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Why does Ugly Betty get a nomination for Best Comedy when the format is a one hour drama (telenovela, which is a soap opera, which is a drama)?

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Where's Eddie Izzard for The Riches!?!?

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So agree with you on boring. They've been this way for years. They nominate the same people and shows over and over. Same with the Oscars. Same movie gets a nomination in every category. I just don't believe that one show or movie can compete in every category, while another show can't get one nomination. They focus on one group and to hell with the rest.

No Battlestar Gallactica is ridiculous. They always determine certain programming to be beneath nominations even if they are clearly superior shows (Veronica Mars & Buffy come to mind). And, that's why I no longer watch. Fuck 'em.

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I was a part of 5 emmy submissions and didn't get nominated either, those other shows shouldn't take it personally.

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The Emmys are an industry joke. They are so out of touch with reality, it's sad. Most awards in major performance categories go to the people with the highest profiles -- the movie stars who now do TV, or the ones who have won awards so many times before that they're put on the list out of sheer name recognition. There are a handful of worthy nominees each year, but not much more than the stopped-clock-is-right-twice-a-day theory. And even fewer of those nominees actually win. So what are they winning? An award that does not represent the highest achievement in television, in terms of quality, recognition by peers, or ratings. In a way, I guess they're a lot like the Golden Globes.

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What a steaming load of crap the Emmys have become!

I realize they probably didn't nominate anyone from "Studio 60" because they were afraid Bradley Whitford would pull a Judd Hirsch (Hirsch bashed the network for pulling the plug on "Taxi" in his acceptance speech the year after "Taxi" was cancelled), but...

Not including "DEXTER" is a crime! Michael C. Hall was stunning last year in this breakout performance. What a compelling show that the Academy completely overlooked.

"Battlestar Galactica" is also a standout show that gets overlooked constantly because of the stigma that sci-fi has in the Academy of being a hack genre. Sci-fi shows only normally get effects nods, but Galactica deserves so much more because of the absolutely stellar ensemble and its high-quality dark drama.

"Heroes" (although it deserves every award it gets) only probably squeaked in because it takes a more reality-based approach to sci-fi (and because it's a more high-profile network show).

"Boston Legal"???? Give me a damn break! Nowhere near the quality of any of the above-mentioned shows.

Other thoughts:

* Instead of nominating Bill Shatner for Best Supporting Actor - Drama, what about Gerald MacRaney in "Jericho"????

* No Kyle Chandler in "Friday Night Lights" for Best Actor - Drama? What?????

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Let's be honest here. The Emmys are always a joke. To praise the likes of Boston Legal, Two and a Half Men and Grey's Anatomy while COMPLETELY ignoring The Wire and Battlestar Galactica is just silly.

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Any television awards show which has never nominated The Wire once for an award is deeply flawed. I know people get sick of hearing it, but considering how highly praised it is, it's extremely unusual and actually serves to validate the whole theme of the series.

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I wish BSG would get more nominations, as well. Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos have been giving Emmy-caliber performances since the beginning. However, the fact that two of BSG's four nominations are in categories that will be shown during prime time is a step up. Exodus, Part 2 really was a stand-out episode and Felix Alcala is very deserving. Moreover, Ronald D. Moore should have been receive nominations for this show long ago -- all the writers should. But you take what you can get. This wasn't BSG's strongest season, so these nominations are a happy surprise.

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The problem with the Emmys as opposed to the Oscars is most voters can catch up on movies enough that a semi-respectable group can come out of it. With the Emmys there are way to many shows for their voters to actively watch. Therefore they need a qualifier. Have voters name the shows that they watch and only allow them to vote for their favorite programs among the shows they watch. Have people rank their 5 favorites from among those that they WATCH. Then come up with a fair weighted voted scheme so the shows with fewer viewers and less hype have more of a chance to be nominated. I think someone should make that work, ask the folks down at IMDB as to how they come up with their Top 250, it seems to be a balance of rating and # of votes.

My Top Dramas: The Wire, Lost, The Sopranos, Friday Night Lights, Fill In Other Show Here

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I think I'm more pissed that the same show can get nominated multiple times in one category.

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Supporting Actor in a Comedy is the category to watch, damn that list is chock full of talent. Two of Entourage's best (Piven and Dillon), Rainn Wilson, and Neil Patrick Harris! Personally, as much as I love Entourage and The Office, I'm putting for NPH. His character on How I Met Your Mother continually cracks me up. Barney Stinson walks that line of reality and surreality so well.

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The Wire.

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Okay, I'm mad about BSG, FNL and Dexter... but how could anyone honestly justify snubbing The Wire? Especially last season! It was the absolute best TV that has ever been created, in my opinion. The Emmy's are ridiculous and shouldn't be held in such high esteem any longer.

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The Soprano's get this many nominations for what had to be its worst season ever. We all kept waiting for something to happen that never did. You can't tell me that this past season's stories were what made David Chase bring the show back because "they just had to be told"

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Although some of these nominations are a joke, as long as Lost, Boston Legal, The Office, and Neil Patrick Harris win the awards over the likes of Two and a Half Men and Grey's Anatomy then i will forgive the oversights of not nominating FNL and BSG. But looking at the nominations, it's almost like they set up Two and a Half Brain Cells to win something this year.

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Someone must have been watching a different Sapranos than I was....I forced myself to watch the last series to see if anything would happen...It didn"t... The ending was a big Joke........The people that decided that the Sapranos deserved so many awards must have been payed off by the Mob.

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The Emmys have lost it... I mean, they don't watch TV and guess their nominations based on big names & popularity!

I mean Boston Legal but not Lost ?? Yeah, right.

http://88.191.26.34/i_watch_tv/2007/07/19/are-the-emmys-out-of-touch-with-the-reality-of-tv/

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20 years from now people will look back and recognize The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, FNL and Dexter as brilliant shows, not Grey's Anatomy, Heroes or Boston Legal.

Dexter's first 2 episodes of season 2 just got leaked on the internet....and wow that show is BRILLIANT.

But nothing beats The Wire. Anyone who has seen the show knows that it is perhaps the greatest TV show they have ever seen.

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Where is "Scrubs" as best comedy? That show is hilarious!
What is up with Charlie Sheen getting nominated as Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Zach Braff not getting nominated? Charlie Sheen is not funny! How can 2 1/2 Men get nominated as best comedy and not Scrubs? Who watches that show?
The entire cast of Scrubs is hilarious! I can't believe they didn't get nominated.
Same thing with "My Name is Earl". Hilarious show, didn't get nominated!

Just ridiculous!
Who picks these things?
Sheesh!

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