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In Reel Time

7.10.2006

The Emmy Awards

Below are my picks for the emmy winners. Although, I have to comment on how crappy some of these nominations are! For one thing, no Lost? And how in the world Eddie Falco didn't get nominated for her work this season on Sopranos is beyond me, not to mention some of the great but overlooked comedic acting slights. Nevertheless, my picks are highlighted:

Drama Series: Grey's Anatomy, ABC; House, Fox; The Sopranos, HBO; 24, Fox; The West Wing, NBC.

Comedy Series: Arrested Development, Fox; Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO; The Office, NBC; Scrubs, NBC; Two and a Half Men, CBS.

Miniseries: Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; Elizabeth I, HBO; Into the West, TNT; Sleeper Cell, Showtime.

Made-for-TV Movie: Flight 93, A&E; The Flight that Fought Back, Discovery Channel; The Girl in the Café, HBO; Mrs. Harris, HBO; Yesterday, HBO.

Reality Program: Antiques Roadshow, PBS; The Dog Whisperer, National Geographic Channel; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC; Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Bravo; Penn & Teller: Bullshit, Showtime.

Reality-Competition Program: The Amazing Race, CBS; American Idol, Fox; Dancing with the Stars, ABC; Project Runway, Bravo; Survivor, CBS.

Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Colbert Report, Comedy Central; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central; Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC; Late Show with David Letterman, CBS; Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO.

Variety, Music or Comedy Special: 78th Annual Academy Awards, ABC; Bill Maher: I'm Swiss, HBO; George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing, HBO; McCartney in St. Petersburg, A&E; The XX Olympic Winter Games: Opening Ceremony, NBC.

Actor, Drama Series: Denis Leary, Rescue Me, FX Network; Peter Krause, Six Feet Under, HBO; Kiefer Sutherland, 24, Fox; Martin Sheen, The West Wing, NBC; Christopher Meloni, Law & Order: SVU.

Actress, Drama Series: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer, TNT; Geena Davis, Commander in Chief, ABC; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC; Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under, HBO; Allison Janney, The West Wing, NBC.

Supporting Actor, Drama Series: William Shatner, Boston Legal, ABC; Oliver Platt, Huff, Showtime; Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos, HBO; Gregory Itzin, 24, Fox; Alan Alda, The West Wing, NBC.

Supporting Actress, Drama Series:Candice Bergen, Boston Legal, ABC; Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy, ABC; Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy, ABC; Blythe Danner, Huff, Showtime; Jean Smart, 24, Fox.

Actor, Comedy Series: Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO; Kevin James, The King of Queens, CBS; Tony Shalhoub, Monk, USA; Steve Carell, The Office, NBC; Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men, CBS.

Actress, Comedy Series: Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback, HBO; Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle, Fox; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS; Stockard Channing, Out of Practice, CBS; Debra Messing, Will & Grace, NBC.

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Will Arnett, Arrested Development, Fox; Jeremy Piven, Entourage, HBO; Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle, Fox; Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men, CBS; Sean Hayes, Will & Grace, NBC.

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Cheryl Hines, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO; Alfre Woodard, Desperate Housewives, ABC; Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl, ABC; Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds, Showtime; Megan Mullally, Will & Grace, NBC.

Actor, Miniseries or a Movie: Charles Dance, Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; Donald Sutherland, Human Trafficking, Lifetime; Ben Kingsley, Mrs. Harris, HBO; Jon Voight, Pope John Paul II, CBS; Andre Braugher, Thief, FX Network.

Actress, Miniseries or a Movie: Kathy Bates, Ambulance Girl, Lifetime; Gillian Anderson, Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I, HBO; Judy Davis, A Little Thing Called Murder, Lifetime; Annette Bening, Mrs. Harris, HBO.

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or a Movie: Denis Lawson, Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; Hugh Dancy, Elizabeth I, HBO; Jeremy Irons, Elizabeth I, HBO; Robert Carlyle, Human Trafficking, Lifetime; Clifton Collins Jr., Thief, FX Network.

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or a Movie: Kelly Macdonald, The Girl in the Café, HBO; Shirley Jones, Hidden Places, Hallmark; Ellen Burstyn, Mrs. Harris, HBO; Cloris Leachman, Mrs. Harris, HBO; Alfre Woodard, The Water Is Wide (Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation), CBS.

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Patrick Stewart, Extras, HBO; Ben Stiller, Extras, HBO; Martin Sheen, The West Wing, NBC; Alec Baldwin, Will & Grace, NBC; Leslie Jordan, Will & Grace, NBC.

Guest Actor, Drama Series: Michael J. Fox, Boston Legal, ABC; Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal, ABC; James Woods, ER, NBC; Kyle Chandler, Grey's Anatomy, ABC; Henry Ian Cusick, Lost, ABC.

Guest Actress, Comedy Series: Shirley Knight, Desperate Housewives, ABC; Kate Winslet, Extras, HBO; Cloris Leachman, Malcolm in the Middle, Fox; Laurie Metcalf, Monk, USA; Blythe Danner, Will & Grace, NBC.
Guest Actress, Drama Series: Kate Burton, Grey's Anatomy, ABC; Christina Ricci, Grey's Anatomy, CBS; Swoosie Kurtz, Huff, Showtime; Patricia Clarkson, Six Feet Under, HBO; Joanna Cassidy, Six Feet Under, HBO.

Individual Performance, Variety or Music Program: Barry Manilow, Barry Manilow: Music and Passion, PBS; Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central; Craig Ferguson, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CBS; David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman, CBS; Hugh Jackman, The 59th Annual Tony Awards, CBS.

Animated Program (One Hour or Less): Camp Lazio, Cartoon Network; Family Guy, Fox; Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Cartoon Network; The Simpsons, Fox; South Park, Comedy Central.

Animated Program (One Hour Or More): Before the Dinosaurs, Discovery; Escape from Cluster Prime, Nickelodeon.

Nonfiction Special: All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise, HBO; How William Shatner Changed the World, The History Channel; Inside 9/11, National Geographic; Rome: Engineering An Empire, The History Channel; Stardust: The Bette Davis Story , TCM.

Nonfiction Series: American Masters, PBS; Biography, A&E; Deadliest Catch, Discovery; Inside the Actor's Studio, Bravo; 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed the World, The History Channel.

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