The 2010 Emmy Nominations were announced this morning, and we’ve got your rundown – and a little handicapping.
Early this morning (5:30am in LA!), Joel McHale (Community), and Sophia Vergara (Modern Family) announced the nominees for the 2010 Emmy Awards – TV’s most prestigious/least relevant awards, depending on who you talk to. And naturally, they started about ten minutes late, and were only broadcast on the internet. You know, like TV usually is?
We were particularly stoked to see The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien nominated for Best Variety Show – and a little anti-stoked to see so many nominations for Glee. Though we know we’re kind of in the minority on that.
Here’s the list of the nominees in the major categories below, along with some of our reactions. And for a full list, head over to emmys.com, which I swear to god, crashed my browser continually for about two hours while I was trying to watch the noms. So, good luck with that.
Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office
30 Rock
It’s nice to see Nurse Jackie take the “it’s not really a comedy, guys” spot – but we’re a little bummed that Community, Party Down, or Parks and Recreation, who all had fantastic years, didn’t make the cut. On this list, we’d like to see The Office take it, though it’s probably going to Glee. Guh.
Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Good Wife
LOST
Mad Men
True Blood
Yeah, Lost! Yay, True Blood! Hooray, Dexter! Actually, this list is spot on across the board. We’d go LOST, naturally, but this award is ending up in the AMC offices.
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Tony Shaloub Monk
Steve Carrell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Eh. Probably Alec Baldwin, right? Right.
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lea Michele, Glee
Julia Louis Dreyfuss, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Colette, Nurse Jackie
At the very least, Amy Poehler should win an award for most significant improvement of a character. Last season? Eh. This season? Awesome.
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Matthew Fox, LOST
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Yay, Matthew Fox! Hopefully if he wins, he can do that forehead grabbing thing he does every time he finds out Claire is his sister.
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Glenn Close, Damages
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
January Jones, Mad Men
It was worth watching the telecast of the nominations just to see Joel McHale help Sophia Vergara pronounce Mariska Hargitay’s last name.
A few other nominations we’re excited about:
Mini-Series: The Pacific
Lead Actor Miniseries: Sir Ian McKellan, The Prisoner
Supporting Actor (Drama): Terry O’ Quinn, LOST; Michael Emerson, LOST
Supporting Actress (Comedy): Jane Lynch, Glee
And sigh of relief that “The End,” the last episode of LOST, got nominated for best writing.
The Awards will be broadcast on NBC on August 29th, and hosted by Jimmy Fallon. Who, it should be noted, is also nominated for Most Laughs At His Own Jokes In a Single Telecast.
So what do you think, TV fans? Who got unfairly nominated? And who got snubbed? Find the complete list here.
