What are some of the shows featured in the 2009 Emmy nominations?”
I’m Super-Ecstatic About: • Best drama nod for Big Love. • How I Met Your Mother finally breaks into the best comedy category. • Jeremy Piven gets snubbed for best supporting actor, clearing the way for Neil Patrick Harris’ long overdue win. • Michael J. Fox up for guest actor for Rescue Me. • Emmy voters make Howie Mandel pay for ruining last year’s Emmys by snubbing him for best reality host. Even better: They gave the slot to Amazing Race emcee Phil Keoghan. • Jim Parsons! • Jane Krakowski, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer among 30 Rock’s 172 nominations. • Aaron Paul breaks through for Breaking Bad. • Supporting comedy nods for two of my favorite Kristins (Wiig and Chenoweth). • Elisabeth Moss! • My incredibly prescient predictions. Keep reading to find out which nominations/snubs made me want to hit someone in the face sad. Yawns to: • Entourage gets a nod for its worst season yet. • Tony Shalhoub. • Anything involving Boston Legal. I’m Super-Pissed About: • Nothing for the final s
The Emmy nominations are in, and this year 30 Rock is leading the pack with 22 nominations! Last year’s top drama series, Mad Men, leads its field this year, too, with 16 nominations. Family Guy is making history this year, as it became the first animated series since The Flintstones (1961) to be nominated as best comedy series. Grey Gardens, the made for TV movie starring Drew Barrymore picked up an impressive 17 nominations, while Into the Storm, about Winston Churchill snagged up 14 nominations. Check out the nominations list below: BEST DRAMA SERIES ‘Big Love’ ‘Damages’ ‘Dexter’ ‘House’ ‘Lost’ ‘Mad Men’ BEST ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES Bryan Cranston, ‘Breaking Bad’ Michael C.
