What Uncle Henry Called his Beloved When They Were A'Courtin

Emmy nominations were announced yesterday, and rather than go though the main categories one by one, I figured I'd just go through the nominations and point out any that moved me to comment:

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore)
Michael Giacchino was nominated for his brilliant work on Lost, the only time I've really noticed and been impressed by dramatic scoring for a TV series. Hoping he wins.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Nice to see Jason Bateman and Zach Braff (of Scrubs) get nominated. Not sure Eric McCormack deserved another nomination for Will and Grace though. Tony Shaloub for Monk and Ray Romano round out the group. Everybody Loves Raymond fan though I am, I do think Romano's acting got a little exaggerated and fakey last season, although I am very impressed at how good he got after that first season. To replace McCormack, I'd go with Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men).

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Nice to see Hugh Laurie of House get a nomination--he's great. Also nice to see Martin Sheen not nominated.

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
I haven't seen one episode of Desperate Housewives, but have my doubts that three of the leads are worthy of nominations. Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) would, I'm betting, be more worthy than at least one housewife. Also not sure if Patricia Heaton (Raymond) or Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle) were that worthy either. Would have liked to see Sarah Chalke of Scrubs get one of those spots.

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor is great on Arrested Development, but Brad Garrett and Peter Boyle were getting a bit tired on Raymond. No one was pushing for him, but Scott Patterson on Gilmore Girls is excellent. Sean Hayes was nominated for Will and Grace, again, but I have ot say that he's still brilliant. He gets overlooked by critics I think because the character is so cartoonish, but that's hard to do.

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Nice to see Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews get nominated for Lost--the show's only acting nominations.

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Conchita Ferrell, as the maid, and Holland Taylor, as the Mom, on Two and a Half Men, are good, but hardly worthy of nominations. Get Judy Reyes from Scrubs and maybe the kid from Arrested Development in there instead. For Megan Mullally's nomination for Will and Grace, see my comment on Sean Hayes above.

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Four nominations for Will and Grace. No.

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Only one I saw was Ray Liotta on ER, and he was just stunning.

Outstanding Comedy Series
Gilmore Girls should have gotten Will & Grace's spot. I love Will & Grace, but it's tiring quickly and isn't as sharp as it was.

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Three Arrested Development episodes, and no Scrubs or Gilmore Girls episodes? Thpt. The Raymond finale's nomination, though, was well-earned. Great writing, and hard writing to do well.

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Lost's two nominations (for the pilot and the brilliant Locke-centered episode "Walkabout") are nice.

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