Ted Danson, "Damages"
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages"
William Shatner, "Boston Legal"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"

Who Should Win: Michael Emerson has frightened and disturbed and intrigued me for three seasons now on Lost, and I can't think of anyone else more deserving for this.
Who Will Win: Ted Danson. I know it took them like nine years to give him one for Cheers, but Danson showing his acting chops as a corrupt businessman will be enough to win.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES:
Candice Bergen, "Boston Legal"
Rachel Griffiths, "Brothers and Sisters"
Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"
Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

Who Will Win: Chandra Wilson.
Who Should Win: Chandra Wilson. The woman should have won last year, and is always the saving grace of every contrived, soapy, trite Grey's episode.

REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM:
"The Amazing Race," CBS
"American Idol," FOX
"Dancing With The Stars," ABC
"Project Runway," Bravo
"Top Chef," Bravo

Who Should Win: Project Runway really hit its stride last season, with Top Chef as my second.
Who Will Win: Amazing Race for what, the fourth time? As long as it's not Idol, it's cool.

REALITY HOST:
Tom Bergeron, 'Dancing With The Stars'
Heidi Klum, 'Project Runway'
Howie Mandel, 'Deal Or No Deal'
Jeff Probst, 'Survivor'
Ryan Seacrest, 'American Idol'

Who Should win: Who cares? Okay, um...Jeff Probst. He's been doing this for about eight years, isn't a famewhore and seems to not take himself too seriously.
Who Will Win: Anyone but Seacrest, please.