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The 2009 61th Emmy Award nominations have been announced! You wanna know em? Well since you asked so nicely, here are just a few with my picks for each.


Best Drama Series
* ‘Big Love’
* ‘Damages’
* ‘Dexter’
* ‘House’
* ‘Lost’
* ‘Mad Men’
Dexter has to win! That guy is crazy awesome!

Best Actor, Drama Series
* Bryan Cranston, ‘Breaking Bad’
* Michael C. Hall, ‘Dexter’
* Hugh Laurie, ‘House’
* Gabriel Byrne, ‘In Treatment’
* Jon Hamm, ‘Mad Men’
* Simon Baker, ‘The Mentalist’
Ah now this is tricky. Hugh Laurie is a seasoned pro, Jon Hamm is a Jon Hottie, and Michael C. Hall plays Dexter. Ah! Hmm. Okay Hugh Laurie you’ve got my vote this time.

Best Actress, Drama Series
* Sally Field, ‘Brothers and Sisters’
* Kyra Sedgwick, ‘The Closer’
* Glenn Close, ‘Damages’
* Mariska Hargitay, ‘Law & Order: SVU’
* Elisabeth Moss, ‘Mad Men’
* Holly Hunter, ‘Saving Grace’
Elisabeth Moss because she’s engaged to Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen. And I love him.

Best Comedy Series
* ‘Entourage’
* ‘Family Guy’
* ‘Flight Of The Conchords’
* ‘How I Met Your Mother’
* ‘The Office’
* ’30 Rock’
* ‘Weeds’
AHHH NOW THIS IS A REALLY TRICKY PICK! 3 way tie. Flight Of The Conchords, The Office, and 30 Rock will just have to share.

Best Actor, Comedy Series
* Jim Parsons, ‘The Big Bang Theory’
* Jemaine Clement, ‘Flight Of The Conchords’
* Tony Shalhoub, ‘Monk’
* Steve Carell, ‘The Office’
* Alec Baldwin, ’30 Rock’
* Charlie Sheen, ‘Two And A Half Men’
Jemaine Clement because I want him and I to get married. And because of this.

Best Actress, Comedy Series
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘The New Adventures Of Old Christine’
* Christina Applegate, ‘Samantha Who?’
* Sarah Silverman, ‘The Sarah Silverman Show’
* Tina Fey, ’30 Rock’
* Toni Collette, United States Of Tara’
* Mary-Louise Parker, ‘Weeds’
Tina Fey. Because of night cheese.

Best Variety, Music or Comedy Special
* ‘The Colbert Report’
* ‘The Daily Show’
* ‘The Late Show With David Letterman’
* ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’
* ‘Saturday Night Live’
Can there be another 3 way tie? Colbert, Daily and SNL? Please?

Best Reality Competition
* ‘The Amazing Race’
* ‘American Idol’
* ‘Dancing With the Stars’
* ‘Project Runway’
* ‘Top Chef’
Project Runway is in. The rest are out. Auf weidersehen.

You can see the full list here! What are your picks? Let me know!

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Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, american idol, Emmy Awards, family guy, flight of the conchords, house, LOST, Project Runway, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, the office, Tina Fey

Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 2:34 pm by Kate M. and is filed under Blog.

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