Emmy Nods

Here are the Emmy nominations. Immediate reaction:

Six dramas were nominated, including, I'm glad to see, House, Lost and Mad Men. (Mad Men was the big story among dramas.) But what's the continuing Academy love for Boston Legal?

Good to see Bryan Cranston and even Jon Hamm nominated, but really, it's time for Hugh Laurie to win Best Actor in a drama. What it's not time for is another James Spader win.

The reality host category looks interesting--who can say who deserves to win among Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel and Jeff Probst?

I'm seeing a lot of love for Recount, maybe too much. It looks like every major actor in it got nominated--of course, TV loves it when movie actors deign to enter their medium.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy, competitive as ever. Glad to see both Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven nominated for Entourage again.

The only acting nod Lost gets is Michael Emerson for supporting actor. He sure deserves it. Let's not give it to Shatner this year. If Emerson can't win, I wouldn't mind seeing John Slattery's slimy work in Mad Men being acknowledged.

Amy Poehler nominated for supporting actress for SNL? Can they do that?

30 Rock gets seven out of eleven guest actors nods. A reward for all their stunt casting.

Guest actor in a drama--Robert Morse for Mad Men all the way, though I thought he was a supporting player.

Individual performance in a variety or music program allows either sex. And is a bunch of incomparable--Tina Fey for returning to SNL (the Emmys obviously love her), Don Rickles for doing his act and being himself in a documentary, and a bunch of TV show hosts for performing comedy while sitting behind a desk playing someone sort of like themselves.

Animated progam. No Family Guy. I guess they were hoping for a regular sitcom nod, and got burned. Though they did get a nomination for their special, Blue Harvest--I guess they figured they had to get that, due to lack of competition.

For Variety special, the Don Rickles doc should win, but it'll be hard to get past the sentiment for George Carlin.

Writing for a Drama is weird. No Lost, no House, but two Mad Men (the first and last episode--last deserves to win, but this might split the vote), and one for The Wire and Battlestar Galactica, both ignored for best drama.

Looking at all the Variety nominations, I see the biggest hit--Jay Leno--gets nothing.