Emmys

If I was in charge of the Emmys, these would be my winners:

Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Robot Chicken
****The Simpsons~ You can't go wrong with this classic!
South Park

SpongeBob SquarePants

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Extras -Ricky Gervais
Monk -Tony Shalhoub
****The Office -Steve Carell ~ This man is a comedy genius
30 Rock -Alec Baldwin
Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Boston Legal -James Spader
****House -Hugh Laurie ~ He won last year....I hope he wins again just to hear his speech
Rescue Me -Denis Leary
The Sopranos -James Gandolfini (Do these guys have to win EVERY YEAR?)
*****24 -Kiefer Sutherland ~ I'm torn, I love this character

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Desperate Housewives -Felicity Huffman
The New Adventures Of Old Christine -Julia Louis-Dreyfus
*****30 Rock-Tina Fey ~ I don't like the show much, but I like her
Ugly Betty - America Ferrera
Weeds - Mary-Louise Parker (I thought this was a drama??)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Brothers & Sisters-Sally Field
*****The Closer • Kyra Sedgwick- She's brilliant in this show

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit •Mariska Hargitay
Medium •Patricia Arquette (like the show....don't like her)
The Riches •Minnie Driver (I thought this was a comedy??)
The Sopranos •Edie Falco

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Entourage • Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
Entourage • Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
How I Met Your Mother • Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
*****The Office • Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute ~ His character is by far the funniest
Two And A Half Men • Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

(Side note....Notice how many former 80s TV/movie stars are in the line up?? weird)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Boston Legal • William Shatner as Denny Crane (Capt Kirk is in a show now? How did I not know this?)
Grey’s Anatomy •T.R. Knight as George
*****Heroes • Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura~ Really crossing my fingers for this lil guy
Lost •Michael Emerson as Ben
Lost • Terry O’Quinn as John Locke
The Sopranos • Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

*****My Name Is Earl •Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner ~ I actually know people like this character
*****The Office •Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly ~ I want them both to win
Two And A Half Men • Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Two And A Half Men •Conchata Ferrell as Berta
Ugly Betty •Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Weeds •Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

*****Brothers & Sisters • Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Whedon ~ Don't really care much in this category, but I loved her in 6 feet under so I vote for her
Grey’s Anatomy • Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens

Grey’s Anatomy •Chandra Wilson as Dr. Bailey

Grey’s Anatomy •Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang

The Sopranos • Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
The Sopranos • Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

Entourage • Martin Landau as Bob Ryan
Extras • Sir Ian McKellen as Himself
Monk • Stanley Tucci as David Ruskin
*****My Name Is Earl • Giovanni Ribisi as Ralph Mariano
My Name is Earl • Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Boston Legal • Christian Clemenson as Jerry “Hands” Espenson
*****ER • Forest Whitaker as Curtis Ames ~ Really good plot line, and it's nice to see ER up there again
House • David Morse as Michael Tritter
The Sopranos • Tim Daly as J.T. Dolan

Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip • John Goodman as Judge Robert Bebe
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip • Eli Wallach as Eli Weintraub

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Desperate Housewives • Dixie Carter as Gloria Hodge
Desperate Housewives • Laurie Metcalf as Carolyn Bigsby
30 Rock •Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy
Ugly Betty • Judith Light as Claire Meade
*****Ugly Betty • Salma Hayek as Sofia Reyes

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Grey’s Anatomy • Kate Burton as Ellis Grey
Grey’s Anatomy • Elizabeth Reaser as Jane Doe
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Marcia Gay Harden as Star Morrison
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Leslie Caron as Lorraine Delmas
*****24 • Jean Smart as Martha Logan~ One of the best/complex characters on so far

Outstanding Comedy Series

Entourage • HBO
****The Office • NBC~Probably lose, but most deserving I think
30 Rock • NBC
Two And A Half Men • CBS
Ugly Betty • ABC

Outstanding Drama Series

Boston Legal • ABC
Grey’s Anatomy • ABC
*****Heroes • NBC ~ One of kind...it really should win

House • Fox (Love it but Heroes was better last year)
The Sopranos • HBO (Probably will win since it was the last year)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

The Amazing Race • CBS
*****American Idol • Fox
Dancing With The Stars • ABC
Project Runway • Bravo
Top Chef • Bravo

If you are wondering why my picks snub the favorites to win like the Sopranos and Entourage...I personally think the Cable channels should have a category of their own. They're allowed more freedom then the network channels. So those are my picks if I were running the Emmys. :)

[ UPDATE: WOW! Only one of my picks won. Jaime Pressly from "My name is Earl". I knew the Sopranos would probably sweep it. But James Spader??! Really??!!]

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